Pictures of the Wild North Fork Smith River and motorized vehicle damage. 

The pictures are a mix of some of the motorized vehicle destruction and natural beauty of the area (before the fire). 

Click here for pictures of the area after the Biscuit Fire!

Darlingtonia Californica in meadow along N.Fk. Smith River Trail

Boulder and North Fork Smith River

OHV tracks on north side of Baldface Creek. 

Baldface Creek meets the N.Fk. Smith River and the "wild" section of N.Fk Smith flows downstream.

OHV mitigation put in place by USFS to block motorized vehicles from crossing Baldface Creek

Steep hillside cuts at Sourdough Camp.  There are numerous illegal hillside cuts at Sourdough.  Motorized vehicle operators cut from the river bench at Sourdough up the hillsides to create these illegal  routes.

This road at Sourdough should be closed.  Water puddles up within 70 yards of the river within the "wild" section of the N.Fk. Smith River due to motorized vehicle traffic.

Local 4wd club built this pit toilet, without USFS approval, within 1/4 mile "wild" river corridor along N.Fk. Smith.  This is 100 yards from the river.

OHV operators left behind trash at Sourdough.

There were many beer cans in Baldface Creek, N.Fk. Smith River, and throughout Sourdough Camp.

FS 4wd route (FS 206) washing into Fall Creek.

Waterfall, Fall Creek

Large Doug Fir fell across Fall Creek because of OHV created landslide along road.

OHVs cause slides sending sediment directly into Fall Creek.  Fall Creek empties into the N.Fk. Smith River less than 1/4 mile downstream and this site is within the "wild" corridor of the N.Fk. Smith River.  This site is also has a tremendous, uninfected, Port Orford Cedar stand.  Motorized vehicle use threatens to introduce a fatal root fungus into these rare, uninfected stands.

Open gate on FS 206.  The USFS installed this gate last year to block "wet season" traffic.  There is no lock on the gate.  OHV users also regularly go around or destroy closure gates.

Along the "Wild" North Fork Smith River Trail