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The North Kaibab has not completed their plan yet and the BLM is also working on a plan for their roads.

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Does anyone know the details behind the Agriculture Department's Forest Service and the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management deciding to eliminate thousands of miles of roads? Was there an act of Congress that we ignored?

 

Bill Quimby

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Does anyone know the details behind the Agriculture Department's Forest Service and the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management deciding to eliminate thousands of miles of roads? Was there an act of Congress that we ignored?

 

http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/ohv/

 

Keep in mind and read through the documents provided that the FS in most cases are closing "USER CREATED" roads. These were unauthorized roads created without permission from any agency and with out review and oversight. These are the most destructive types of roads to the forest.

On another note had the FS been more proactive about creating more access then we wouldn't have had as many user created roads.

People wanted more access and did it their way and the FS stood back and let it happen and now both sides are at odds.

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Some (if not most) of these roads have existed for decades. Why close them now? Although land managers may feel they "go nowhere" and "serve no purpose," each goes somewhere and, more importantly, they serve to disperse hunters, campers and other users of the public's land.

 

Bill Quimby

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Here's the deal! I believe the other agencies under Federal regulation were included either before or after this rule was adopted.

 

The Federal Register Notice (73 FR 74689) for the final travel management directives was published on December 9, 2008. The directives became effective January 8, 2009.

 

Travel Management Rule (36 CFR 212, Subpart B, Designation of Roads, Trails, and Areas for Motor Vehicle Use)

 

Highlights of the Rule

•The rule requires each national forest or ranger district to designate those roads, trails, and areas open to motor vehicles.

•Designation will include class of vehicle and, if appropriate, time of year for motor vehicle use. A given route, for example, could be designated for use by motorcycles, ATVs, or street-legal vehicles.

•Once designation is complete, the rule will prohibit motor vehicle use off the designated system or inconsistent with the designations.

•Designation decisions will be made locally, with public input and in coordination with state, local, and tribal governments.

•Designations will be shown on a motor vehicle use map. Use inconsistent with the designations will be prohibited.

•Final rule, as published in the Federal Register (pdf, 29 pages, 219 kb)

 

 

If you want to read up on it here's a link

http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/ohv/

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Interesting. The final order for Agriculture's forest service was published at the end of Mr. Obama's first year in office. Wonder how long it took to reach that stage, and if the orders for agencies in Interior and other departments had the same time frame?

 

I repeat my previous question. These roads on the public's lands have been around for decades. Why the rush to close them now?

 

Bill Quimby

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Some (if not most) of these roads have existed for decades. Why close them now? Although land managers may feel they "go nowhere" and "serve no purpose," each goes somewhere and, more importantly, they serve to disperse hunters, campers and other users of the public's land.

 

Bill Quimby

 

+1 :)

 

TJ

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You guys, please help get this fixed by being a pain in the neck. Write and call your politicians and the district rangers and forest supervisor and inform your neighbors. We can get this changed but they are banking on people not putting the effort into complaints. The roads that were closed and crazy 30' camping rule was decided by the few policy makers that don't spend time in the forest they manage. The field workers are embaresed and upset with what is going on and need help making the forest supervisor and district rangers not want to deal with it. The kaibab did not follow the intent of eliminating cross country travel and getting rid of new wood cutter roads that popped up. Don't let them get away with it.

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