Trails and Routes Data Collection Workshops

The Trails and Routes Data Collection Workshops have been scheduled for the following dates. See news release and workshop poster for further details. All workshops will be from 4pm to 7pm.

Workshop Maps

The Glenwood Springs and Kremmling Field Office workshop maps are available! See the field office zone maps to locate your area(s) of interest. From the field office zone map, you can click on a specific zone to bring up the inventory map or click on the specific zone map below. Due to the file size of the maps, save the files to your computer first before trying to open them.

Glenwood Field Office Zone Map (18 zones)

Zone A, Zone B, Zone C, Zone D, Zone E, Zone F, Zone G, Zone H, Zone I, Zone J, Zone K, Zone L, Zone M, Zone N, Zone O, Zone P, Zone Q, Zone R

Kremmling Field Office Zone Map (15 zones)

Zone A, Zone B, Zone C, Zone D, Zone E, Zone F, Zone G, Zone H, Zone I, Zone J, Zone K, Zone L, Zone M, Zone N, Zone O

How to Comment!

The maps will be available at the workshops, at the Glenwood Springs and Kremmling Field Offices, and on this web site. To provide comments, please complete the Trails and Routes Comment Form AND write any missing existing trails and routes on the accompanying maps. Comments are due by July 20, 2007. Submit the form and map to the following address:

Glenwood Springs FO Comment Forms & Maps: Mail or Drop Off: BLM, Glenwood Springs Field Office Attn: Brian Maiorano 50629 Highways 6 & 24, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Phone (970) 947-2800

Kremmling FO Comment Forms & Maps: Mail or Drop Off: BLM, Kremmling Field Office Attn: John Monkouski 2103 E. Park Avenue, PO Box 68, Kremmling, CO 80459 Phone (970) 724-3000

Travel Management Planning Q&As

What is Comprehensive Travel Management Planning? Comprehensive travel management is the proactive planning and on-the-ground management of road and trail travel networks. It addresses all resource aspects (recreational, traditional, casual, agricultural, industrial, educational, cultural, etc.) and accompanying modes and conditions of travel on the public lands, including motorized, mechanized, and muscle-powered uses.

What is Colorado BLM’s Off-Highway Vehicle Policy? Both Executive Order 11644 and the Code of Federal Regulations (43 CFR Part 8340) require BLM to designate all public lands as open, closed or limited for OHV use.  It is now Colorado BLM policy (CO-IM-2007-20) to restrict all OHV use within limited areas to designated routes.  So instead of designating areas as limited to existing routes, the field offices will be tasked with identifying specific route designations along with the accompanying modes of travel as part of the resource management plan (RMP) revisions. 

There will be no motorized cross-country travel except in areas designated as “open”. Open areas will be limited to a size that can be realistically managed and geographically identifiable but large enough in size to offer a high quality motorized riding/driving opportunity for participants.

How will comprehensive travel planning be completed in conjunction with the RMP revisions?  Travel route designations for motorized, mechanized and muscle-powered uses will accompany each RMP planning alternative in the environmental impact statement (EIS).   The BLM will: 1) develop appropriate travel route proposals to meet the goals and objectives of each alternative and 2) analyze the impacts of designating these travel systems.  To get ready for alternative development (Fall 2007) and the following analysis, the BLM will be holding separate travel planning workshops in May/June 2007 - following the April RMP scoping meetings.

What will be the goal of the travel planning workshops?  At the travel planning workshops, interested stakeholders will have the opportunity to review BLM’s inventory of existing motorized, mechanized and non-motorized travel routes for accuracy and completeness.  General comments on travel routes/networks will also be accepted.

What will the BLM do with the publics input and comments? The BLM will use the remainder of the summer to ground truth any travel route inconsistencies that arise from the workshops or public comment period following the workshops.  By September, the BLM will have a comprehensive and updated travel data because of suggestions made at the travel workshops and the public comments. 

When will the public get to comment on the travel system alternatives? The Draft RMP/Draft EIS is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2008.  The public will have a 90-day comment period to comment on the Draft RMP/Draft EIS, including the associated travel management alternatives.