OPINION - FS ROAD REPAIRS MISSING LINK TO MANAGEMENT EFFORTS
By Don Amador - April 8, 2025
Just as with the Forest Service North West Forest Plan Amendment
process, the critical role the FS Transportation System has in providing access
to all forest health, resource management wildfire mitigation, and recreation
activities and projects is glaringly absent from current narratives.
None of the Administration’s
on the ground Forest management objectives happen unless Forest roads damaged
or blown out during winter storms are repaired in a timely manner.
Over the last 4-5 years, the subject of not having the
funds and resources to effect post-winter repairs of FS storm damaged roads is
almost always part of any conversation I have with agency staff or partners.
Repairing roads should be the top priority for the administration
if they plan on increasing the pace and scale of forest management efforts.
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Don Amador has been in the trail advocacy and recreation
management profession for 35 years. Don
is President of Quiet Warrior Racing LLC. Don is Past President/CEO and current
board member of the Post Wildfire OHV Recovery Alliance. Don is a Co-Founder and Core-Team member on
FireScape Mendocino, a forest health collaborative that is part of the National
Fire Learning Network. Don served as an
AD Driver for the Forest Service North Zone Fire Cache during the 2022, 2023,
and 2024 Fire Seasons. Don is a Pacific Northwest California native and writes
from his home in Cottonwood, CA.
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