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BLM Price Field Office releases travel-management decision; DOI signs, plan takes immediate effect
Summary
The Bureau of Land Management's Price Field Office finalized a travel-management plan that designates routes across public lands. The decision was signed by the Department of the Interior and is in full effect with no administrative protest or appeal period; officials expect legal challenges.
The Bureau of Land Management's Price Field Office has released a finalized travel-management decision that designates or reclassifies hundreds of miles of routes across the San Rafael Swell and adjacent public lands, a BLM planner said during the Emery County Trails Council meeting.
The decision was signed by the Department of the Interior, “so there's no protest period, no appeal period,” the planner said. “So it's full force and effect right now.” The planner also said the office received more than 6,000 public comments on the proposal during the planning process.
Why it matters: the decision both opens and closes route mileage and creates a legally binding designation for many routes used by motorized and non-motorized visitors. The planner said the final package leaves “just…
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