The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest opened picnic areas and beaches across most of the Forest as well as developed dispersed campsites. In addition, restrooms and garbage receptacles will be available and fees will be charged at sites that are open and have full services. Please note that some developed dispersed campsites in the Lakewood-Laona Ranger District remain closed due the July 2019 blowdown.
The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest will be open for dispersed camping and campfires, lifting the campfire ban across much of the Forest. Fire and campfire restrictions will remain in place for Forest Service lands in Langlade and Oconto counties due to the July 2019 blowdown.
Area(s):
Chequamegon-Nicolet NF, Boot Lake Recreation Area, Boulder Lake Recreation Area, Lakewood Cross-Country Ski Trail
Date(s): Jul 20, 2019
Strong winds and rain caused significant damage to portions of the Lakewood-Laona Ranger District on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest on July 19, 2019.
Forest Service personnel began surveying the damage immediately following the storm and have been working to clear debris from recreation sites, roads and trails on the Forest.
The Forest issued an emergency closure order for roads, trails, dispersed and developed recreation sites in the area of the storm. This order is being updated as often as needed to reflect changes as areas are cleared and reopened for the public to use. Please check the closure order and refer to the map for locations of closed roads and recreation sites. Learn more at http://go.usa.gov/xyA8D.
Due to severe storms July 19, 2019 the Forest Service has issued a closure order for roads, trails and recreation sites that were damaged during the storm. As areas are cleared the closure order will be updated. *Updated November 15, 2019.
Due to flash flood damage to roads and trails on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest during the June 15-17 storm event the Forest Service has determined that the affected roads and trails listed in attachment A remain hazardous to the public and are closed until further notice. *Updated 12/06/2018.
Contact(s):
Great Divide Ranger District; 715-634-4821
Portions of the Great Divide Ranger District of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest sustained heavy damage during a storm that took place on the evening of July 11, 2016. The Forest continues to make tremondous progress on reopening roads that were damaged by the storm, however there are still some that remain closed as construction occurs. Updated June 19, 2020.
For a complete listing of closures, please click the links below
May 11, 2017 – An interdisciplinary team of resource specialists, appointed by the Forest Supervisor, have reviewed and updated the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Monitoring Program, or Chapter 4 of the 2004 CNNF Land and Resource Management Plan. The purpose of the Monitoring Program update is to design better monitoring questions and associated indicators that measure management effectiveness and progress toward achieving or maintaining the plan's desired conditions or objectives. This is an opportunity for the CNNF to keep only the monitoring questions that are providing the most meaningful information and many monitoring questions from the 2004 LRMP have been dropped (see Rationale for Change).
May 3, 2016 - For the past year, an interdisciplinary team of resource specialists, appointed by the forest supervisor, have been reviewing the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Monitoring Program. Their purpose was to determine if the existing monitoring program, established in the 2004 CNNF Land and Resource Management Plan, was in compliance with the requirements established in the Forest Service’s 2012 Planning Rule. The rule required that each national forest have a monitoring program that assessed the eight elements identified in the 2012 Planning Rule by May 9, 2016.
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