NEW FS TRAIL STATUS REPORT - HIGHLIGHTS KEY ISSUES IMPACTING TRAIL ACCESS

 

MY TWO CENTS

By Don Amador

December 18, 2025

  

NEW FS TRAIL REPORT HIGHLIGHTS KEY ISSUES

 

The second paragraph in the report actually highlights the key issues that need to be addressed by the Chief -- including having his office officially make management of recreation trails and facilities a priority!

 

2025 FS TRAIL STATUS REPORT

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/35318bd9-fb41-4ae1-a63b-d816afcfcdad.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_33

  

ONE OF MANY ARTICLES

https://open.substack.com/pub/ourpubliclandsandwaters/p/staffing-and-budget-cuts-are-leading?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

 

IMHO - the report fails to highlight Forests that continue to manage high quality trail opportunities largely due to their pro-recreation culture, can-do attitude, robust partnerships with OHV and other recreation groups, participate in diverse forest health collaboratives, and take advantage of non-federal funding such as state OHV grants monies or from Powersports Industry grants from Right Rider Action Fund, Polaris, Yamaha, etc.    Forests that don't have those factors are often the ones that falter the most.

 

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Don Amador has been in the trail advocacy and recreation management profession for over 33 years.   Don is President of Quiet Warrior Racing LLC. Don serves as the Western States Representative for the Motorcycle Industry Council. Don is Past President/CEO and current board member of the Post Wildfire OHV Recovery Alliance. Don served as a contractor to the BlueRibbon Coalition from 1996 until June, 2018. Don served on the California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission from 1994-2000. He has won numerous awards including being a 2016 Inductee into the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame and the 2018 Friend of the AMA Award. Don served as the government affairs lead for AMA District 36 in Northern California from 2019 – 2023. Don is a Core-Team member on FireScape Mendocino.  Don is a contributor to Dealernews Magazine. Don writes from his home in Cottonwood, CA.