BLM seeks enter on journey routes within the San Rafael Swell and Desert areas

PRICE, Utah – The Bureau of Land Management is searching for public touch upon proposed adjustments to motor vehicle route designations throughout the San Rafael Swell and Desert travel management area plans in central Utah. The BLM is reassessing whether or not sure routes at the moment designated as closed to off-highway autos (OHVs) ought to be modified to open or restricted. The course of will proceed to learn by company specialists, cooperating businesses, and the general public.

In the San Rafael Swell Travel Management Plan, accomplished in 2024, the BLM designated about 1,355 miles of routes as open to OHV journey. The BLM additionally designated about 141 miles of routes as obtainable for restricted OHV use, and about 665 miles of routes as closed to OHVs. The BLM is contemplating opening/limiting roughly 226 miles on this space throughout the present reassessment.

In the San Rafael Desert Travel Management Plan, accomplished in 2020 and amended in 2022, the BLM designated about 600 miles of routes as open to OHV journey, 47 miles of routes as restricted OHV use, and 534 miles of routes as closed to OHVs. The BLM is contemplating opening/limiting roughly 20 miles on this space throughout the present reassessment.

All present route designations for each plans will stay in impact throughout the reassessment course of. If BLM concludes that any designations ought to change, the company will difficulty new choices amending the plans. Online area maps present routes the BLM is contemplating for redesignation.

Additional info is accessible on the San Rafael Swell TMP and the San Rafael Desert TMP mission pages, the place feedback could also be submitted by the “Participate Now” choices (most popular). Comments may additionally be delivered to: San Rafael TMP, 125 S 600 W, Price, UT 84501. Please embrace particular route numbers and/or Segment IDs in feedback when potential. The remark interval will shut June 8, 2026. For extra info, please contact BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner Jaydon Mead at [email protected] or 435-636-3646.