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By now, nearly everyone involved in federal land management – from conservation activists to agency staff - embraces the notion that ensuring clean water and healthy populations of fish and wildlife will require proactive action on our part. Even Congress recognized this two years ago by creating the Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Initiative. So is it working? With two years under its belt, we felt it was time to take a closer look at the program’s successes and challenges...
Video: Reclaiming Roads and Providing Jobs on the Helena National Forest
The Legacy Roads and Trails program has been quietly restoring our
nation's forests for the past three years, reclaiming old roads, and
upgrading culverts and bridges to restore water quality, all while
putting people to work in the woods. With 16.4 million in Legacy Roads
and Trails funds provided to the state of Montana over the past three
years, the project has likely created or maintained more than 200 direct
jobs throughout the state, with even more jobs created as those funds
are recirculated through those local communities.