PotlatchDeltic is closing some motorized access to a significant portion of a 42,000-acre parcel of land north and east of Headquarters.
According to the Lewiston Tribune, officials say the move is aimed at reducing road damage, accidental fire starts and to manage liability in the Beaver Creek, Scofield Creek and Washington Creek areas.
The company is keeping 63 miles of main roads and 23.5 miles of long-established all-terrain vehicle trails open but closing motorized access to 386 miles of the secondary roads. The smaller roads and off-road areas remain open to foot, horse and nonelectric bicycle access under the Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s Large Tracts Program, in which the state agency leases recreational access to corporate timber land in the northern part of the state.
Officials say the swath of land where PotlatchDeltic has reduced motorized access amounts to about 7 percent of its holdings in northern Idaho. (Lewiston Tribune)
