Tahoe National Forest opening roads, trails
Because of the progress in suppressing the King Fire and repair efforts the road and trail closures on the American River Ranger District are no longer in effect.
The Tahoe National Forest has also made repairs to the Western States Trail and reconstructed the Swinging Bridge and smaller Pacific Slab Bridge are complete. The trail closure across the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the American River has been lifted.
Ongoing salvage logging is making the Western States Trail not accessible from Devil’s Thumb down to the Swinging Bridge.
The Tahoe National Forest routes that were reopened today include: National Forest System Road 96 (Mosquito Ridge Road); National Forest System Road 22; and National Forest System Trail 16E10, the Western States Trail, and Tevis Cup Trail.
Salvage logging=unchecked forest rape of healthy trees. I’ve seen it in person. But if I use my saw to harvest a cord or 2 of dead wood on Sierra Pacific land I get arrested. I can’t cut in the ‘designated’ areas the US forest circus sets aside for civilians, because there is no timber there! It’s all a scam. Everybody needs to justify their job.
Tahoebluewire , Logging in The Tahoe Basin is on the increase! Don’t believe me? Look at the 10,000 acres of trees cut on So. Shore. this year!
The trees on the north shore at Martis Valley are set to be cut for for next year to make room for a new housing development atop Brockway Summit!
Goodbye trees, hello pavement! and hello more vacation homes!
Thanks for listening, OLS
I understand the theory of forest thinning, there is some science to back it up, but they go too far in salvage logging. No supervision.
Tahoeblue, do you really think there are not 5 regulators standing there watching every tree that gets cut down? Have you heard of the California Forest Practices Act? Have you heard of the Water Quality Control Boards? Lahontan is one, but there are plenty more where they came from.