The coalition pledged a united fight to help eliminate funding for these programs during the 1997 budget and appropriations process. While the Senate members also endorsed the House list, no specific target list was presented. These Senators and Congressmen clearly do not understand that while the FS builds the affected roads, they are really multiple-use roads . . . Many ranchers use these roads to gain access to their grazing permit areas.
Miners use the roads to explore for minerals.
Hunters and fishermen would be locked out of millions of acres of FS lands were it not for roads that were originally built for logging. Tens of thousands of private property owners would not have access to their lands except for these roads. Hikers, snowmobile and off-highway vehicle advocates would lose access to many more millions of acres without the FS road budget. When you spread the cost of FS roads over all the recreation, business and commodity users, the cost of these roads makes much more sense. But consider another idea.