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BLM recreation sites in northern Idaho impacted by windstorm Coeur d’Alene, Idaho – Recreation managers for the Bureau of Land Management’s Coeur d’Alene Field Office are assessing damage left by the intense windstorm that swept through northern Idaho on Jan. 13. Downed trees are littering recreation sites and causing impediments to trail use. The following BLM sites were significantly impacted from the storm: the Mineral Ridge recreation area and trail; the John C. Pointer Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary trail at Cougar Bay; the Gamlin Lake recreation area and trail system; the Beauty Bay picnic area and loop trail; and trails at the Blue Creek Bay recreation area. ....
Timber harvest operations to temporarily restrict trail access at Blue Creek Bay COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Due to heavy equipment and timber harvest activities on the east side of the Blue Creek Bay recreation area, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Coeur d’Alene Field Office is temporarily restricting access to several hiking trails in the area. Effective immediately, the following trails on the east side of the area will be inaccessible due to logging operations: Blue Trail, Lake Overlook, Orange Trail, Red Trail and the Ridge Trail. Visitors may still park at the primary trailhead located off Yellowstone Road, but will only have access to routes on the south side of the road, including the Connector and Meadow Trails. A detailed map of the affected trails can be found at https://www.blm.gov/visit/blue-creek-bay-recreation-site-and-trail ....