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Flying bridge

Forest Service contractors move a bridge onto pillars through a canyon using a crane.
Francisco Rico is a civil engineer on the Mendocino National Forest who oversaw the new bridge construction. Contractors from AGE Construction prepare the foundation for the new bridge. (USDA Forest Service photos by Andrew Avitt)  Dry thunderstorms rolled across California’s Central…
Great American Outdoors Act

Trails in transformation

Two people sitting on a forest hillside looking up the mountain. One person is pointing at something off camera.
California Conservation Corps crew member Louie de los Reyes and Inyo National Forest staff member Natalia Muglia use a chain and winch to move a boulder to restabilize a portion of the John Muir Trail within the Inyo National Forest August 17, 2022. The repair project was made possible with…
california, trail maintenance, Great American Outdoors Act

Ready to roll

A woman sits in a recumbent bicycle on a dirt trail with her shaggy, tail-wagging dog beside her. The trail is lined with grasses, shrubs and trees.
Charlene Kynaston takes her dog for a walk on the recently renovated trails made possible by Great American Outdoors Act funding. (Photo courtesy of Charlene Kynaston) For weeks after the Caribou-Targhee National Forest announced they would be repaving the trail at Cherry Springs Nature Area…
Great American Outdoors Act

Bridge to an icy wonderland reopened

An aerial image of the newly repaired Big Four Ice Caves bridge spanning the South Fork Stillaguamish river. Heavily wooded forest appears on both sides of the bridge and river.
A repaired Big Four Ice Caves Bridge re-opened bigger and better in October 2022—extending 37 feet longer—to stabilize it on the South Fork Stillaguamish riverbank. The $241,000 project, contracted to One Corner Construction, was funded through the Great American Outdoor Act. (Forest Service…
ice caves, Great American Outdoors Act, bridges, caves and karst

Reviving treasured trails of Montana

Before and after photo of restoration work on a trail.
A trail puncheon being built in the Bob Marshall Wilderness area to provide better accessibility to trail users. A puncheon is similar to a turnpike and is a wooden walkway used to cross bogs or small streams. (USDA Forest Service photo by Madeline Rubida) During summer, visitors are…
Great American Outdoors Act, trails

The bear necessities

An adult brown bear resting along the rocky bank of a stream.
New picnic tables able to withstand the Sierra Nevada’s snowfall and new food lockers are some of the upgrades made to the Stanislaus National Forest’s Big Meadow Campground. The upgrades were funded with y $1440,000 provided by the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020. (USDA Forest Service…
bears, camping, campgrounds, outdoor safety, wildlife, recreation, Great American Outdoors Act
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