from BRC:
This week the BLM announced the beginning of the process to review the travel management plan for a small area outside of Naturita, Colorado.
This is the initial stages of the travel plan, so we encourage everyone to submit comments. The best comments will include documentation of existing routes, so BLM can verify if they’ve included all the available routes in the area.
Since this is the first travel plan we’ve seen an agency release after the passage of the Explore Act, we want to make sure they have a complete inventory of trails, since the Explore Act include this important provision:
“The Secretaries shall seek to create additional opportunities, as appropriate, and in accordance with existing law, for motorized and nonmotorized access and opportunities on Federal recreational lands and waters administered by the Chief of the Forest Service or the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.”
The requirement to “create additional opportunities” will likely need to be measured against what opportunities currently exist, so we can confirm that they offer alternatives that include meaningful expansions of access.
We encourage everyone to share their feedback on this plan before March 18, 2025.
BLM Launches Travel Plan for Trails Near Naturita, Colorado
This week the BLM announced the beginning of the process to review the travel management plan for a small area outside of Naturita, Colorado.
This is the initial stages of the travel plan, so we encourage everyone to submit comments. The best comments will include documentation of existing routes, so BLM can verify if they’ve included all the available routes in the area.
Since this is the first travel plan we’ve seen an agency release after the passage of the Explore Act, we want to make sure they have a complete inventory of trails, since the Explore Act include this important provision:
“The Secretaries shall seek to create additional opportunities, as appropriate, and in accordance with existing law, for motorized and nonmotorized access and opportunities on Federal recreational lands and waters administered by the Chief of the Forest Service or the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.”
The requirement to “create additional opportunities” will likely need to be measured against what opportunities currently exist, so we can confirm that they offer alternatives that include meaningful expansions of access.
We encourage everyone to share their feedback on this plan before March 18, 2025.
