San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan - Part 2

September 2005 Land Management Plan Part 2
San Bernardino National Forest Strategy
Trans 1 - Transportation Management
Plan, design, construct, and maintain the National Forest System roads and trails to meet plan
objectives, to promote sustainable resource conditions, and to safely accommodate anticipated
levels and types of use. Reduce the number of unnecessary unclassified roads and restore
landscapes:
Trails
• Enhance user safety and provide adequate parking at popular destinations on high traffic
passenger car roads, while also minimizing adverse resource effects.
• Using priorities identified in the Roads Analysis Process, reduce the road maintenance
backlog to provide safe, efficient routes for recreationists and through-traveling public,
and to safely accommodate fire protection equipment and other high-clearance vehicles.
• Implement landscape scale transportation system analysis on a priority basis. Coordinate
with state, county, local and regional government entities, municipalities, tribal
governments, other agencies, and the public.
• Add unclassified roads to the National Forest System roads or trails when site-specific
road analysis determines there is a public need.
• Decommission roads and trails that have been determined to be unnecessary and establish
level of restoration during project planning.
Develop an interconnected, shared-use trail network and support facilities that complement local,
regional and national trails and open space, and that also enhance day-use opportunities and
access for the general public:
• Construct and maintain the trail network to levels commensurate with area objectives,
sustainable resource conditions, and the type and level of use. Manage the Pacific Crest
National Scenic Trail for the conservation and enjoyment of its nationally important
scenic, historic, natural, and cultural qualities.
• Maintain and/or develop access points and connecting trails linked to surrounding
communities.
Off-Highway Vehicles
Improve off-highway vehicle opportunities and facilities for highway licensed and non-highway
licensed vehicles:
• Manage the National Forest System roads for a spectrum of 4-wheel drive opportunties in
the easy, more difficult, and most difficult categories of route difficulty.
• Develop motorized trails that address the needs of off-highway vehicle enthusiasts in
conjunction with the designation of low-maintenance standard roads.
• Submit candidate roads and trails to the state of California, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle
Division, for designation as the California Backcountry Discovery Trail as opportunities
to provide this experience are identified.
Linked to National Strategic Plan
Goal 3 - Provide outdoor recreation opportunities, objectives 1 and 2.
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