I cannot reveal any names here, but what I can say is that the response that I got falls along the same lines you are getting, which is any conversations being conducted are subject to this "gag" order. I figured this to be something imposed by some legal stipulation or there was some impending court battle going on. Either way it was my understanding that the NHSA is aware of what is going on an I got the impression that some folks there were at least in the know, but what thier direct involvement is in the whole mess is again an unknown factor. It's my bad for assuming that they were directly involved, although I find that really hard to believe, why else would they not be able to comment on the matter? I just don't understand why no information can be let out. Like I had said before I hope that in the end some sort of reasonable solution can be agreed to, seems a bit rash to close everything but one main corridor trail. If I do hear of anything further I'll be sure to post it, but as of now we are all stuck talking to a bunch of clams
