U.S. Forest Service leaves GR

The U.S. Forest Service has abandoned its presence in Green River after the previous employee found new work.

Tuesday night, Rebecca Eusek, director of the Green River Chamber of Commerce said the forest service has left the visitor center with one less person to work during the summer travel months.

“For summertime, we’ve lost one full-time employee,” Eusek said. “This is an issue.”

The forest service subleases the visitor center as a location to greet people traveling to the Ashley National Forest south of Green River. The hiring and communications freezes initiated by the feder...