Posts Tagged ‘off-road vehicle’

Tahuya Clean Up a Success (Washington)

DNR called and you answered. Our Tahuya State Forest cleanup last weekend near Belfair was a success. Some 50 volunteers helped collect more than 50 cubic yards of garbage that had been dumped in the area (think of a sidewalk about 3-feet wide and one mile long). More than 50 tires, plus sofas, mattresses, bikes, propane tanks, even pianos. Coordinating the event was Jesse Sims, Recreation Manager for the DNR South Puget Sound Region. Following the cleanup, Sims said, “Any and everything you could imagine. I will not get into all the details!”

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Foothills Trail System in Olympic Peninsula Reopens; Sadie Creek Work Next (Washington)

DNR crews working in the northern Olympic Peninsula have reopened all but a small section of trail in the Foothills Off-road Vehicle (ORV) Trail System following last month’s windstorm.

Crews worked for nine days cutting and clearing blown-down trees and limbs that had fallen across the trails. DNR kept about a half mile of the trail closed because fallen trees pulled out big chunks of ground, and the freezing weather prevented crews from repairing the trail.

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Olympic National Forest’s Motor Vehicle Use Map Has Been Published and is Soon to be Released

Olympic National Forest
1835 Black Lake Blvd.
Olympia, WA 98512-5623

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: November 9, 2009
Public Affairs Office: (360) 956-2274 FAX (360) 956-2330

Olympia, WA – Olympic National Forest’s Motor Vehicle Use Map, which identifies routes available for motor vehicle use, has been published and will soon be available to the public. This map was created in response to the Forest Service’s 2005 Travel Management Rule which required all National Forests to designate roads and trails available for both passenger vehicle and off-highway vehicle (OHV) use. The objective of this rule was to manage off-road vehicle use on public lands, protect resources, provide for safety, and minimize conflicts among visitors.

The routes depicted in this map correspond with those identified in Olympic National Forest’s 1990 Forest Plan. The 1990 Forest Plan prohibited cross country travel of off-road vehicles on the forest, but allows for off-road motorcycle on the following trails:

Trail 830 – Gold Creek Trail, from Road 2870-230 to Road 28780
Trail 833 – Lower Big Quilcene, from Road 27-080 to Road 2750
Trail 833.3 – Lower Dungeness, from Road 2870-230 to Road 2870
Trail 836 – Mount Zion, from Road 28 to the Mount Zion Summit
Trail 858 – Lower Pete?s Creek, from Road 2204 to West Fork Humptulips River
Trail 871 – Church Creek, from Road 2361-600 to Road 2372

Hood Canal District Ranger Dean Yoshina said, “The completion of this year’s motor vehicle use map will not only clarify existing routes, but it can potentially help us identify additional routes, given the high demand of interest in this recreational activity.”

Maps will be available online at the Olympic National Forest Website, and at all Olympic National Forest offices in Olympia, Hoodsport, Quilcene, Forks, and Quinault, beginning on November 23, 2009. The maps are free of charge, and are designed to be used in conjunction with the Olympic NF Forest Visitor Use Map.