 working to open the Manistee River Trail (photo by Jaylene Marsh, USFS) |
a news release of Manistee National Forest
The Forest Service has completed its evaluation and installed a few reroutes to the Manistee River Trail to protect natural resources.
Hikers are reminded to exercise caution around bluff edges and are asked to use established trail reroutes to protect natural resources.
Staff from the Cadillac/Manistee Ranger district worked together over three weeks to get the trail open for the busy recreational season picking up now.
After a few weeks of work, they were able to assess trailtread, remove trees blocking trails and establish some reroutes and puncheon to protect natural resources along the route.
Feedback is welcome to the Huron-Manistee NFs inbox. Email us at sm.fs.hmnf@usda.gov. pictures, locations and a short narrative of what we are looking, and your thoughts.
Exercise extreme caution. Saturated soils have weakened the structural integrity of riverbanks while fast-flowing water undercut the bank's base, losing strength and creating the potential for collapse. High-velocity water and rapid water level drops created intense pressure, caused rapid erosion, sloughed off banks, creating landslides, formed "blowouts," new channels, and heavy sand deposits (drifts) in unexpected areas. Unpredictable conditions like these are unsafe and should be avoided at all costs.
Silt deposits in draining flood plains which can appear stable, can still be saturated soils not supporting weight, and subsequently can push water out, creating a vacuum that pulls you down and can entrap you.
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