Wedge Fire Existing Road Situation Map  Wedge Fire - Proposed Action for Road Management Map Click Back button to return Compare Maps	The main difference in this area will be the closure of ½ mile of Hornet LO Rd 9805 beyond the Hornet LO trailhead.  This effectively closes the currently open road to upper Teepee Creek in the adjoining Grizzly Bear Subunit even though that road does not need to be closed for grizzly security.
Roberts Fire Existing Situation Map Roberts Fire Proposed Action for Road Management Map Click Back button to return Compare Maps	The main changes will be the seasonal closure of most of the McGinnis Rd., closure of a river access road south of Big Creek Campground and the loss of some OHV road at the end of Kimmerly Rd.

West Side Reservoir

In order to determine which roads will be ripped you must carefully compare the maps to see which roads are  changed to "historic" in the proposed action.  This is unnecessarily difficult.  It is hard to understand why they would key the map this way unless they wanted to de-emphasize the ripped roads.

North Half Existing Situation Map North Half Proposed Action Map Click Back button to return Compare Maps	Significant changes : A yearlong closure to wheeled motorized vehicles on the Wounded Buck Road 895C and Wildcat Road 5339.  A yearlong closure to wheeled motorized vehicles on the Lid Creek Road 2817. Trails 51, 297, 410 and 895B will be closed to motorized use. Most of the 49 miles of road rip will occur in this half
South Half Existing Situation Map South Half Proposed Action Map Click Back button to return Compare Maps	The primary changes will be the closure of trails 7, 268, 396, and 547 to motorized use.   There would also be several miles of road rip

Every time the Flathead Forest initiates a project in designated grizzly bear habitat, they must address the issue of road density as required by Amendment 19 of the Flathead Forest Plan.  MFMU is presently challenging Amendment 19 and all subsequent amendments in Federal District Court.  We believe that Amendment 19 is not only illegal it is based on junk science.  To see why go >>HERE<<