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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
PORTLAND, OREGON
TITLE 2309.18 - TRAILS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK
R-6 Supplement No. 2309.18-92-1
Effective June 24, 1992
POSTING NOTICE. Supplements to this handbook are numbered consecutively.
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This is the first R-6 Supplement to this handbook.
Document Name
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Superseded New
(Number of Sheets)
3
Digest:
Adds language to guide the integration of goals, actions, and priorities for the
Recreation trails program.
JOHN F. BUTRUILLE
Regional Forester
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FSH 2309.18 - TRAILS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK
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Use of the following Vision Statement (ex. 01) is to guide integration of goals,
actions and priorities of the Recreation Trails program in the Pacific Northwest
Region of the USDA Forest Service.
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2309.18 - Exhibit 01
VISION STATEMENT
For Trails in the Pacific Northwest Region
of the USDA Forest Service
Forest Service recreation trails in the Pacific Northwest Region while an intregral
part of travel and access management, will be planned, constructed, maintained
and protected as recreation facilities.
The intent for the recreation trail network in the Pacific Northwest Region is to
provide a full spectrum of high quality linear recreation opportunities and
experiences for adventure, discovery, and fulfillment of varying levels of challenge
and difficulty.
Whenever possible, trail networks will provide loops and interconnect wherever
possible with urban centers, green belts, open spaces, recreation destination areas,
and other recreation corridors as defined in Forest Plans, and State and local
recreation trail plans. Where possible all-season trails and winter trails will be
developed. Where uses are compatible, multi-use trails will be provided.
The trail development outlined in the Forest Land and Resource Management Plans
(Forest Plans) guides the trail proposals submitted to the Regional 5-year
Recreation Trail Capital Investment program. Trails will be built and maintained
to standards as outlined and prescribed in the Regional Trails Management
Handbook (FSH 2309.18) and in Forest Plans.
New recreation trails will be constructed only in land allocations or corridors that
have Forest Plan prescriptions that complement and protect the recreation trail
investment. Each recreation trail will have Recreation trail objectives. The type of
trail, trail facilities, and allowed trail uses will be consistent with the "Recreation
Opportunity Class" and the "Desired future Condition" of the land allocation
established in the Forest Plan. Recreation attributes will be considered in location
of trails and in establishing trail management objectives. Management practices
will maintain the settings that produce the desired recreation experience along the
trail.
Trail planning and construction will be coordinated at all levels within the Region
and with user groups and Forest visitors. The goal is to minimize conflicts with
other uses so that user groups are supportive of the existing and planned uses of the
trails prior to construction.
Continued financial support is essential for our Region to build and maintain a
quality trail system. Trail managers and coordinators will seek partnerships with
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trail users groups, individuals, corporations, and other agencies. Cost share and
volunteer agreements are a way to expand and improve the Regional trail system,
and to promote the protection, maintenance, construction and proper stewardship of
Recreation Trails and the environment traversed by the trails.