{"id":23019,"date":"2025-03-24T17:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T23:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/forest-service-invites-interested-outfitters-and-guiders-to-apply-for-2026-season-at-mcphee\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:23:14","slug":"forest-service-invites-interested-outfitters-and-guiders-to-apply-for-2026-season-at-mcphee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/forest-service-invites-interested-outfitters-and-guiders-to-apply-for-2026-season-at-mcphee\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Service invites interested outfitters and guiders to apply for 2026 season at McPhee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d2b24389-5c66-5e46-929a-0174e2820e6d&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1225\" height=\"919\" alt=\"McPhee Reservoir will remain nearly full due to carryover from 2023 snowpack. Sophia McCrackin\/The Journal\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">McPhee Reservoir will remain nearly full due to carryover from 2023 snowpack. Sophia McCrackin\/The Journal<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Forest Service recently put out a Request For Proposals, encouraging outfitters and guiders to apply to offer their services at the McPhee Boat Ramp in Dolores for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>These services \u201cinclude but are not limited to \u2026 motorized and non-motorized boat rentals, boat slip buoy and dock rentals, guided reservoir fishing and concession service,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll equipment and facilities, including marina buildings, dock facilities, buoys and related operational equipment will be the responsibility of the permit holder,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>A major goal of the Forest Service is \u201cproviding recreation services and facilities,\u201d which outfitter and guiding services help it achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, those services \u201coffer diverse opportunities for the recreating public to experience the dynamic landscape of the San Juan National Forest,\u201d the RFP said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcPhee Reservoir is an important place for the Dolores Ranger District,\u201d said Dolores District Ranger Nick Mustoe in a news release. \u201cThe public expects services and recreational opportunities befitting such a place. We are looking for partners to help us meet those expectations now and into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reach out to <a href=\"mailto:morgan.bennett@usda.gov\">morgan.bennett@usda.gov<\/a> before April 15 at 5 p.m. with any questions, and submit proposals with a cover letter and \u201ccomplete description of proposed services\u201d to that email address before April 30 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submissions are due at 5 p.m. on April 30 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-23019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77945,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23019\/revisions\/77945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23019"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=23019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}