Keep the Medicine Bow WILD

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Fact Sheets Problems on the Medicine Bow Saving the Special Places Ending Clearcut Logging Restoring Natural Processes Connecting Forest Habitat Encouraging Responsible Recreation Mountain Biking on the Bow Road System Download Fact Sheets (362KB pdf)

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• More than 3,000 miles of roads cut through the Medicine Bow, which is more than enough mileage to travel from New York to San Francisco.
• 90% of the forest is within one mile of a Forest Service designated road. 98% of the Medicine Bow is within two miles of a road.

• The current Forest Service road system will remain substantially unchanged in the Keep the Medicine Bow WILD Plan. Thousands of miles of roads will remain open to vehicle traffic.
• The Keep the Medicine Bow WILD proposal will close a few routes inside proposed wilderness boundaries totaling about 40 miles across the forest. These routes are: 872, 872f, 874, 103, 336 between roads 396 and 275, 700n, 700b and 700bb.
• The routes which will be closed to vehicle traffic are all unmaintained jeep trails, most of which harm streams, wetlands, meadows, or sensitive wildlife.