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Green River Lakes. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Green River Lakes
Green River Lakes and Square Top Mountain. Photo taken Sunday, June 27.

Free Firewood. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Free Firewood
The Forest Service will also be offering a free firewood use permit for this site. Approximately 300 trees have been cut, limbed, and decked outside of the campground. Much of this wood has been down for one season and is now cut into 8-foot sections and decked outside the campground. Firewood at this site is available for free with a valid free-use firewood permit, which can be obtained at the Pinedale District Office beginning on July 2.

Green River Lakes Campground. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Green River Lakes Campground
Entrance
Green River Lakes Campground reopening
Free firewood!
by Bridger-Teton National Forest
June 29, 2010

PINEDALE – The Pinedale Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest has opened the Green River Lakes Trailhead and boat launch site and plans to open the Green River Lakes Campground starting Friday July 2. This entire site has been closed to allow removal of hazardous trees due to bark beetle infestation.

The Forest Service will also be offering a free firewood use permit for this site. Approximately 300 trees have been cut, limbed, and decked outside of the campground. Much of this wood has been down for one season and is now cut into 8-foot sections and decked outside the campground.

Firewood at this site is available for free with a valid free-use firewood permit, which can be obtained at the Pinedale District Office beginning on July 2. The Pinedale Ranger District Office is located next to Ridley’s Grocery Store and is open Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Cutting standing trees inside the Green River Lakes Recreation Site is prohibited. The free-use firewood permit is valid only for decked logs within this site.

Firewood cutters are reminded that all firewood removed from the National Forest requires a valid Forest Service firewood permit and each load is required to be properly tagged before the wood is removed from the Forest.

Although tree removal operations are designed to minimize impacts to developed sites, Forest visitors should expect to see signs of extensive tree falling operations at these sites for the next several years, including slash, tree stumps, skid trails, and open areas which previously contained dense overhead tree stands.

The Bridger-Teton National Forest, like most of the Intermountain West, has experienced widespread tree mortality due to bark beetle infestation. With a larger number of trees dead or dying due to heavy beetle infestation, Forest visitors should be cautious when camping or traveling within falling distance of dead trees, especially during high winds.

For more information, contact the Pinedale Ranger District at 307-367-4326.
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Photos by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!



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  • Bridger-Teton National Forest

  • Firewood. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Firewood
    Free firewood is stacked at the campground entrance.

    Closure sign. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Closure sign

    Camping spot. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Camping spot

    Campsite. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Campsite

    Boat ramp parking. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Boat ramp parking

    Cascading stream. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Cascading stream
    Most of the year this little stream is just a trickle of water. Run-off has swollen it to a cascading falls with a loud roar.

    Campground view. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Campground view
    View looking from the GP Bar lodge over to the campground.

    Logging along trrails. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Logging along trrails
    There is extensive logging throughout the Green River Lakes recreation facility.

    Logged. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Logged
    The facility was closed for a time while the Forest Service removed beetle-killed trees from the recreation site.

    Stream crossing. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Stream crossing
    Snow is melting from the high country, raising water levels at stream crossings on trails.

    GP Bar Ranch. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    GP Bar Ranch
    This rock and log lodge was built in 1954 as part of the Gannet Peak Bar Ranch which operated for more than 30 years as a dude ranch. The GP-Bar Ranch and buildings were purchased by the government in 1966 to acquire the lakeshore and surrounding property to put into general public use. Today the lodge is closed to the public and used only on an occasional basis for administrative use.

    Foot bridge. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Foot bridge
    Footbridge over the Green River.

    Boat launch. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Boat launch

    Red trees. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Red trees
    There are still a lot of red and dead trees throughout the Upper Green River area due to the extensive beetle infestation.

    Headwaters. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Headwaters
    View of the Green River from the Highline Trail footbridge at Green River Lakes.
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