Recreation and Road report for June 8th- June 13th.
Road Conditions/Construction and Logging Activity:
- Middle ridge road is closed until repairs can be completed next year.
- The mainline, McCormick creek road, #6265, is washed out and impassable at mile post 13, just past the highbush lake road.
- The Highbush lake road, #50040, has a slide across it but is passable to high clearance vehicles.
- The Nemo loop road, #6267, has a slide across it but is passable to high clearance vehicles.
- Contracts are in the works but repairs will not happen until much later in the year.
- Please stay safe out there!
Anan Wildlife Observatory:
- As many of you know, we had a long and harsh winter! This was no exception for Anan! There was significant trail damage found this spring.
- Anan trail cleanup is ongoing but a lot of work has been done to make things passable on the trail. There have been a few bears seen sporadically, only black bears so far and there was a mama with 3 cubs! This is super exciting news!
- T3 students have been out at Anan getting the cameras re-connected to be hopefully streaming on Explore.org soon, Stay Tuned!
- Anan Wildlife Observatory permit season starts July 5th.There are still permits available for many days on recreation.gov if you have your own boat/floatplane to get there. Before July 5th, no permit is needed to visit Anan.
Recreational Reminders:
- The rec crew repaired the Yunshookuh loop campground road last week.
- Áax’w Sáani (Little Lake) cabin construction has begun. Expect short traffic delays on FS road# 6277.
- WCA crew is working on rec site and trails out the road on wrangell island. Getting site ready for the summer season.
This announcement is courtesy of KSTK and your Wrangell Ranger District and can be found posted online at kstk.org. Thanks for listening.
