I take care of trails for three districts on the National Forest and I'm a little bothered by what I'm seeing. My planned budget is only allowing me to hire four trail crew hands this upcoming season. I have approximately six hundred miles of trail to maintain. This past year about twelve miles of trail were burned over up in our Wilderness area. For the most part the trails are dangerous and hard to use due to erosion and the excess trees falling down. I have talked with several outfitters and they are having a hard time with unmaintained trails. I'm hearing this from other Forest, especially where we've had big fires. Now I'm told they are going to cut the budget even more. As an avid hunter and person in charge of trails this is frustrating as we can't open up these trails with what we have. You get the idea what I'm trying to say. Is anyone else having problems getting into their favorite spots? A related issue I would like to bring up is chainaws vs. crosscuts in Wilderness areas? Does everyone understand why we don't use chainsaws in Wilderness?