Forest Health: Upcoming Projects & Temporary Closures

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2012 Hazard Tree Removal Projects:
Providing for visitor safety means park managers must mitigate potential hazards (cut trees down), or close the site. In order to keep as many park facilities open as possible, crews will continue to mitigate hazard trees in high visitor use areas. This is an enormous and costly task, with over 400 locations identified for potential hazard tree mitigation. Each site is assessed annually for potential hazards and prioritized for future mitigation projects.

Several projects are scheduled for 2012 which will involve temporary site closures during hazard tree mitigation operations. Following is a list of planned hazard tree removal projects which may include temporary site closures. Please note that all dates are tentative and this site will be revised if scheduled project dates change.

 

Site Name	Planned Work Timeframe	Potential Impacts to Visitors
Roadways, Pullouts, Picnic Areas and Trailheads	ongoing	temporary closures and delays
Sprague Lake	April-May (Complete)	temporary closures and traffic delays
Kaley Cottages	June (Complete)	temporary closures and traffic delays on Kaley Road
Tuxedo Park	July (Complete)	full closure
Twin Sisters Access Road	September	road closed to vehicle traffic, visitors may access by foot
Highway 7, South of Lily Lake	October	temporary traffic delays
Bear Lake Trail and Trailhead	October	temporary closures

 

Please note that all dates are tentative and this site may be updated frequently.