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LAS VEGAS – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office is proposing to develop a Travel Management Plan for the 123,400-acre Muddy Mountains, located 25 miles southwest of Logandale and 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The scoping period opens today and will close May 12, 2023 and is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s initiative to increase access to outdoor recreation. During this comment period, the BLM’s intent is to gather information about routes and identify resource concerns.

“We look forward to the public’s valuable feedback to help develop the Muddy Mountains Travel Management Plan and Environmental Assessment,” said BLM Las Vegas Field Office Acting Manager Catrina Williams.  “The most helpful comments at this time will be those that focus on specific trails or areas; provide information on the season and type of use for the trail or road; identify destinations or purpose of trails and roads and provide information that has not yet been considered.”

Two meetings are planned as part of the scoping period:

• April 27, 6 to 8 p.m. - in-person meeting at Overton Community Center (320 N. Moapa Blvd.)
  • Format:
    • 6 to 6:30 p.m. - open house with specialists available to answer questions
    • 6:30 to 7 p.m.  – presentation
    • 7 to 8 p.m. - public comment
    • Individuals who need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation and other reasonable accommodations, should contact the BLM at BLM_NV_LVFO_Muddy_Mt_TMP@blm.gov.
• May 2, 6 to 8 p.m. - virtual meeting – (preregister at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lmQBAFR1RG2rvo6d6kd8KQ)
  • Format:
    • 6 p.m. – presentation; followed by a question-and-answer portion and finally a comment period.  The meeting will be recorded and posted on BLM Nevada’s YouTube channel.

Muddy Mountains was designated as a Special Recreation Management Area in the 1998 Las Vegas Resource Management Plan. The Travel Management Plan will include only BLM-managed land and will identify and designate routes as open to the public, for administrative use only, and to be closed and rehabilitated.  The Travel Management Plan may also identify new routes.

In December 2022, the BLM Las Vegas Field Office conducted a preliminary route inventory of the existing transportation system. The inventory phase included both desktop analysis of existing route data and on-site ground truthing to generate one data set. The public will have an opportunity to review the data at https://arcg.is/1zDWjr and during the planned meetings. More information about the project and routes can be found at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2023975/510.

Comments submitted by May 12, 2023 will be most helpful in development of the Draft Environmental Assessment and Travel Management Plan. All comments received will be considered and evaluated for preparation of the documents anticipated for public input during the Summer of 2023.

Comments can be submitted in the following ways:

• Email: BLM_NV_LVFO_Muddy_Mt_TMP@blm.gov
• Online at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2023975/510
• Mail to BLM Las Vegas Field Office, Attn: Kenny Kendrick, Supervisory Resource Management Specialist, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130.

Before including your address, phone number, email, address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment – including your personal identifying information – may be made publicly available at any time.  While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

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