US Forest Service Special Use Permits

[Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com]

Lynette Helgeson's web page (http://www.users.uswest.net/~tvanhove/)
for the Long X ride through the Badlands of North Dakota includes the
following statement:

>  The Long X ride is being held entirely on the rugged and beautiful
Little Missoure
>  National Grasslands. Enjoy this scenic ride and please respect this
beautiful land. Leave
>  it as clean as you found it and observe all fire hazard precautions. The
 National Forest
>  Service is an equal opportunity endeaver.  We operate with a Forest
Service Special Use
>  permit and thank the U.S. Forest Service for their cooperation.

I am curious.  What is involved in getting a U.S. Forest Service Special
Use
permit for a ride?

 - How long in advance do you have to apply?
 - What kind of restictions do they place on your activities?
   - For example, I've heard something somewhere about
     not being able to run a money-making event on public
     land.
   - Insurance coverage?
 - How much do they cost?
 - Does it matter if the ridecamp is on Forest Service land?
 - Has the current Forest Service moratorium on road construction
   and maintenance had any effects on your rides?

All-in-all I'm wondering just how big a red-tape deal it is to run
a ride on Forest Service land.

Linda B. Merims
lbm@ici.net
Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com
Massachusetts, USA



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