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County says BLM travel‑management plan is on hold; member proposes filing disclaimers to secure road rights
Summary
Committee members said the local BLM office had proposed cutting 25–30% of roads under a travel‑management plan, but the new national leadership put the proposal on hold. One member urged the county to file disclaimers of interest on county roads to secure rights and reduce litigation.
Committee members reported on efforts involving the Bureau of Land Management’s travel‑management planning and local strategies to secure road rights.
A committee member said the local BLM office had proposed a travel management plan that would remove about "25 or 30% reduction in roads," prompting strong local opposition. "We kinda had a fit," the member said. The member reported the proposal is now on hold while the BLM awaits direction from new national leadership and identified John Ravey as the interim national director overseeing the pause.
In response to the pause, a committee member proposed an administrative tactic to secure county road rights: "...file a disclaimer of interest on all of our roads and get all the roads right now... That can be done with a scribe stroke of a pen," the member said, arguing the move would reduce litigation and help the county protect access.
Staff and members also discussed supplementary local actions such as planning to install county road signage in the spring and working on a county resource management plan hosted on a collaborative Google Site to keep documentation current.
The May 7 meeting recorded these as discussion items; no formal county action on filing disclaimers or legal steps was recorded at the meeting.
