Drivers Urged to Remain Alert on Forest Roads During Vegetation Management Activities

Forest Road 164-Honeymoon Trail currently has active timber sale activities with daily truck hauling.

Duluth, MN – Septem­ber 17, 2024 –The Su­perior National Forest (NF) is asking fall visi­tors and area drivers to be extra safe and aware while driving around the Superior NF this fall as vegetation man­agement activities are occurring.

Forest Road (FR) 164- the Honeymoon Trail currently has an active timber sale operating on it, which is also a popular fall color viewing road. Drivers should remain aware and expect logging traffic on this road. With logging activity, traffic may be backed up, down to one lane, and have some debris on the road. The road is also narrow and has sharp corners. Driv­ers are asked to drive slowly, crack their win­dows to listen for log­ging trucks, turn down their radio volume, and be alert and prepared to back up if they meet a logging truck, allow­ing them to pass safely. The Superior NF also asks drivers to not park along the narrow road to further impede traf­fic flow.

Gene Dressly, Acting Tofte District Rang­er said, “Drivers are asked to use extreme caution on the Hon­eymoon Trail right now as it is a very nar­row road and logging trucks are hauling logs actively at this time.”

In addition to the Hon­eymoon Trail, the fol­lowing National Forest System roads have ac­tive log hauling. Oth­er jurisdictional roads like state and county may also have logging activity. Please use caution and expect to encounter log trucks.

Gunflint Ranger District Log Hauling

Trout Lake Road (Forest Road 140)
Northern Light Road (Forest Road 306)
Gunflint Trail (Cook County Highway 12)
Shoe Lake Road (Forest Road 313)
Greenwood Lake Road (Forest Road 309)
Old Greenwood Road (Forest Road 144)
Fall River Spur F (Forest Road 115F)
Cook County Hwy 6
Cook County Hwy 7

Tofte Ranger District Log Hauling

Honeymoon Trail (Forest Road 164)
Sawbill Trail (Cook County Highway 2)
Victor Lake Road (Forest Road 912)
Bushel Lake Road (Forest Road 221/ Forest Road 221B)

Wanless Road (Forest Road 172)
Dumbbell River Road (Forest Road 174)
Trapper’s Lake Road (Forest Road 369)
Tomahawk (Forest Road 377)
DMIR Grade Road (Forest Road 380)
Arrowhead Road (Forest Road 176)

Laurentian Ranger District

Mooseline Road (Forest Road 130), off the Deepwater Lake Trail

Superior NF staff and contractors understand that transportation con­struction and vegeta­tion management proj­ects can inconvenience every day and vacation travels. Please contact the district ranger of­fices or Supervisors Office in Duluth for up-to-date project in­formation.

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