Black River State Forest Conditions

Conditions as of Tuesday, March 10, 2009:

Winter recreation has come to a close at the state forest and ATV trails are now closed. Conditions are very icy on the trails making them unsafe for public use. Typically trails close for the year about March 15, but this year's date has been moved up due to unsafe conditions. ATV trails will reopen on May 15 for the spring and summer season.

Please note that this spring we will begin a long-term project to upgrade all of the wetland crossings on the trail system. This will include the replacement and addition of culverts and raising the trail surface 2-4 feet in many of these areas, which will result in short term closures of some sections of the trail. We will try and limit closings to weekdays as much as possible and keep an updated map of trail section closings on the website once this begins. This project will protect the long term sustainability of the trail system and lessen the frequency of trail closings due to large rainfall events.

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