Environmental Assessment Completed

Webster Cliff Trail Relocation and Project-Specific Forest Plan Amendment

White Mountain National Forest Coos, New Hampshire Saco Ranger District

Relocation of about one mile of the Webster Cliff hiking trail into the Presidential Range Wilderness. This will include a project-specific forest plan amendment to allow the addition of the trail into Wilderness.

Location

The Webster Cliff Trail, part of the Appalachian Trail just north of Crawford Notch in Bean's Grant, Coos County, New Hampshire

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/03/2025
2
Comment Period
06/24/2025
3
Objection Period Start
09/19/2025
4
Decision
02/2026 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
05/2026 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityPlan Amendment; Trail Management; Wilderness Management
Webster Cliff Trail Relocation and Project-Specific Forest Plan AmendmentDecision Signed Date: 02/13/2026
ForestsWhite Mountain National Forest
DistrictsSaco Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Land management planningRecreation managementProjects that may affect wilderness (for mailing list contacts)