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HAILEY • Post-fire rehabilitation of the Croy Creek Trail system will require closure of some public land.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Shoshone Field Office said it is working with Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, Blaine County Recreation District, Wood River Bicycle Coalition, the U.S. Forest Service’s Ketchum Ranger District and private landowners on funding and reconstruction strategies to expedite rehabilitation of Croy Creek trails.

This requires closure of about 3,989 acres of public land until June 30, 2015, due to impacts of the August 2013 Beaver Creek Fire. However, public land adjacent to this area, the Bullion Connector and Hidden Valley trails remain open, a BLM release said.

Last year’s fire and post-fire rains resulted in debris flowing across trails in the Croy Creek system near Hailey. Flowing mud filled in and re-contoured many of the trails to the existing hillside. Trails should be reconstructed and open for use in July 2015, the BLM said.

BLM-managed land involved in the closure lies south of Greenhorn Gulch, west of Idaho 75, north of Croy Creek and Bullion Gulch and east of the Sawtooth National Forest. Trails included in the closure are Lambs Gulch, Bull Dog, Two Dog, Nadyas, Wilson Gulch, Centerline and Punchline.