Talk:Forest Service Road System

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:52, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that the Forest Service Road System is eight times longer than the entire Interstate Highway System?

• Source: "There are more than 380,000 miles of roads in our national forests and grasslands—that’s eight times more than the U.S. interstate highway system." from

• • ALT1: ... that the United States Forest Service manages more miles of road than any state, except for two? Source: "Only the states of Texas and California manage more total road miles than the Forest Service." from , with this link to back up that claim
  • ALT2: ... that less than 20% of the Forest Service Road System carries 80% of its traffic? Source: "An estimated 1.7 million recreational vehicles travel forest roads each day. Eighty percent of this use is on 20% of the system, mostly on roads that are accessible to low-clearance vehicles." from
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  • Comment: I've never done a DYK before, hopefully these are fine. Thank you.

Created by Feedmepaperr (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

feedmepaperr (talk) 04:11, 24 March 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - ALT0 says the system is eight times longer than the Interstate system, which is ambiguous. The article talks strictly about it being eights times as long. Please consider rephrasing the hook.

QPQ: None required.

Overall: I like ALT0 best, provided the above clarification. Rest looks good. Regards, IceWelder [✉] 18:17, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, let me rephrase it. How about:

• ... that the Forest Service Road System is eight times the length of the Interstate Highway System?

That should make it less ambiguous. Thanks. feedmepaperr (talk) 00:09, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Looks swell! IceWelder [✉] 06:14, 25 March 2026 (UTC)