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Garfield County discusses signing roads, new signage and local response to federal land decisions
Summary
Commissioners spent substantial time discussing plans to install signage on county roads claimed under RS 2477, the countyrights, recent federal record-of-decision changes affecting recreation areas and the countyresponse to grazing and monument planning.
Garfield County commissioners used a large portion of their meeting to lay out county plans for road signage on routes they say are county rights-of-way, describe recent federal decisions that affect public recreation access and grazing allotments, and to preview a stakeholder process for grazing and range-health studies.
The discussion centered on county plans to place signage along roads the commission says are open to conventional vehicles but where off-highway vehicle (OHV) access is disputed. Commissioners said the county has legal bases it will pursue for some roads and that installing signs is part of a strategy to clarify county position and inform the public.
Why it matters: residents and visitors have been cited by county leaders as sometimes making long trips to find motorized access unexpectedly restricted; the county said it wants clear signage to reduce enforcement conflicts and to document longstanding public use of routes the county believes qualify as RS 2477 rights-of-way.
What commissioners described
- County intent to sign roads asserted as county RS 2477 rights-of-way. County officials described a recent judicial acknowledgement by a local judge (referred to in the meeting as a decision by Judge Wallace) that the…
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