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Due to incoming winter weather conditions, the BSP Headquarters and Reservations Line will be closing at 1 p.m. today, 4/08/25.

Starting this spring, the foot bridge spanning Trout Brook at the Trout Brook Farm Campground will be closed. The bridge’s infrastructure is no longer safe for use, and there are no immediate plans to replace it. 

The lean-to site on the north side of the Brook will continue to be available for visitor use, but will only be accessible by boat or by wading across Trout Brook.The Park will provide a canoe specifically for use by campers at this site.  Like back-country sites in the Park, reservations for this site must now be made by phone or in person. Sites 1 & 2 (walk-in tent sites north of the Brook) will no longer be used. The Freezeout trail will continue to be maintained, and similar to site #3, will be accessed by boat or wading.

The SFMA 2025-2035 Forest Management Plan is open for public review and comment from March 18-March 31. Comments will be reviewed and addressed in April and May of 2025 before the plan is finalized. Visit the SFMA Forest Management page and scroll to the bottom to download a copy.

Reviewers are asked to keep in mind:

• Previous SFMA management plans included elements of industry-standard forest management plans for a 10-year period and of master (or comprehensive), strategic, longer-term plans. The SFMA 2025-2035 plan you are reviewing is a stand-alone 10-year management plan. SFMA staff are concurrently drafting a longer term SFMA master plan. 

• If you believe the plan is missing certain elements, consider first whether they apply to the next 10-year period, or if they may be part of the master plan. The master plan will include information from Governor Baxter’s deeds and communications, principles and long-term goals, the management context (e.g. history, socioeconomics), a comprehensive property description, long-term management approaches and activities, administrative items, and appendices detailing the SFMA’s policies, field protocols, partnerships/collaborations, legal and regulatory issues, and more. 

• Earlier drafts of this plan (in its entirety and specific elements) have been reviewed by the SFMA Advisory Committee and BSP staff. 

• This is a technical document, and its intended audience are forestry and other land management professionals. While SFMA staff appreciate comments that may make the plan more accessible to a general audience, the plan must also serve its planning purpose and technical elements must be retained. 

Even once it is free of snow and ice, there is a high chance of getting flat tires due to snowmobile studs in the road.

The Chimney Pond Trail has deep running water in places, and the Abol Stream Trail may be flooded.