This project will implement a number of projects such as the examples below, to address a host of access, safety, and environmental concerns that currently exist within this project area. The MVRD has struggled to conduct an inventory of additional resource concerns and trail needs because many of these trails require significant logout and clearing to enable access. There will be dozens of similar projects to reduce sedimentation and protect watersheds.
1. Andrews Creek - At approximately 5.5 miles from the Andrews Creek North Trailhead the trail is seriously impacted by an intermittent, seasonal flow that turns the existing trail into a seasonal stream. This creates unsafe conditions for stock and hikers and seriously damages the trail. Erosion of the native surfaced trail is causing sedimentation issues in Andrews Creek. Erosion and sedimentation will be reduced by diverting the seasonal stream into a vegetated, stable location that will not pose sedimentation issues to the receiving water body.
2. Boundary Trail - Crossing on Martina Creek (just east of Peeve) – This project will provide pack support to logout the trail to enable a bridge construction crew to access a project site on Martina Creek. The previous bridge has failed at this crossing which means both stock and hikers must ford the river, oftentimes in unsafe conditions. The new bridge, which has already undergone SEPA & NEPA review, will be flown in by helicopter and installed onsite by a construction crew.
3. Boundary Trail – West of Spanish Camp on the Boundary Trail (20+ miles from the trailhead), there is a turnpike that needs repair including replacing a failing culvert. Pack support is needed to transport the new culvert, tools, and crew supplies into this project site. Replacing this culvert will reduce erosion issues.
4. There is a large meadow adjacent to Ashanola Creek, on the Boundary Trail, that contains braided trail within the meadow. Braided trails can lead to erosion issues as users continue to trample delicate meadow vegetation (which is often wet/saturated during the spring months) and inadvertently impact natural resources like soil, vegetation, and pollinator habitat. This project will decommission unauthorized trails within this meadow and improve the main trail to encourage use and minimize impacts by hikers and stock users.
2024: Highline Trail
2024: Teton Trails Deferred Maintenance
2024: Phase 2 of the Arroyo Hondo Project
2024: Greenhorn Gulch Trail Reroute and Bridge Rebuild
2024: Trail Rehabilitation in Beaverhead Deer Lodge National Forest
2024: Trail Maintenance and Repairs in Pisgah National Forest
2024: Wasatch National Forest Deferred Maintenance and Weather Resilience
2024: Rio Fernando de Taos Watershed Revival
2024: Mineral Creek Trail Reroute
2024: Second Fork Trail Project
2024: Trinity River Watershed Trail Improvement Project
2024: Salmon-Challis National Forest Trail Restoration
2024: Manistee, White, Muskegon, and Pere Marquette River Watershed
2024: Mount Shavano Trail and Riparian Habitat Restoration Project
2024: South Park Ranger District Singletrack Connector Trail
2024: Oak Creek Canyon Watershed Restoration Project
2024: Bartram National Recreation Trail Maintenance
2024: Idaho Panhandle National Forest Sandpoint Ranger District Trail Reroute
2024: Pony Express National Historic Trail Improvement
2024: South Lake and Moss Lake Trail Restoration
2024: West Ridge Trail #176 Improvements
2024: Blue Bend Loop Trail Restoration
2024: Catamount Trail Improvement
2024: Munson Meadow Trail Restoration
2024: Vesuvius Recreation Area Trail System Restoration
2024: Hurricane Creek Trail Restoration
2024: Cove Creek Trail Rehabilitation
2023: The Storm Creek Connector Trail
2023: Backpacker and Lakeshore Trails
2023: Beaver Meadows Trail
2023: Munson Meadow Trail
2023: Imnaha River Trail
2023: Maxon Meadows Trail to Chamberlain Meadows Camp
2023: Lost Lake Trail
2023: Virginia Highlands Horse Trail
2023: Catawba River Headwaters
2023: Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
2023: Southfork Trail, White Mountain Wilderness
2023: Black Canyon and Trail Creek Drainages
2023: Twenty Lakes Basin Toads and Trails
2023: Dickey Bell Trail Reroute and Bypass
2023: Horseshoe Canyon Trails
2023: Lower San Francisco River Wilderness Study Area
2023: Trails in Ontonagon and Sturgeon watersheds
2023: Bandit Springs Trail System
2023: Caton Lake Trail
2023: Yellowbelly Trail
2023: Santa Cruz Trail
2023: Bridge Replacement for Trail Access
2023: Pioneer Mountains Trail Maintenance
2023: North Country National Scenic Trail Connections
2023: Pincushion Mountain Ski Trails
2023: Rocky Gap Horse Trail System
2023: Shrode Lake Trail
2023: Johnson Creek Trail Re-Establishment
2023: Soda Ditch Loop Trail
2023: Restoration of Buckhorn and Indian Trails
2023: Hauf Lake and One Horse Lakes Trails
2023: Building Resilience on the TRT/PCT
2023: Camp Creek Watershed Improvement
2023: Pomas Creek Trail and Entiat River Trail
2023: Western States Trail & Tevis Cup Trail, within Granite Chief Wilderness
2023: Western States Trail Improvements
2023: Sipsey Wilderness Trails Restoration
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