YACOLT — A 4.5-mile portion of road No. 42 in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest east of Sunset Falls campground will close for a month beginning today for improvements and erosion control.
The road will be closed between milepoints 17.5 and 22 through Oct. 15. The road will be open again in time for the opening of the modern firearms deer hunting season.
Crews will replace culverts, improve the road surface and alignment and create temporary erosion control.
Tracy Calizon, acting Mount Adams District ranger, said the work will improve steelhead habitat in the East Fork of the Lewis River.
