Hunter Road improvements: No closures scheduled

The US Forest Service has announced beginning June 1, Oedekoven Excavation, the contractor for the Bighorn National Forest Hunter Road Project, will start mobilizing equipment to Hunter Road, Forest System Road 19, on the Powder River Ranger District. 

According to the Forest Service, contractors will begin clearing, grubbing and tree removal work on June 7. Once completed, they will transition into culvert and drainage work and then road reconditioning for the rest of June. In July, contractors will be placing aggregate, installing signs, and completing the project by mid to late July. The Forest Service reports there are no plans for road closures, but signs will be placed along the road to alert visitors of construction activities. 

This project is one of many local improvements on the Bighorn National Forest funded by the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund.

For questions, contact the Powder River Ranger District in Buffalo at 307-684-7806 or the Supervisor’s Office in Sheridan at 307-674-2600.