• FSR (Forest Service Road) 614 has become an important route to skiers and especially snowshoers using the Fourth of July Winter Sports Area.

• The Panhandle Nordic Club Ski & Snowshoe Club has been grooming and signing the road for over five-years as part of the Fourth of July Park & Ski Area.

• Traditionally, non-motorized winter use has been located south of Interstate 90, while motorized use has been located north and realistically everywhere else on the Coeur d'Alene River District.

• Non-motorized users, skiers and snowshoers want an area they can pursue their winter sports without the disturbance of motorized use with its noise carrying miles and its fumes fouling the air nearby.

• ATVs are beginning to use FSR 614 through the ski and snowshoe area during the winter months.

• ATV activity disrupts the Panhandle Nordic Ski and Snowshoe Club's ability to groom the routes along FSR 614 or reach other trails for maintenance.

• ATV activity intrudes on the non-motorized ski and snowshoe winter experience with fumes and noise.

• I (we) urge the Forest Service to close FSR 614 following the hunting season and to keep it closed through the winter months and early spring thaw until it can be opened in a condition conducive to use without deterioration.

• If you have written the Forest Service before on this issue during the travel planning process remind them, that you have made this request earlier.

• Send letter to Randy Swick, District Ranger and copy Ranotta McNair, Forest Supervisor

Randy Swick, District Ranger
USDA-USFS
2502 E. Sherman Avenue
Coeur d’ Alene ID 83814

Ranotta McNair, Forest Supervisor
USDA-USFS
3815 Schreiber Way
Coeur d’Alene ID 83814