CLOSED for Vegetation Study
U.S. Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest,
Discovery Center, Fawnskin, CA __ April 29, 2016 ____
The San Bernardino National Forest will close a portion of
the Alpine Pedal Path from 8:00 AM to 6:00 P.M. Monday May 9, Tuesday May 10
and Thursday May 12, 2016, to conduct vegetation management activities.
The closure will temporarily prohibit public use of a quarter mile
section of the Alpine Pedal Path near the Juniper Point parking lot along North
Shore Drive/State Route 38 in Fawnskin, California.
Trail users should plan their
activity around the partial closure by utilizing the trail before or after the
closure takes effect or to plan their hike to the closure location and return
to their starting point.
If you have questions about this
temporary closure on the Mountaintop Ranger District, please call or write
Deveree Kopp at 909-382-2831 or dkopp@fs.fed.us
About the
U.S. Forest Service:
The
mission of the Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity and
productivity of the nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of
present and future generations. The agency manages 193 million acres of public
land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, and maintains the
largest forestry research organization in the world. Public lands the Forest
Service manages contribute more than $13 billion to the economy each year
through visitor spending alone. Those same lands provide 20 percent of the
nation's clean water supply, a value estimated at $7.2 billion per year. The
agency has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 80 percent
of the 850 million forested acres within the U.S., of which 100 million acres
are urban forests where most Americans live.
Learn more
at http://www.fs.usda.gov/sbnf
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and employer.
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