BLM Little Snake Field Office Travel Route Inventory Available for Public Review
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CRAIG, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management seeks the public’s help in reviewing its road and trail inventory for an area managed by the Little Snake Field Office in northwestern Colorado.
The field office is undertaking a comprehensive, multi-year look at the roads and trails that it manages. The first step in each area is to confirm the inventory of the roads and trails – collectively called routes – is accurate.
“We are not making any decisions on the routes in this area right now; we are just verifying and correcting information,” said Little Snake Field Manager Bruce Sillitoe. “Are the maps depicting routes accurately? Are there roads or trails missing from the maps?”
During the summer of 2016, the field office inventoried more than 1,300 miles of routes across approximately 370,000 acres it manages between Maybell and Craig north to the Wyoming border. This area is called Travel Management Inventory Area 2, and includes parts of the Powder Wash, Big Gulch, Seven Mile and Great Divide areas.
Comments on the route inventory for TMA2 will be most helpful if received by Nov. 6, 2016. The maps are available for review on-line athttp://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/lsfo.html or at the Little Snake Field Office, 455 Emerson Street in Craig.
Comments may be e-mailed to blm_co_lsfo_web@blm.gov or mailed to Dario Archuleta, 455 Emerson Street, Craig, CO 81625.
Once the inventory is complete for this area, the field office will begin an environmental assessment looking at how to manage these routes. That process will include several opportunities for public comment in 2017.
The field office began this process for the adjacent Travel Management Inventory Area 1 in 2015. Preliminary management alternatives were released for public review earlier this year, and an environmental assessment analyzing the alternatives in detail is scheduled to be released for public review in February 2017. TMA1 includes Hiawatha, Vermillion Basin, Sand Wash and Bears Ears near Craig.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address or any other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While individuals may request the BLM to withhold personal identifying information from public view, the BLM cannot guarantee it will be able to do so.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.