During his more than three decades working for the U.S. Forest Service, Scott Fitzwilliams endured his fair share of government shutdowns. “I’ve been through a bunch,” said Fitzwilliams, who retired as the top supervisor of the White River National Forest, a position he had held for 15 years, earlier this year. “They’re messy, disruptive and chaotic — that’s for sure.”The White River National Forest is the most-visited national forest in the United States, with more than 15 million visitors annually in recent years. ‘Unprecedented’ political messagingAs the government shut down on Wednesday, Vail resident Sue Froeschle started getting texts from her friends telling her to visit the White River National Forest website. A spokesperson for the White River National Forest Service did not respond to questions emailed by a reporter on Wednesday asking how the national forest would be impacted by the shutdown.