Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures

The Salmon-Challis (SCNF) and the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests (BDNF), which are working together on the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDNST) from Miner Creek to Goldstone Pass, have released their Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Miner to Goldstone portion of the CDNST for review and comment. This segment of trail is located southwest of Wisdom, Montana, and east of Salmon, Idaho, in the Beaverhead Mountains of the Bitterroot Range.
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The Salmon-Challis National Forest is formulating a new travel plan that will limit ALL vehicle use to designated roads, trails and areas. The Forest Service (FS) will be hosting a series of public meetings on the travel planning process during the month of August 2007.

See http://orc.off-road.com/offroad/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=449295&ref=25 for more details about the travel plan and a meeting schedule.

The official Salmon-Challis National Forest Travel Management Plan is located at http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/sc/recreation/Travel%20Plan/index.shtml