WAYCRAZY
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Hope your summer is going well.
This note is to let you know two recent happenings regarding the motorized trail systems on the Naches District:
1. The South Fork Tieton Watershed Restoration Temporary Closure Order is now signed. Staff will begin signing the closure area on the ground beginning Friday, July 16. This Order prohibits motorized travel on system roads and jeep trails within the closure area until project completion. The project will decommission approximately 1.0 mile of system road, relocate approximately 0.5 miles of system jeep trail, convert approximately 1.0 mile of system road to system jeep trail (and remove four barrier culverts on fish bearing streams), decommission approximately 0.3 miles of system jeep trail from Grey Creek trailhead, convert approximately 0.3 mile of user trail to system jeep trail, and construct approximately 0.1 mile of new system jeep trail. Plans are to have this project finished and the area reopened by the end of the season. The temporary restrictions have been made to protect public safety and resources during road decommissioning, culvert removal and trail conversion work. Please contact Gary Torretta at 509-653-1433 if you have questions.
The following four wheel drive trails and roads are affected: Four Wheel Driveway #642 (Butcher Knife), from Four Wheel Driveway #640 (Memorial Meadow) to Four Wheel Driveway #615 (Divide Ridge West), approximately 3.7 miles
Four Wheel Driveway #640, from FR 1050-583 to junction with Four Wheel Driveway #638 (Rocky Slide), approximately 2.7 miles
Four Wheel Driveway #621 (Blue Slide), from Grey Creek Campground to junction with Four Wheel Driveway # 636 (Donnicker Pass), approximately 3.7 miles
Non-system Four Wheel Driveway starting from the 1000-639 road, ford of Spruce Creek, to Four Wheel Driveway #621 (approximately 1.0 mile)
Forest Road 1050, southerly of the 1050-583 spur, and including all connecting spur roads (582, 583, and 589).
2. The Little Rattlesnake OHV Trail is open and ready for four wheel drive use. THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN!! There are vehicle size restrictions associated with this trail and the trail is open to one-way traffic only. These were put in place to retain the difficulty of the trail, which was very important to the four wheel drive community who worked with us throughout this project. For more information call Sue Ranger at 509-653-1446.
This Order limits the vehicle size that may operate on this trail to 1) 75 inches in width from outside of tire to outside of tire, and 2) vehicles with a wheelbase not to exceed 95 inches in length from center of axle to center of axle.
The Order also limits the direction of travel for four wheel drive vehicles from the end of the Little Rattlesnake Road 1501 UP to Bethel Ridge Road 1500.
Susan Ranger
Recreation Planner/Trails and Wilderness Manager
Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests
Naches Ranger District
(509) 653-1446
http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/206...y-closed-1-pdf-july-14-2010-9-48-am-476k?da=y
This note is to let you know two recent happenings regarding the motorized trail systems on the Naches District:
1. The South Fork Tieton Watershed Restoration Temporary Closure Order is now signed. Staff will begin signing the closure area on the ground beginning Friday, July 16. This Order prohibits motorized travel on system roads and jeep trails within the closure area until project completion. The project will decommission approximately 1.0 mile of system road, relocate approximately 0.5 miles of system jeep trail, convert approximately 1.0 mile of system road to system jeep trail (and remove four barrier culverts on fish bearing streams), decommission approximately 0.3 miles of system jeep trail from Grey Creek trailhead, convert approximately 0.3 mile of user trail to system jeep trail, and construct approximately 0.1 mile of new system jeep trail. Plans are to have this project finished and the area reopened by the end of the season. The temporary restrictions have been made to protect public safety and resources during road decommissioning, culvert removal and trail conversion work. Please contact Gary Torretta at 509-653-1433 if you have questions.
The following four wheel drive trails and roads are affected: Four Wheel Driveway #642 (Butcher Knife), from Four Wheel Driveway #640 (Memorial Meadow) to Four Wheel Driveway #615 (Divide Ridge West), approximately 3.7 miles
Four Wheel Driveway #640, from FR 1050-583 to junction with Four Wheel Driveway #638 (Rocky Slide), approximately 2.7 miles
Four Wheel Driveway #621 (Blue Slide), from Grey Creek Campground to junction with Four Wheel Driveway # 636 (Donnicker Pass), approximately 3.7 miles
Non-system Four Wheel Driveway starting from the 1000-639 road, ford of Spruce Creek, to Four Wheel Driveway #621 (approximately 1.0 mile)
Forest Road 1050, southerly of the 1050-583 spur, and including all connecting spur roads (582, 583, and 589).
2. The Little Rattlesnake OHV Trail is open and ready for four wheel drive use. THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN!! There are vehicle size restrictions associated with this trail and the trail is open to one-way traffic only. These were put in place to retain the difficulty of the trail, which was very important to the four wheel drive community who worked with us throughout this project. For more information call Sue Ranger at 509-653-1446.
This Order limits the vehicle size that may operate on this trail to 1) 75 inches in width from outside of tire to outside of tire, and 2) vehicles with a wheelbase not to exceed 95 inches in length from center of axle to center of axle.
The Order also limits the direction of travel for four wheel drive vehicles from the end of the Little Rattlesnake Road 1501 UP to Bethel Ridge Road 1500.
Susan Ranger
Recreation Planner/Trails and Wilderness Manager
Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests
Naches Ranger District
(509) 653-1446
http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/206...y-closed-1-pdf-july-14-2010-9-48-am-476k?da=y
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