East/Norse Peak Fire, Do not wear white up there!

The Closure expires DEC ,31 2018 , more than a year from now. ??

Sounds like a dodge to me. FS site said the closure would last till December 2018... is that an error? And yeah, what would be "assessed", and over what area? Check out a few trees in Bullion and decide to uphold and enforce the BS closure for a whole year or beyond?

Trust them. They know what's best for you. They're with the Government.

Well, with an 88 mph gust on the 14th its pretty clear that the FS evaluation is superfluous. Simple, just don't go up there in wind over 40....... I suppose Mother nature will see fit to do random testing and evaluation throughout the season.

Closing burned areas for a few years following a forest fire is standard USFS practice. Risk of injury from falling trees is higher than regular old forest. Risk of flash flooding is higher Sole erosion is more of problem, etc. So there is some legitimacy to such closure orders, more so in summer than winter. However I tend to think a good portion of these closure orders is CYA on their part. More than CYA they probably don't want to expose USFS employees to the above risks patrolling burned areas until most of the weakened trees have fallen, soils stabilised, etc.

Dont ask dont tell?