Sean C. Morgan
The Willamette National Forest cannot afford to keep all of its roads open, and forest managers want input from the public to help decide which roads it should keep.
The Willamette National Forest, including four ranger districts – Sweet Home, Detroit, McKenzie River and Middle Fork, is 110 miles long and comprises nearly 1.7 million acres, nearly 400,000 of them roadless wilderness. About 6,500 miles of roads cross the forest landscape.
During…