The U. S. Forest Service maintains a number of courageous employees that maintain the area and manage to survive despite horrible odds of being maimed or killed by the abject morons who utilize the Off Road Vehicle (ORV) area.

From direct observations from across the highway from the relative safety of the brush on the hillside, we here at the Stop Elmer Fudd web site have observed on numerous occasions Elmer behavior that has come close to killing or maiming, among the most frequent being Elmers who are asked -- politely and clearly -- to stay put while the Forst Ranger takes his license plate, only to have Elmer start rolling forward toward the Ranger as the Ranger is starting to write.

Without fail we've watched Elmer try to kill Freddies -- as Forest Service employees are called among environmentalists -- and yet every single time we've seen Freddie jump out of the way and maintain a polite, professional demeanor as they quietly admonish their Elmer for trying to kill them.

To the right of the picture you'll see some U. S. Forest Service vehicles parked back-in so that an emergency response to some expected calamity can be achieved quickly (and yes, fire-fighting equipment comes foremost to mind.)

Behind the parked U. S. Forest Service vehicle is a heavy pipe enclosure behind which Freddie can jump to avoid being crushed or otherwise maimed by out-of-control morons who might at any moment decide to shove the gas pedal down to the floor unexpectedly. On the right hand side of the enclosure is a heavy steel barricade, and to the left and behind the enclosure there's the two shacks.

The shack on the right contains a radio for calling emergency crews and fire fighting equipment -- or helicopters, if Elmer has decided to really hurt himself or his family.

Getting emergency equipment to come from the Azusa area some 8 miles down the highway takes about 20 minutes -- or maybe 15 if they really hump it. There is fire fighting equipment down East Fork Road about a quarter of a mile down the highway so putting out Elmer's fires can be accomplished quicker than administering life-saving first aid to Elmers.

This is good. Very good. In fact if it took several hours to get first aid to Elmer Fudds, the world would be a far happier place.