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  Northern Region
  Federal Building
  200 E. Broadway
  P.O. Box 7669
  Missoula, MT
  59807-7669

  INFO:
  (406) 329-3511
  FAX:
  (406) 329-3347
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  (406) 329-3510

http://www.fs.fed.us/

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Recreation.gov logo and link.

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Visit Smokey Bear's own web site! It includes games, fire prevention information and archives. More information on Smokey Bear.

Trails

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We endeavor to provide outdoor recreational opportunities on Forests and Grasslands, while sustaining natural resources, by providing and managing a high quality trail system that helps meet the national demands of all trail users.

Please select from among the following subjects about trails.

 

 

 

Accessibility - Forest Service Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Guidelines (links to our Washington Office site) Bicycles
Bridges Grant Programs
I-WEB Links to State Parks webs
National Trails Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV)
Safety and Job Hazard Analysis Saws
Snowmobile Trails Stock Use
Trail Specifications Training
Wilderness  

Photograph of a bicycle rider on the Maa Daa Hey trail.

Bicycles

International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

IMBA web site: http://www.imba.com/ (takes you to outside this website) Essential info on trail construction, maintenance and management as well as advocacy tips, impact research, and more.

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Bridges

Bridge Inspection Matrix

Forest Service Bridge web site (takes you to another Forest Service website)

Bridge photos

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Grant Programs

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Grants Program (takes you to another website)

Idaho State Parks and Recreation Grants Program (takes you to another website)

North Dakota Parks and Recreation: Land and Water Conservation Fund (takes you to another website)

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I-WEB

Maintenance Protocols

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Links to State Parks Offices

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks link (takes you to another website)

Idaho State Parks and Recreation (takes you to another website)

North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department (takes you to another website)

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Photograph of a bicycle rider on a trail.

 

National Trails

Continental Divide Trail - (takes you to the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region website)

Nez Perce Trail (Nee-Me-Poo) (takes you to another website)

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail (takes you to another website)

List of National Recreation Trails (takes you to another website)

National Trails System Act of 1968

America's National Trails System
(includes Continental Divide Trail information)

Continental Divide Trail Alliance (takes you to another website)

North County Trails Association (takes you to another website)

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Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV)

National Forest Service OHV Implementation and Policy Teams (takes you our National website)

National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (takes you to another website)

Blueribbon Coalition, Inc. (takes you to another website)

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Safety and Job Hazard Analysis

Trail Survey Safety Job Hazard Analysis

Hazard Tree and Reserve Tree Management Letter

Link to R-1 Hazard Tree web site

Hardhat Maintenance and Care

FS Health and Safety Handbook (takes you outside this website.)

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Saws

2002 Region One Crosscut Saw Policy

Crosscut Saw Guards

Saw Field Certification Guidelines

Region One Crosscut Sawyer Evaluation

Crosscut Saw Tooth-Setting Tool

Region One Saw Coordinators List

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Snowmobile Trails

Montana Snowmobile Association link (takes you to another website)

Idaho Snowmobile Association link (takes you to another website)

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Stock Use

FHS 6709.11-200-3, R-1 Supplement, Effective 8-17-2000, Establishes R1 horse safety training and/or certification policy.

Back Country Horsemen of America Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)

National Backcountry Horsemen (takes you outside this website.)

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Trail Specifications

English: Hardened Trail Construction

English: Crushed Aggregate Specifications for Trail Work

English: Standard Specifications for Construction and Maintenance of Trails (takes you outside this web site.)

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Training

Professional Trail Builders Association link (takes you outside this web site.)

National Trails Training Partnership link (takes you outside this web site.)

R1 2005 Trail Training: Project Preparation and Administration, Powerpoint Presentations (many of these are megabytes in size and will take a long time to download)

Field Exercise - Bridges, 42.5 kb, .ppt
Bridge Module, 1.39 MB, .ppt
Project Initiation, 412 kb, .ppt
Subsurface Drainage, 881 kb, .ppt
Surface Drainage, 2.41 MB, .ppt
Tread Enhance, 3.26MB, .ppt
Trail Location, 816 kb, .ppt

Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook, .PDF, 178 pages, 17 MB. (This file may take awhile to open.)

 

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Wilderness

Final Minimum Tool Decision Guide

Please visit the Wilderness Information Network web page, which is a joint project of the US Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and US Fish and Wildlife Service which provides information about wilderness to the public and managers.

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USDA Forest Service - Northern Region
Last Modified: Thursday, 10 April 2008 at 12:27:23 EDT


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