Post by outlaw525chick on Jan 19, 2012 11:54:40 GMT -8
Passing along e-mails from Dorothy Churchill about other WA land matters.....
Tahuya - New - Motorized trail sign information: -- WHITE diamond: single-track use only. -- YELLOW diamond: two-track use. -- PURPLE diamond: 4x4 trail system. January 1st is the date for the reopening of the campgrounds.
Reiter – As of Nov 16, 2011 – construction and land use permits have been approved by Snohomish County and the Washington State Department of Ecology. Work is underway on the interim parking lot in the motorized area.
Naches - Rub rails need to be put up, bridges need repair. Don’t forget about Winter Closure, November 15th. Let’s look forward to a Spring Work Party
Evans Creek - Construction is done. The new road to the campground is punched in. December 15th is the seasonal closure. Forest Service has been doing lots of work up there on drainage.
Rimrock - The rock crawl area is open for use. Rimrock looks to be in good shape.
From Region 4 Minutes I found
Travel Management Plan is coming up, if your trail is not on the map it’s going to be closed. A final environmental impact statement and record of decision will be coming on in the spring of 2012; and they hope to have a motor vehicle use map in the fall of 2012.
• BLM (Bureau of Land Management) has a comment period for their draft with a due date of February 23, 2012. This is on the Eastern Washington San Juan Resource Management Plan.
• BRC (Blue Ribbon Coalition) alert on the Sage Grouse found in 10 western states seems to warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. They are found in a very small area of Washington State.
• Juniper Dunes – has a county road now. They have had issues with an irrigation pipe line that had to be redesigned. The owners seem to be OK with the redesign of the road and they hope to have the work completed next year. However, the No Trespassing sign is still up. The County has got a Humvee to patrol the area in; should be interesting.
• Blewett Pass Sno-Park expansion in the Cle Elum Ranger District is in the planning stages. Also the proposed re-route of the Bean Creek Hiking Trail.
• Methow Valley Ranger District is proposing to revise the livestock grazing allotment management plans for the Boulder, Goat and Wolf allotments.
• Bald Mountain – Rock Creek/Bald Maintain phase 3 acquisition is complete.
Flood Repair projects: Coming up this year the 1808 road, 1601, 3100 series of roads on the Cle Elum side up to Horse Camp will be worked on this year; next year the 1700 road, 1501 access to the Little Rattlesnake the short way, 1901 and 3111 to 3115 and the 3300 roads.
• Pileup Creek on the 1900 road has been approved for a Culvert Replacement Project; work will take place sometime during July 15 – August 16.
• Wenas meeting was reported on by Clay Graham (Yakima Kittitas Forest Watch). Clay said they are looking to hire another Game Warden and they had lots of discussion on the Discover Pass.
• Ahtanum State Forest Sno-Park is now called a Winter Recreation Area. DNR has taken over the Sno-Park areas, they are no longer called Sno-Park areas and you have to have a Discover Pass to use the parking area. Plans are in the works to build a non-motorized trail. DNR is also looking for volunteers for their forest watch program; a class is scheduled for next month if enough interest is there; so if you are interested see Clay he has registration forms.
• Beverly Dunes – nothing new to report at this time.
• It was reported that you have to have a Discover Pass to go and see the Elk Feeding station. ( Is this on DNR Land or are you passing through DNR land to get there?) This one we may want to ask Mark Maureen to give comment?
Dorothy Churchill
WA Director Pacific Northwest 4 Wheel Drive Association
Member of Cascade 4x4s of Tacoma
and Treasurer Overbored Racing
Tahuya - New - Motorized trail sign information: -- WHITE diamond: single-track use only. -- YELLOW diamond: two-track use. -- PURPLE diamond: 4x4 trail system. January 1st is the date for the reopening of the campgrounds.
Reiter – As of Nov 16, 2011 – construction and land use permits have been approved by Snohomish County and the Washington State Department of Ecology. Work is underway on the interim parking lot in the motorized area.
Naches - Rub rails need to be put up, bridges need repair. Don’t forget about Winter Closure, November 15th. Let’s look forward to a Spring Work Party
Evans Creek - Construction is done. The new road to the campground is punched in. December 15th is the seasonal closure. Forest Service has been doing lots of work up there on drainage.
Rimrock - The rock crawl area is open for use. Rimrock looks to be in good shape.
From Region 4 Minutes I found
Travel Management Plan is coming up, if your trail is not on the map it’s going to be closed. A final environmental impact statement and record of decision will be coming on in the spring of 2012; and they hope to have a motor vehicle use map in the fall of 2012.
• BLM (Bureau of Land Management) has a comment period for their draft with a due date of February 23, 2012. This is on the Eastern Washington San Juan Resource Management Plan.
• BRC (Blue Ribbon Coalition) alert on the Sage Grouse found in 10 western states seems to warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. They are found in a very small area of Washington State.
• Juniper Dunes – has a county road now. They have had issues with an irrigation pipe line that had to be redesigned. The owners seem to be OK with the redesign of the road and they hope to have the work completed next year. However, the No Trespassing sign is still up. The County has got a Humvee to patrol the area in; should be interesting.
• Blewett Pass Sno-Park expansion in the Cle Elum Ranger District is in the planning stages. Also the proposed re-route of the Bean Creek Hiking Trail.
• Methow Valley Ranger District is proposing to revise the livestock grazing allotment management plans for the Boulder, Goat and Wolf allotments.
• Bald Mountain – Rock Creek/Bald Maintain phase 3 acquisition is complete.
Flood Repair projects: Coming up this year the 1808 road, 1601, 3100 series of roads on the Cle Elum side up to Horse Camp will be worked on this year; next year the 1700 road, 1501 access to the Little Rattlesnake the short way, 1901 and 3111 to 3115 and the 3300 roads.
• Pileup Creek on the 1900 road has been approved for a Culvert Replacement Project; work will take place sometime during July 15 – August 16.
• Wenas meeting was reported on by Clay Graham (Yakima Kittitas Forest Watch). Clay said they are looking to hire another Game Warden and they had lots of discussion on the Discover Pass.
• Ahtanum State Forest Sno-Park is now called a Winter Recreation Area. DNR has taken over the Sno-Park areas, they are no longer called Sno-Park areas and you have to have a Discover Pass to use the parking area. Plans are in the works to build a non-motorized trail. DNR is also looking for volunteers for their forest watch program; a class is scheduled for next month if enough interest is there; so if you are interested see Clay he has registration forms.
• Beverly Dunes – nothing new to report at this time.
• It was reported that you have to have a Discover Pass to go and see the Elk Feeding station. ( Is this on DNR Land or are you passing through DNR land to get there?) This one we may want to ask Mark Maureen to give comment?
Dorothy Churchill
WA Director Pacific Northwest 4 Wheel Drive Association
Member of Cascade 4x4s of Tacoma
and Treasurer Overbored Racing