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BLM tells Emery County the travel plan is advancing despite RS 2477 lawsuit
Summary
BLM staff told the Emery County trails committee the Swell-area Travel Management Plan is moving toward a decision targeted for November, but RS 2477 litigation could alter a small portion of routes (about 17.6 miles proposed for closure); BLM estimates roughly 92 claimed routes totaling ~656 miles in the county.
Jaden, a BLM representative, told the Emery County Travel Bureau Trails Committee that agency staff are finalizing responses to public comments and developing an area-by-area decision layer for the Travel Management Plan (TMP) in the Swell and surrounding lands. He said the agency expects to issue a decision by November and is using public feedback to select different alternatives in different places rather than a single, uniform option.
"We have around a 92 routes or 656 miles," Jaden said, describing the scope of RS 2477 claims in Emery County. He added that the large majority of those claimed routes remain open in the TMP alternatives under consideration. "We got 27 routes or 21.8 miles…
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