Restoration activities don always result in decreased road densities; sometimes the density actually increases. How can you justify increasing road densities?
The intent is not to increase or decrease road densities per se but to reduce the adverse effects from roads. There are many ways to do this in addition to road closures, such as better maintenance, seasonal closures, road improvement, and the like. This is discussed in table 3-5, RM-O2, RM-S1, and their rationale statements. Objective RM-O3 and standards RM-S8 and S9 emphasize reduction of roads in areas of high and extreme road density; RM-S15 minimizes increases in road density in high quality subwatersheds where road densities are currently “none” or “very low.” Road risk inventories as described in RM-S3 and S4 should help identify where the highest risks are. However, we leave it to local managers to decide how and where to reduce road-related effects when supported by appropriate analysis. In some places this may result in an increase in road densities, but overall throughout the project area it is expected that road densities will be reduced.
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