Recreational Activities
So
Much To Do and See in the Northern Region
Follow
the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the Bitterroot
Mountains, catch your limit of trout at a pristine alpine lake,
or camp under the stars and listen to the howl of the wolf. Whether
you're looking for the rigors of a wilderness trek or an easy drive
along a scenic byway, you'll find it here in the National Forests
of the Northern Region.
The
Forest Service offers many activities such as hiking, biking, skiing,
camping, birding, renting historic cabins and lookouts, driving
for pleasure, harvesting mushrooms, and gathering firewood. Many
of the facilities and services associated with these opportunities
are free. Some do require fees or permits to help maintain, manage
and improve the amenities that you enjoy.
Please
refer to the new
Recreation Passes and Permits web
page to help you understand where fees and passes exist and the
variety of pass options available to you.
In the
Northern Region, Interagency Recreation Passes can now be purchased
at most National Forest office locations. You can visit each Northern
Region forest web sites by using the menu at the top right-hand corner
of each page in this site.
Recreation Facility Analysis (RFA) Project*
While the
Northern Region provides a wide array of recreation opportunities,
some recreation sites on the forests and grasslands are beginning
to see the effects of time and years of use. Many of the Forest Service's
developed recreation sites were built some 30-50 years ago, and are
reaching the end of their designed life. Please visit our RFA
page for more detailed information about this planning
process.
*This process was called Recreation Site-Facility Master Planning (RS-FMP.) However, the Forest Service recognized, as a result of the findings of a team chartered specifically to review the public participation efforts associated with this analysis process, that the term “master planning” could imply that this is a decision-making process as opposed to an analytic one. Therefore, based on a recommendation from that team, the Forest Service decided to refer to the analysis of recreation facilities more accurately and simply as Recreation Facility Analysis.
Check
out the links to the right and below for more recreation information.
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