Pineview...bad news update

[dubob]

I posted on another thread last week that there was to be a meeting this past Friday...to get the straight skinny on the closed gate situation at Cemetery Point...etc.  I got the following in an email from my source yesterday.

Unfortunately, the news received from the meeting was that the gate at Cemetery Point will remain closed when the concessionaire is not present for the remaining ice fishing season and likely future winter seasons.  The justification of this closure was the association of liability to the Forest Service. Damage to buildings, excessive litter, and general overuse was listed as the main reasons behind the closure.  When the Concessionaire is not actively on-site managing the property (Active summer site operations/fee collection)  the liability to damages of those facilities, cleanup, and repairs, falls on the forest service staff when the concessionaire is not present.  
 
However, we are hopeful a solution will be developed that will provide reasonable access to the reservoir throughout the year.

Yep.  Essentially what I was told by the District Ranger as well.  And just so you know, the District Ranger also told me a gate structure has been ordered for installation at the Port Ramp.  No time frame was given, but it would appear from the information we now have about this Federal property that SHOULD be available to all of us year round, that very soon we will also be locked out of the Port Ramp except when the Concessionaire is active with its obscene management objectives.  The sarcasm is intentional.