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Commission splits over BLM Dolores travel plan letter but approves sending edited scoping comments
Summary
Public advocates, planning staff and commissioners debated the BLM Dolores Travel Management Plan scoping letter, with some urging stronger riparian protections and others warning the draft would lead to widespread closures; the commission approved sending a refined letter asking the BLM to treat buffer percentages as guidelines and to account for topography and connectivity.
Grand County commissioners spent an extended portion of their June meeting debating a draft scoping comment letter to the Bureau of Land Management on the Dolores River Travel Management Plan (TMP).
Public commenters including Cliff Koons of Ride with Respect urged the BLM and county to "recognize the past work" on travel management and to avoid blanket riparian exclusions that could close large swathes of routes; Koons asked the BLM to replace…
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