The Bureau of Land Management is currently reviewing and approving route network and travel management plans to implement the West Mojave Plan. The West Mojave Route Network Project Subgroup (WRNPS) is charged with providing input to the BLM regarding route-specific and network issues pertinent to the West Mojave Planning Area in a timely manner for BLM to consider during this review. The WRNPS is operating under the authority of the California Desert District Desert Advisory Council (DAC). This subgroup was approved in December 2011, to efficiently leverage existing public knowledge of this area’s routes and associated resource values, and to provide an effective mechanism for sharing this knowledge and providing it to BLM for consideration. This Subgroup was formed to comply with federal regulations and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which governs such arrangements. 

Current Members

NAME	REPRESENTING
Dinah Shumway	Desert Advisory Council
Kim Erb	Alternate DAC
Randy Banis	Alternate DAC
Ron Schiller	Motor-dependent Activites
Jill Bays	Biological Resources
Tom Budlong	Alternate Biological
Robert Reynolds	Non-biological Resources
Ed Waldheim	Motorized Recreation
Bill Maddux	Motorized Recreation
Jim Wilson	Alternate Motorized
Mark Algazy	Public-at-Large
Jim Kenney	Public-at-Large
Tom Laymon	Public-at-Large

• Non-renewable and Renewable Industry interests
• Motorized and Non-motorized Recreation interests
• Biological and Non-biological Conservation interests
• Public-at-large/Local interests

The group will consist of 9 members, with at least one member from the DAC. Dinah Shumway was approved as the primary DAC representative for this Subgroup at the December 2011 DAC meeting.

When is it?

Monthly or more frequent project meetings will be held through April 2013. Upon completing its report for BLM in April of 2013, the WRNPS will be terminated. Public participation at these Subgroup meetings is encouraged. The West Mojave network and all travel management implementation plans must be analyzed, circulated for public feedback, and approved by BLM no later than March 31, 2014, to comply with an existing court remand.

Public Comments

Any comments related to a specific route can be emailed to cawemopa@blm.gov

The comments should include a map at appropriate scale (USGS quadrangle, West Mojave FEIS or TMA posted maps, or similar scale), specific location (Latitude/Longitude, UTM or Township, Range and Section Number), and the current route name or number, if known. Please also include helpful pictures that clarify or support your comment.