A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office says about one-third of the trails in national forests are in need of maintenance. The report says only about a quarter of trails are being maintained to U.S. Forest Service standards. More people are using trails but the backlog in trail maintenance grew to more than $310 million last year. Several lawmakers including Wyoming Rep. Cynthia Lummis requested the report from the GAO, which is a nonpartisan government research agency. Lummis says the report shows that it's time to get creative about finding ways to maintain trails and suggests making better use of volunteers to do trail work.
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