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Major Road reclamation Project Approved on Montana Public Lands
The U.S. Forest Service manages one of the largest road systems in the world – 375,000 miles in total – 9 times as much as the Federal Highway System. The oversized road system was built during a time of elevated logging. The agency is now backlogged with more roads than it needs or can maintain under current budgets. Unmaintained motorized roads and trails fragment wildlife habitat, pollute pristine water sources and lead to poaching and increased accidental wildfires.
The Forest Service has begun to address the problems associated with its antiquated and deteriorating roads. The massive effort to restore the national forest system and improve wildlife habitat, water quality and other benefits for the American public will take many years and increased budgets from Congress. The Jefferson Chamberlin road obliteration project is just one of many across the national forest system. The project is located in the Little Belt Mountains of central Montana, south of Great Falls.