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Forest Service considering proposal to shut down Murphysboro Work Center
StoryDiscussionTHE SOUTHERN STAFF | Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:04 pm | No Comments Posted

MURPHYSBORO - The U.S. Forest Service is considering the shutdown of the Shawnee National Forest's Murphysboro Work Center, and citizens have until Friday to make their concerns, if any, known.

The forest service is seeking input on the plan to close down the Walnut Street facility.  No employees would lose their job as a result of the closing, as personnel would be reassigned to other forest service facilities in Harrisburg, Jonesboro and Vienna.

The Murphysboro center would be sold at some point in the future under the proposal, and a local group would be identified to help provide information to visitors and local citizens.

Those seeking to provide input to the forest service can e-mail them to comments-eastern-shawnee@fs.fed.us and type "CRIA" on the subject line.
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We hopped back on our bikes and headed back towards the trailhead.  As you can probably guess, there were many comments and jokes made on the ride back to the truck.  I didn't take my bike to the carwash, but was tempted to stop by there to avoid any contact with the "poo" when I wash the bike later.  I guess the person who needed to poo so bad, didn't want to use any of the millions of leaves that were laying around for cleanup.  I have to assume that they didn't know the difference between poisonous and non poisonus plants and were afraid of whiping with some poison ivy.  I would imagine that 20lb printer paper would leave someone a little tender for the ride or walk back to the trailhead....

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