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Forest Service to allow chain saws in two Southwest Colorado wilderness areas
The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday it will skirt protections in the Wilderness Act to allow chain saws for trail work this summer in two...
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This idea of temporarily allowing saws has been floated around for a while. The forest agencies don’t have the correct budget to maintain what they have. Allowing saws would let 1 man accomplish what it would take 10 men to do. Everyone bitches (hippie hikers and all) when the trails are unmaintained but don’t want noise pollution but don’t want extra use fees etc etc.
Who says there has to be cleared and open trails in a "Wilderness Area"? Why make it designated wilderness if you're going to maintain "trails". What's next....hand rails? Maybe that's why I avoid wilderness areas, the trails on regular NF are always covered and blocked by downfall. I prefer to not see any trails.