Forest Service item sales to halt temporarily

Beginning late Wednesday afternoon, Forest Service offices in Central Oregon temporarily will stop selling any items, including maps, recreation passes and firewood permits to the public until Thursday morning.

Beginning at NOON Tuesday, all transactions at Forest Service offices will be suspended until offices reopen on Thursday, November 1.

The brief suspension of sales will allow the Forest Service’s Point of Sale System to transition to a new accounting system.

During the brief suspension of sales, local vendors who sell firewood permits. maps and recreation passes will continue to sell these items. For a list of firewood permit vendors please visit www.fs.sda.gov/centraloregon . Recreation passes and maps are available in Central Oregon from vendors at the following locations:

BEND:

BI-MART, 351 NE 2nd
Big 5 Sporting Goods, 61545 South Highway 97
Butler Market, South 61396 Highway 97
High Desert Museum, 59800 South Highway 97
Mountain Supply of Oregon, 834 Northwest Colorado
Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort, 355 Southwest Century Drive
Pine Mountain Sports, 255 SW Century Drive
Powder House, 311 SW Century Drive
REI, 380 Powerhouse Road
Sunnyside Sports, 930 NW Newport Avenue
Visit Bend, 750 Northwest Lava Road, Suite 160

CRESCENT:

Big Pines RV Park, 135151 North Highway 97

LA PINE:

Ace Hardware, 51615 Huntington Road
BI-MART, 51670 Huntington Road
LaPine Chamber of Commerce, 51425 Highway 97#
The Corner Store, 15989 Burgess Road
TJ`s Quick Stop

MADRAS:

BI-MART, 1575 South Highway 97

PRINEVILLE:

BI-MART, 2091 Northeast 3rd

REDMOND:

BI-MART, 1727 SW Odem Medo Road
Big 5 Sporting Goods, 2925 Highway 97, Suite 100

SISTERS:

BI-MART, 445 West Highway 20
Five Pine Lodge, 1021 Desperado Trail
Sisters Mainline Station, 1001 Railway