Introduction 



Administration ofcommercial and other group 8. Legal public access does not exist to 



use on the trail is a major concern. Large important sites and segments of the trail, 



groups have the potential to niore adversely g -phere are numerous threats to the trails and 



impact trail resources and adjacent private associated historic sites from a variety of 



'^"'^^- resource uses and development projects. 



Trail resources are being lost due to natural Examples of these are: energy development, 



processes of erosion. rights-of-way, recreational uses, and unau- 

 thorized upgrading of the trails into roads. 



