Forest officials take steps to limit ATV access | View Clip
11/01/2010
Idaho Statesman – Online

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho Caribou-Targhee National Forest officials have escalated their war against people who pioneer illegal roads on the 3 million-acre forest.

This summer and fall, Forest Service officials closed 377 illegally created roads on the seven districts that are spread from Lone Pine and Henry’s Lake in the north to Montpelier and Malad in the south. The closures have blocked off roughly 50 miles of illegally created roads.

The Forest Service has spent roughly $285,000 to destroy illegal trailheads, much of the money coming from federal stimulus money.

Rebecca Nourse accepted the Forest Supervisor position in the Sawtooth National Forest in Twin Falls, ID.  Rebecca is current Deputy Forest Supervisor in the Tongass National Forest In Ketchikan, Alaska.  She was the Deputy District Ranger on the SNRA before her assignments in Washington DC and Alaska.

From: Anthony B Botello, Krassell District Ranger

“…At the meeting in July, I committed to come to Yellow Pine each “quarter” to give the folks an update and hear about any issues they want to talk about.  I have scheduled a meeting with RR Sue for November 13 for a couple hours to get together with towns folks.

Purpose is to update folks on some projects and introduce some of our upcoming things…I’m hoping for mostly informal, not a “scoping” meeting or anything.”

More meetings, more comments needed because more trails are at risk!

Read letter conserning the Owyhee Front here:

http://id-rc.org/wp-content/uploads/1584_001.pdf