Get out & celebrate National Trails Day 6/6/26 by volunteering. Here is an example on #MedicineBow NF - commonoutdoorground.org/even…
Also, fee free at day-use sites!
(U.S. Forest Service photo, Mary Grace Bedwell)
Access Update: Helicopter work prompts temporary closures on #MedicineBow NF around Laramie Peak,
(USFS images - Decommissioned comm site debris to be removed) fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
2
213
Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Today, Forest Service announced an additional 2026 recreation fee-free day on June 6 to celebrate #NationalTrailsDay, providing no cost use of all standard amenity recreation sites on national forests & grasslands. Find a local National Trails Day event: americanhiking.org/national-…
ALT Photo of people hiking with "National Trails Day June 6, 2026 | FEE FREE.
As wood products leave the forest, recreation enters. The multiple use mission of the Forest Service comes into focus.
For generations, national forests have balanced these multiple uses to serve the public.
(Forest Service photo by Dan Todd.)
1
1
3
227
Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
🚨 USDA is taking action to heighten national wildfire readiness. Today, @SecRollins issued a memo directing @forestservice to accelerate community-focused risk reduction, and strengthen firefighter health and safety for the 2026 fire year.
🔗 usda.gov/about-usda/news/pre…
8
28
68
5,268
Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
Thanks to crews from the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin Grassland for their work regrading roads across the Pawnee National Grassland and reshaping berms at Baker Draw! This work increases motor vehicle access and improves visitor experience on the Pawnee.
Annual, temporary closure of Fish Creek Falls bridge in place, #Routt NF
Forest Service photo of Fish Creek Falls from near the bridge by Michael Woodbridge
fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…
4
205
Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
🚨 USDA's Forest Service will move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah, and begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the forests and communities it serves, a structural reset and a common-sense approach to improve mission delivery.
🔗 usda.gov/about-usda/news/pre…
30
91
360
51,643
Medicine Bow-Routt NFs & Thunder Basin NG retweeted
To improve motor vehicle access, crews from the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland will be repairing and regrading roads on the Pawnee National Grassland over the next several weeks. Exercise caution near machinery and work areas.
Steamboat Front Prescribed Fire is a GO for today. Ignitions will begin mid day. Smoke is expected to be visible from surrounding roads & communities. #Routt NF fs.usda.gov/r02/mbrtb/newsro…