Friends For Public Use
Friends for Public Use works together with the US Forest Service and other land managers to maintain road access by clearing roads to the designated clearance limits. We remove wind-blown trees, brush, and other obstacles to the standard needed to keep the road open. Oftentimes when trees are cut by individuals they are not cut back far enough and the cut pieces end up in the ditch, which creates more work and doesn’t help reduce the burden on the Forest Service’s limited road maintenance budget.
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We remove brush that limits site distance and can cause a road to be preemptively closed.
We also clear culverts. There are hundreds of culverts on the forest roads and one blocked culvert can cause a wash out that requires months and tens of thousands of dollars to fix…if it gets fixed at all.
And we remove the accumulations of garbage that can cause a beautiful, natural spot to turn into a creepy eye-sore.
To work in partnership with federal, state, county, tribal and municipal governments to maintain public access to public lands.
That public lands will remain accessible by the public for generation after generation through stewardship, sustainable natural resources and promotion of responsible and respectful use, and by encouraging everyone who enjoys the outdoors to become involved in ways suited to their talents, strengths and finances that will aid in the upkeep of special destinations and their access routes and so preserve an integral part of our American heritage.
Please consider volunteering or donating to help us save
our precious forest roads and access to our back country!