Utah trails

[mjnims]

Hoping that some of you in Utah might take an interest in this.

BLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT!

Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber,

BLM Releases Kanab Field Office Draft Resource Management Plan for Public Review

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released their Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Friday, October 12, 2007. The Draft RMP/EIS planning efforts will result in a comprehensive RMP for 500,000 acres of public lands in Kane and Garfield Counties, administered by the BLM's Kanab Field Office.

An RMP can be compared to a county master plan where management direction and objectives are defined for specific resources and areas. They address issues including livestock grazing, recreation, wildlife habitat, off-highway vehicle use, camping and even energy and mineral development. In addition, the BLM has been considering nominations for potential Areas of Critical Concern (ACEC) and nominations of rivers for possible inclusion in the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

And most importantly, BLM's Utah State Office has issued guidance that directs all of the Field Offices in Utah to complete a route designation plan at the same time they revise the RMP's, so this DEIS will include a new Travel Plan as well.

Your comments and suggestions are critical at this stage in the new RMP development. The BLM will accept public comments until January 10, 2008. BLM will need to know what part of the preferred alternative you support and what part you oppose. Also, BLM needs to know what parts of the other alternatives should be included in the final plan and which parts of the other alternatives should NOT be in the final plan.

The Kanab Field Office has planned five public meetings in to provide information and answer questions from the public. The meetings will be held at the following locations from 6 to 8 p.m. on the following dates:

Tuesday, November 27, 2007
GSENM Visitors Center
745 Highway 89 East
Kanab, Utah

Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Escalante Interagency Visitors Center
775 West Main
Escalante, Utah

Thursday, November 29, 2007
Triple C Arena
50 East 900 North
Panguitch, Utah

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Dixie Center
1835 Convention Center Drive
St. George, Utah

Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Salt Lake City Library
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City, Utah

The draft RMP/EIS is available online at: http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/kanab/planning.html. This website also contains background information about the plan, as well as an electronic public comment form. Comments may also be mailed to the BLM Kanab Field Office, 318 North 100 East, Kanab, UT 84741, or emailed to UT_Kanab_Comments@blm.gov .

Copies of the draft RMP/EIS are also available for public review at the Kanab and Salt Lake City public libraries, at the Utah State BLM Office and the Kanab BLM Field office. For further information or to obtain a copy of the draft RMP/EIS, please contact the Kanab Field Office at (435) 644-4600 or at the above address.

PLEASE IF YOU RECREATE IN KANE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, GET INVOLVED NOW! PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS CRUCIAL TO KEEP RECREATION AREAS OPEN.

Thanks in advance for your support,
Brian Hawthorne
Public Lands Policy Director
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 102

[STPPINZ]

I havn't heard of that change but I have heard of one in Moab. There are a lot of guys already on these changes and we try to get them support when we can. Here is a forum of a local off road site that talkes about land usage in Utah.

http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/for ... y.php?f=19