Back Country Association helps keep trails open
Buddy Williford, a sawyer with the Back Country ATV-UTV Association, slices through a fallen tree on ATV trail 802 in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest during a trail-clearing expedition April 25.
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Back Country ATV-UTV Association member Terry Odom, left, assesses the downed tree situation April 25 as Buddy Williford uses a chainsaw to open an ATV trail near Burnt Cabin Summit in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. Members of the association work to clear trees and pick up trash to maintain and preserve trails for public use.
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Army veteran Dan Geoghegan tosses a branch to the side April 25 during a Back Country ATV-UTV Association trail-clearing project.
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Ryan Janowski of Coeur d'Alene makes his way around an uprooted tree with a small chainsaw April 25 as he and fellow Back Country ATV-UTV Association members work to clear the trail.
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Buddy Williford, front, and Ryan Janowski, second back, lead the pack as Back Country ATV-UTV Association members clear trails April 25 in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest.
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Terry Odom tosses a chunk of wood April 25 as he and fellow Back Country ATV-UTV Association members clear trees and debris from ATV trail 802 near Burnt Cabin Summit.
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Members of the Back Country ATV-UTV Association picked up litter Friday by Interstate 90 in Post Falls. Litter pickup is one of many service projects the club undertakes to give back to the community.
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Massive trees that topple onto trails on public lands don't stay in the way for long.
Members of the Back Country ATV-UTV Association roar up mountains through dust, mud, puddles, sunshine and snow to find these obstructions and remove them to keep the trails open.
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