Due to severe storms July 19, 2019, the Forest Service issued a closure order for damaged roads, trails and recreation sites. As areas are cleared, the closure order will be updated.
Due to flash flood damage to roads and trails during a June 15-17, 2018, 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.
Portions of the Great Divide Ranger District sustained heavy damage during a storm that took place on the evening of July 11, 2016. The Forest completed repairs in fall 2020. The only remaining closure is to Forest Road 383, which is being decommissioned.
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.