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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







1.

TRAILS:   AN ENDANGERED SPECIES



ISSUE

Trails are becoming an endangered species.  In 1946 there were 144,060 miles of trails in the United States and only 107,731 miles of roads.  By 1983 trails had decreased 32 percent, to 98,825 miles, and roads had increased 300 percent, to 321,000 miles.


As the number of hiking in the Northwest and the nation has grown, the number of trails has steadily declined.  Hikers have already lost 32 percent of the trails to road building; to accommodate future logging, the Forest Service may destroy another 10 to 20 percent in the next 10 years.



Funding for trail maintenance and trail construction is inadequate while funding for roads is abundant.
STATUS

The House Appropriations Committee will be dealing with this issue when they return after Labor Day.

WHAT TO DO

The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs recommends increased funding for America's trails by urging Congress to increase funding for trail maintenance from $23.8 million to $30 million; to increase funding for trail construction from $15.4 million to $45 million; and to reduce funding for the Forest Service's road program by $100,362,000.


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