FY 2008 Legacy Roads and Trails Accomplishment Report

The Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service has posted a draft reportdocumenting what they accomplished with the $8.4 million dollars theyreceived from the Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Initiative (Legacy Roads) in fiscal year 2008. 

The report lists the following accomplishments from the funding received:

• 23 road-stream crossings constructed/reconstructed for fish passage.
• 375 miles of roads improved, 559 miles maintained.
• 132 miles of road decommissioned.
• 6 bridges constructed/reconstructed.
• 90 miles of trails improved, 129 miles maintained.
• 38 plans/designs for future work completed or initiated.

Here's another quote, articulating the regionwide benefits of the program in 2008:

Resource Benefits

• 65 miles of stream habitat restored or enhanced.
• 1,311 acres of watershed improved.
• Completed ‘whole watershed restoration’ work within the water supply boundary of the Bull Run River watershed, Mt. Hood National Forest.
• Reduced road system by 132 miles, thereby reducing maintenance costs by > $50,000/year.
• Made portions of the road network more durable, enabling it to better accommodate the more frequent large storms projected for the future.

The only major thing the agency didn't monitor yet is how many jobsthey created with these funds, but we are working with the ForestService and The Wilderness Society to develop a report that willprovide some preliminary green jobs information from Legacy Roadsspending.  We expect to have that finished by July 2009.

FY 2008 Legacy Roads and Trails Accomplishment Report: Pacific Northwest Region