Forest Service seeks comments on long-term road management strategies

The Willamette National Forest will hold meetings next week in Sweet Home and Gates, seeking comments on long-term road management strategies

The meetings are scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Sweet Home Ranger District, 3225 Highway 20, Sweet Home; and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, at the Gates Fire House, 140 E. Sorbin St., Gates

The Willamette National Forest is working on a road investment strategy to help guide future road management decisions, addressing the twin challenges of an aging road system and a limited maintenance budget.

In addition, Forest Service roads are important for almost every activity on National Forests: managing fire, hiking and fishing, timber harvest, hunting, ecological restoration, firewood, and more.

Both meetings will start with a presentation about roads management on the Willamette National Forest and a chance for questions and answers. After the presentation, there will be maps of the on tables, and visitors will be encouraged to draw on the maps to show areas or roads that are important to them.

An earlier meeting in Detroit about road management strategies spurred a lively discussed

Those unable to attend the Sweet Home or Gates meetings can use interactive mapping tool that lets them draw on digital map and comment. The mapping tool is available at http://go.usa.gov/KqGH.

For more information about the Willamette National Forests road investment planning, see http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/willamette/roads. For more information about the meeting, contact the Detroit Ranger District at 503-854-3366 or the Sweet Home Ranger District at 541-367-5168.

The Willamette National Forest hosted a successful public meeting last weekend in Detroit, Oregon, with lively discussion and conversation about Forest Service road management. Residents of Sweet Home and the North Santiam Canyon have an opportunity to share in these discussions in two upcoming meetings:

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Forest Service seeks comments on long-term road management strategies