In 2010, the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship was awarded several grants by the Plumas National Forest to restore Forest Service System Trails and to construct 3- trail bridges; 2 on the Beckwourth District and 1 on the Mount Hough District. Funding was provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The following pages include detailed reports, showing the construction of each bridge and it’s associated costs.
The first bridge highlighted in the report is a Forest Service engineered “kit bridge” that was built in Hillsboro, Oregon and required several costly steps to install.
The two other featured bridges are “log stringer” bridges, which use native materials and are constructed on-site, with the majority of costs going towards local labor.
Also included in this report are photos showing trail bridges and boardwalks, with varying designs that have been built by the recreating public on lands managed by either the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management. The photos are meant to illustrate the need for land managers to develop simple, designed structures that protect resources, provide safe passage, and can be constructed at little or no-cost to the federal government and to American taxpayers.
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