An adequate system of roads and trails is essential to proper management and use of 



national-forest lands 



Construction of about 392,600 miles of new roads and 6,000 miles 

 of new trails will ultimately be needed, along with reconstruction of 

 about 112,600 miles of roads and 11,300 miles of trails. Also about 

 41,400 miles of existing trails will be replaced by construction of 

 new roads. 



In the short-term period the program proposals are — 



1. Complete construction and reconstruction of about 90,000 miles 

 of access roads and 8,000 miles of trails. This constitutes about 

 19 percent of roads and trails included in the long-range objectives. 

 Approximately half of the value of the work on timber access roads 

 planned for this period will be constructed by national-forest timber 

 purchasers, but paid for by the Government through adjustment 

 of stumpage prices. 



2. Provide maintenance to full standards on the 261,900 miles 

 of existing development roads and trails and on 58,600 miles of 

 new construction. 



Land Adjustment and Uses 



Effective management of the national-forest system requires rea- 

 sonable consolidation of ownership where there are intermixed public 



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