Get out & celebrate National Trails Day 6/6/26 by volunteering. Here is an example on #MedicineBow NF - https://t.co/n7DuOWRPVz
Also, fee free at day-use sites!
(U.S. Forest Service photo, Mary Grace Bedwell)
Access Update: Helicopter work prompts temporary closures on #MedicineBow NF around Laramie Peak,
(USFS images - Decommissioned comm site debris to be removed) https://t.co/LGjYogdPn4
Today, Forest Service announced an additional 2026 recreation fee-free day on June 6 to celebrate #NationalTrailsDay, providing no cost use of all standard amenity recreation sites on national forests & grasslands. Find a local National Trails Day event: https://t.co/IsgbTcPYpK
As wood products leave the forest, recreation enters. The multiple use mission of the Forest Service comes into focus.
For generations, national forests have balanced these multiple uses to serve the public.
(Forest Service photo by Dan Todd.)
🚨 USDA is taking action to heighten national wildfire readiness. Today, @SecRollins issued a memo directing @forestservice to accelerate community-focused risk reduction, and strengthen firefighter health and safety for the 2026 fire year.
🔗 https://t.co/kchhzt6Hmx
Thanks to crews from the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin Grassland for their work regrading roads across the Pawnee National Grassland and reshaping berms at Baker Draw! This work increases motor vehicle access and improves visitor experience on the Pawnee.
Campground hosts needed on local National Forests, #MedicineBow NF #Routt NF
Forest Service photo of Friend Park CG near Laramie Peak https://t.co/ppdZPvBLjF
Annual, temporary closure of Fish Creek Falls bridge in place, #Routt NF
Forest Service photo of Fish Creek Falls from near the bridge by Michael Woodbridge
https://t.co/NIsgAotYEj
🚨 USDA's Forest Service will move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah, and begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the forests and communities it serves, a structural reset and a common-sense approach to improve mission delivery.
🔗 https://t.co/R5HLNVZpRr
To improve motor vehicle access, crews from the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland will be repairing and regrading roads on the Pawnee National Grassland over the next several weeks. Exercise caution near machinery and work areas.
Smoke & flame may be observed while traveling US Hwy 40 this afternoon. This is expected & is from the Steamboat Front prescribed fire. #Routt NF
Steamboat Front Prescribed Fire is a GO for today. Ignitions will begin mid day. Smoke is expected to be visible from surrounding roads & communities. #Routt NF https://t.co/sHUmq9aRtI