[Talk-us] National Forests and Private Ownership

[Bradley White]

> One point is that the NFS may have made arrangements with the landowner such that some access by the public is permitted.  I say this because an official USFS trail (Crosier Mountain Trail)[1] crosses private land and there are no signs saying "No Trespassing"

The way may be, but usually the land itself is not. The land is still
tagged access=private, and the trail is tagged either access=yes if it
is a legal public easement over private land, or access=permissive if
there is an agreement with the landowner to allow public to access the
trail as long as they stay on trail (but there is no legal right of
way otherwise)