BLM (Bureau of Land Management) Changes in Moab. Please read, but more importantly Respond!!

[vzqhsg]

Please take time to read and understand, and then respond. Keep you options about the BLM, etc. to yourself. Start a different thread if you want to discuss or argue. Thanks...

URGENT MESSAGE FROM RED ROCK 4 WHEELERS​

RED ALERT FOR BLM COMMENT PERIOD​ The draft EA for the Labyrinth Rims / Gemini Bridges travel plan in Moab has just been published, kicking off a 30-day comment period that ends October 7. Find more info here: https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-announces-public-meeting-and-comment-period-labyrinth-rimsgemini-bridges-draft This is probably the most important travel management plan of the decade and will decide the fate of most of Moab's most famous Jeep trails. It is crucial that you comment opposing alternatives B and C and supporting alternatives D or A, and ask the BLM to keep all of the routes mentioned below open instead of closing them. Please review the entire press release above for additional information. COMMENTS ARE ONLY ACCEPTED UNTIL OCTOBER 7, 2022. Written comments may be mailed, emailed, or submitted through ePlanning. Please reference “Labyrinth Rims Gemini Bridges Travel Management” when submitting comments via ePlanning and mail. Mail: BLM Moab Field Office, Attn: Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management, 82 East Dogwood Moab, UT 84532 ePlanning: https://go.usa.gov/xs57Y [email protected] [email protected] As expected, the "natural resources" alternative B was modified to close even more trails as requested by Grand County, and would now close all of the Hey Joe Canyon, Hell Roaring Canyon, Golden Spike, Gold Bar Rim, Rusty Nail, Day Canyon Point, Dead Man Point, Bull Canyon, Ten Mile Canyon, and 3D / Mashed Potatoes Jeep trails, plus the Dead Cow and Tubes motorcycle trails, plus parts of Where Eagles Dare, Buttes and Towers, Wipe Out Hill, and 7 Mile Rim. If this extreme alternative was chosen (unlikely but possible) it would utterly eviscerate the Easter Jeep Safari trail network and close at least portions of most of the famous named trails featured in guidebooks and motorized events. The so-called "balanced" or "multiple-use" alternative C (the one the BLM almost certainly intends to adopt) appears unchanged since the preliminary alternatives release a year ago, and would close 2/3 of Ten Mile Canyon, half of Hell Roaring Canyon, all of Mineral Canyon, one of the overlooks on Deadman Point, part of the Buttes and Towers safari trail, the 7-Up trail, and many other lesser known routes. Alternative D is the "pro-motorized" and has the least amount of closures, but still closes part of the Buttes and Towers safari trail. It could be acceptable to motorized users if they eliminated that closure. Alternative A, the no-action alternative, is of course the best but the BLM never picks that one and always picks one of the action alternatives. So D is the only real option for motorized users to support. ​

Sponsored

 

[NORCALGXP]

Bump

 

[MontanaMountainMan]

Submitted a comment for option D

 

[BroncoBuckaroo]

Super important just made my comments ..bump

 

[Sewie]

I submitted my comments the other day. Some really great trails that are on the potential chopping block.

@Administrator I know this isn't an offroad specific forum site, but would be great to have a Land Use section for posts like this.

 

[BAUS67]

It is honestly not obvious at all. Not everybody assumes it's Black Lives Matter, but I simply didn't know what he was talking about. I understand the attempt at clickbait but a description of the acronym should've been provided in the post.

I feel your pain..........


CG= Catus Grey???? or maybe Carbonized Grey?????

EB= Ecoboost??????? or Early Bronco??????

BLM= we hashed that one out.

ATM = Automated Teller Machine??? or........ better not might get the ban hammer.


Just as few examples.

 

[BAUS67]

Yeah this is fair. If you live out east "BLM - Bureau of Land Management" isn't really a thing because of the lack of Federal land on the east coast.

Out east it's a patchwork of state agencies in the same role, like "DCNR -Department of Conservation and Natural Resources" in PA, "ANR - Agency of Natural Resources" in VT, or "DEC - Department of Environmental Conservation" in NY.

I'm from NY and my first time dealing with BLM land 15 years ago tripped me up for a moment.

Yep, all about DCNR around here. Been riding ATV's for years and finally getting some good trails around now.

Being an off-roader I knew about the BLM out west. I have travelled around this great country of ours building custom log homes in a past life.

 

[NORCALGXP]

Bump

Sponsored