Good morning.
Thank you for the "heads up" on this.
I'm on the Board of Directors for the U.S. Cavalry Association. This is the first I've heard of this. I have written to our Chairman, President, and the rest of the Board informing them of this issue. No response yet.
As with MANY other Federal properties the Fort has been allowed to deteriorate for decades. This is also true for a significant portion of the Park Service. For a number of years I was part of an equine group that provided support to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. When they threatened to close ALL the equine trails (due to cost) our group provided justification for the spending and several thousand man-hours of labor to do the "small stuff" of trail maintenance (light brush clearing, marker maintenance, trash clean up, etc.). We could not do the work that required machinery (and there was a lot of it) but we were able to keep the closures to an acceptable minimum.
Once we get a better insight into how our Association is going to address this issue I will be taking what steps I can to alter the decision. Of course, the reason for the decision is the lack of building maintenance. This opens an entirely new question and the answer to that question is "money." It's not going to come in the Federal budget so supporters of the Fort, National Parks, and other Federal recreational facilities are going to have to "step up to the plate" financially. There still is no "free lunch."
Stay tuned.
SQQ