The FS has issued its Decision Notice on road decommissioning for the Collawash River and parts of the Clackamas River areas. It could be worse, I suppose. Instead of the proposed 255 miles of roads to be closed, the decision calls for decommissioning 170 miles with some postponed for 5-10 years.
The Decision Notice is here: http://a123.g.akamai.net/7/123/11558/abc123/forestservic.download.akamai.com/11558/www/nepa/60337_FSPLT2_034975.pdf
Doug:
How on earth did you find that? What kind of magic incarnation did you have to do? 
The old links to the proposal are now dead, and I've not been able to find anything on the new FS website. I'd really like to see the updated map.
Rob,
I was informed of this decision by an email from the FS because I had written a letter commenting on the proposal, and their email contained the link that I posted here. But you can get to it on their website.
On their homepage, click on "Land and Resources Management" on the left side.
Then "Projects"
"View a listing of all projects"
Scroll down to "Road Decommissioning...Clackamas...Increment 2"
There you'll see a listing of all the related documents including maps of Alternative 4, the selected alternative.
Well that is certainly intuitive!!! In browsing the maps rather quickly this morning, it doesn't appear as though access to any trailheads has been impacted? I remember reading that they were going to convert the road leading to the Dickey Creek trailhead to a trail? The beginning of that trail was an old road already, so I guess they are just continuing the tradition.
[Later..] I just read in the comments that 7010-160- One of the access points to Baty Butte was being decomissioned, but it looks to me like the map shows it as being preserved up to the point where the access trail connects (the northernmost point). Do you know which is correct?
Were there any other impacts to trails that you were aware of?
Thanks for posting the links to the documents.
Rob Williams said:
Well that is certainly intuitive!!! In browsing the maps rather quickly this morning, it doesn't appear as though access to any trailheads has been impacted? I remember reading that they were going to convert the road leading to the Dickey Creek trailhead to a trail? The beginning of that trail was an old road already, so I guess they are just continuing the tradition.
Here's what the Environmental Assessment says about the Dickey Creek trail: "The 6340-140 road provides access to the trailhead for Dickey Creek Trail #553. The last part of the road is now within Bull of the Woods Wilderness, so that section of road must be closed to vehicles. Alternative 2 would convert this road to trail." (EA p. 113)
[Later..] I just read in the comments that 7010-160- One of the access points to Baty Butte was being decomissioned, but it looks to me like the map shows it as being preserved up to the point where the access trail connects (the northernmost point). Do you know which is correct?
"It (the selected alternative) would not decommission the 7010-160 spur. " (EA p. 115)
However, just to confuse things, the table at the end of the Decision Notice says this:
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7010160
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Decommission & No action |
Road will be needed for plantation thinning within 10 years. |
Were there any other impacts to trails that you were aware of?
"Decommissioning Road 4650 in this section would also extend the access to the Burnt Granite Trail #595 Trailhead for those coming from Road 46 by over nine miles as they would now need to travel Road 46 to Road 4670 to Road 4650 from the south." (EA p. 114)