The lands around us are crisscrossed with trails used by the serious long-distance hikers and the just-an-hour plodders as well.
Legislation passed in 2016 requires the U.S. Forest Service to move toward a sustainable trail system... sustainable environmentally and economically.
And the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest is getting started on its compliance, holding public meetings and making other moves to assess public needs and interest. A National Forest rep joins us to further explain the meaning of "sustainable trail."