Road closure on Cottonwood Lakes Road #477

SEELEY LAKE - The Lolo National Forest is replacing the Swamp Creek stream crossing at milepost 3.7 on the Cottonwood Lakes Road (FS Road #477) starting Aug. 19.  The road will be closed on either side of the project (between Blind Canyon Road #4378 and Swamp Creek Road #4379) for up to three weeks.

The old culvert will be replaced with a new culvert that will pass all storm and runoff flows and will allow for fish and aquatic organisms to cross under the road. Forest users will still be able to access the following forest roads during the project from either the east or west access points off of Cottonwood Lake Road #477: West Morrell Road #4353, East Morrell Road #467, Blind Canyon Road #4378, Road #17514, Morrell Mountain Road #4365 (see attached map).