US Forest Services Ranger Station - Quincy, California

Jack Trout

30 minutes ago-Edit
Congressmen Doug LaMalfa & Letter USFS Impossible?
★★★★★ just now
I have been trying to get permitted to guide fly fishing in Plumas Forest for 3 years, finally I said enough! I was really getting the run around from both Quincy Supervisors office and the Mohawk James Beckwourth Ranger Station in Blairsden, California. It all started when I saw a news station report that there's 18,000 residents in Plumas county and they have 19,000 prescription drug scripts in my hometown county. Well, being that I was sitting like a big cat up in Mt Shasta in my 26th year of outfitting fly fishing worldwide and the largest provider for day trips for fly fishing in California, I thought, "Why don't I help out Plumas County, by sending my 7000 past clients over there and possible helping out a few people with employment and be a part of the solution for change in Plumas County.” The USFS just shut me down. I mean they are so anti-tourist and this isn't the locals, this is only the United States Forest Service, the locals from Portola that I grew up with are all up in arms from previous jaunts with this forest service. I have had problems too in the past with the Klamath National Forest not processing Use Permit Applications, but the Plumas Forest takes it to a whole another level. I mean 3 years, 3 years I have been waiting, can you believe it? How can this happen, I started a corporation in a town of 5000 people and now we are one of the largest fly fishing companies. My intentions were valid, to help stop drug abuse in my home town county. Well then I called Doug La Malfa's office and Shane Starr was assigned to my case, I am still hoping that I will be granted my permit some day, he has worked hard to negotiate with them on my behalf. Thank God there's some one out there a small business like me can call on or I would never be granted a permit, they just don't care and no one holds them accountable and I mean No One. This must end or entrepreneurs like me will continue to be handcuffed when times are a changing and automation is taking over jobs, Amazon and the lot. My niche business that provides HIGH PAYING JOBS as my guides I use from each area make as much as $200 to $350 USD per day plus a tip. This is absolutely unacceptable behavior by the forest service and they must either quit doing Use Permits and create a new division that just concentrates on good income that can be obtained from our forests or they get their act together. To say I have been unfairly dealt with and the money this has cost me over the 3 years is ever growing, not to mention poor old Plumas County and some kid that needs employment.

SHAME ON YOU PLUMAS AND KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST SERVICES YOU ARE PATHETIC. Thank you Doug La Malfa's office for all your support in this matter, Shane Starr is a Superstarr!!

Take care, Jack Trout - River Protector California

skylar walter

Linda and Jamie provided great resources of the area! i learned about the Butterfly Valley Botanical Area Nature Trail and Cascade Trail—and we throughly enjoyed doing both!

Steve Porter

Stacy was friendly and helpful!

AM Outside

This is a resource NOT a campground

Michael Young