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Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest Seeks Comment On Road And Trail Designations

News Release
USDA Forest Service
Sawtooth National Forest
Contact: Your PAO, jathomas@fs.fed.us

Fairfield, ID – The Forest Service is proposing to amend the travel management use designation of a few select, existing road and trail routes on the Fairfield Ranger District, Sawtooth National Forest. A need for these route designations has been identified to help better manage motor vehicle use on the Fairfield District. The following trail routes were designated during travel management planning but further analysis of use patterns in the area has identified a need for a change in designation. The proposed road designations are existing roads that were overlooked during our travel management analysis and the need of these routes for public and administrative access has since been identified. The proposed route designation changes are:

Trails:

• Jeep Trail #7634 (Wash Canyon) – from a jeep trail to a route closed to motor vehicles.
• Trail #7185 (Free Gold Cr.) – change designation from single track motorized to OHV less than 50′
• Trail #7813 (Phillips Cr.) – from an OHV trail to single track motorized
• Trail #7083 (Fleck Summit) – change designation from single track motorized to OHV less than 50″

Roads:

• Cherry Creek road-designate approximately 0.6 miles of existing road for access to private land and connects to BLM trail opportunities for the public.
• Salt-Bounds Sheep Corral road-designate approximately 0.3 miles of existing road that is needed to access
• Forest Service sheep corrals that are currently used by permittees, the public and the Forest Service.
• Confluence road (at the confluence of Big Smoky Cr. and the South Fork Boise River) – designate approximately 0.4 miles of existing road for public access and dispersed camping.

The purpose of this project is to better manage motor vehicle use in the area while providing a quality recreation experience for forest visitors. To be most helpful, written comments need to be submitted by December 25, 2009. For more information call the Fairfield Ranger District at 208-764-3202.

Submit written comments by December 25, 2009 to:

USDA-Forest Service
Sawtooth National Forest, Fairfield Ranger District
P.O. Box 189
Fairfield, ID 83327
Attn: Jennifer Hulme

Or submit comments via e-mail to: comments-intermtn-sawtooth-fairfield@fs.fed.us

http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/sawtooth/news/2009/11/d5_road_trail_designate.html

BRC Alert: Important Idaho Land Use Update and Alert

BlueRibbon Coalition Alert

The looming deadline for comments on the Salmon-Challis National Forest Travel Plan gives us a chance to blast a quick update on some important Idaho land use issues.

Comment Deadline November 25, 2008

A really important action alert on the Salmon-Challis NF Travel Plan is at the bottom of this email. Above that, we have a section giving a quick update on some of the land use issues BRC is tracking in Idaho. In each update, we’ve included a suggestion on what you can do to help.

Please take a minute to review this alert before the holiday. Also, everyone at BRC would be very grateful if you would forward this alert to family and riding pals. If you are already a BRC member, please ask them to join BRC and help us protect Idaho’s trails.
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