Travel Analysis

Road Study Update –  Travel Analysis Report Now Available

Thank you to all who contributed to the road study (also known as the Travel Analysis). The Forest Service has released all the Travel Analysis Reports that analyze the existing roads systems and identify opportunities to achieve a more sustainable road system for each National Forest and Prairie.  These reports are part of a nationwide requirement and are not decision documents—instead, they provide an analysis of the road system as it exists today.  All future proposed actions and decisions will involve further opportunities for public input and engagement at the project-level under National Environmental Policy Act processes.

If you have a specific question on a road, trail, or area you may contact the Chippewa National Forest for more information:  contact us

Travel Analysis Process Documents

• Chippewa National Forest Travel Analysis Report
   
• Appendix A – Existing System Roads Risk and Benefit Assessment Questions
• Appendix B – Maps/Information Used to Answer Risk and Benefits Assessment Questions  |  Appendix B Tables
• Appendix C – Results of Risk and Benefit Assessment Questions
• Appendix D – Public Involvement and Collaboration Information
• Appendix E – Financial Analysis
• Appendix F – Summary of the Travel Analysis Process
• Appendix G – Glossary of Terminology

• Road Risk Benefit Assessment
• Figure B1 - Access to private or non-Forest Service lands
• Figure B2 - Access to Forest Service administrative or developed recreation sites or trails
• Figure B3 - Access to areas or sites under a special use permit
• Figure B4 - Access to a recognized dispersed recreation opportunity
• Figure B5 - Concurrent motorized and/or non-motorized trails
• Figure B6 - Access to mineral pits
• Figure B7 - Access to Experimental Forest and Research Natural Areas
• Figure R1 - Without easement through any crossings of private or non-Forest Service lands
• Figure R2 - Operational Maintenance Level not the same as its Objective Maintenance Level
• Figure R4 - Affect use the use of known wildlife travel corridors, proximity to a known nest site or threatened and endangered species (TES) location.
• Figure R5 - Within 300 feet of streams, lakes, and reservoirs.
• Figure R6 - Cross wetlands or soils with erosion potential
• Figure R7 - Less than 0.25 miltes in length and accesses an area for no administrative benefit
• Figure R9 - Previously designated in an existing NEPA process and has not yet been decommissioned
• Figure R10 - Road and stream crossings influence local stream channels and water quality