What do you think of the US Forest Service's view on bigfoot?

[georgerm]

This is what Google says: "The US Forest Service's official stance on Bigfoot is that it's a creature of folklore and urban legend, though they have engaged in some playful acknowledgements of the creature. While they don't formally confirm Bigfoot's existence, they maintain open spaces and wildlife habitat on their lands, which could potentially include habitat for such a creature. In fact, the US Forest Service even has a "Mythical Wildlife Division" and has issued tongue-in-cheek "confirmations" of Bigfoot's existence on April Fool's Day." 

[norseman]

They make fun of the subject. Which I find irksome. I do like to deal with the forest service better than the park service. Other than electric bicycles.

[bipedalist]

Don't really care about USFS view (but do care abt USFS because I teamed to do trail maintenance/rehab/bldg with some of their interagency groups), but US Fish and Wildlife Service gave the late Larry Batson a pulpit and interview as well as presentation space in West Virginia twenty some years ago and did not make a farce out of his efforts. His cred as a wildlife educator and rehabilitator gave him entre apparently as well as being geographically situated to the venue.

 

PS Remember the late  William Dranginis had a sighting around Culpeper or Quantico, Virginia with  off duty FBI agents that was detailed to the nth degree, nobody made fun about that at the FBI. 

 

Edited Thursday at 11:27 PM by bipedalist

[Huntster]

6 hours ago, georgerm said:

........While they don't formally confirm Bigfoot's existence, they maintain open spaces and wildlife habitat on their lands, which could potentially include habitat for such a creature.........

 

This is an interesting statement. In short, they disregard potential existence (notice the wording "don't formally confirm"), yet still point out that an ideology of preservation would benefit such creatures should they actually exist.

 

Enjoying everybody's cake while discouraging (not denying) the possibility that cake actually exists?

[cedar]

the FS is well aware of BF, the admittance from them, well, don't hold your breath

[Patterson-Gimlin]

8 hours ago, cedar said:

the FS is well aware of BF, the admittance from them, well, don't hold your breath

How do you know or are you one of them?

[georgerm]

2 hours ago, Patterson-Gimlin said:

How do you know or are you one of them?

 

[georgerm]

"The U.S. Forest Service had an equivalent of 31,147 full-time employees in fiscal year 2022. While specific data on the number of wildlife biologists within that workforce isn't readily available, wildlife biologists are a key part of the agency's work, focusing on research, habitat management, and monitoring of wildlife populations. The Forest Service employs both permanent and

seasonal staff, with28,330 permanent employees in FY 2008 and 4,488 seasonal employees. The U.S. Forest Service manages 193 million acres of land. This includes 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service also helps steward approximately 900 million forested acres in the U.S. " google.

 

 I am going to guess that ten percent of the 31,147 full time employees or 3114 employees spent most of their time in the woods and traveling back roads in the forest where bigfoot makes its home. One of their jobs is to inspect stands of forest trees for potential logging projects. 

 

Do you think that Forest Service employees would be encouraged to make public reports of bigfoot sightings? Why or why not?

 

If bigfoot was classified as an endangered species what would happen to timber production?

 

"The Endangered Species Act (ESA), enacted in 1973, is the primary U.S. law protecting and conserving threatened and endangered species. 

It aims to prevent species from going extinct by requiring the federal government to list species as endangered or threatened and develop recovery plans. The ESA also prohibits the "take" of listed species, which includes actions like harming or killing them," google. 

 

 

[georgerm]

12 hours ago, cedar said:

the FS is well aware of BF, the admittance from them, well, don't hold your breath

Welcome aboard Cedar.

 

Can you be more explicit and explain why you think the Forest Service is well aware of Bigfoots?

 

My sighting report from 1980 is in the sighting section, Pacific Northwest b 

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