Recreation planning

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Resource Management Plan: Recreation planning


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for the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area includes extensive public participation. Public scoping, as well as focus group meetings and surveys conducted by the Natural Resources Land Policy Institute of Mesa State College in 2009 and 2010 revealed the extraordinary value placed on the Dominguez-Escalante NCA by a wide variety of recreationists.The new resource management plan for the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area (D-E NCA) will determine the D-E NCA's recreation management approach for the next 15-20 years.

Mesa State College Focus Groups

Mesa State College Focus Surveys

The Natural Resources and Land Policy Institute of Mesa State College conducted six focus group meetings in the Fall of 2010. These meetings focused on recreation and wilderness management in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area. Click here for the complete report from these focus group meetings.

The Natural Resources and Land Policy Institute of Mesa State College conducted surveys of recreationists in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area between April 2009 and July 2010. These surveys provide the BLM with valuable data to be used during recreation planning in the NCA. Click here for the complete report of these survey findings.

The Dominguez-Escalante NCA provides opportunities for many kinds of recreational activities, including rafting, kayaking, hiking, mountain biking, truck, ATV and motorcycle riding, horseback riding, wildlife viewing, and camping. The NCA also provides the opportunity to experience a broad range of recreational settings, from remote wilderness, riparian systems and culturally significant sites to developed roads, trailheads and parking lots.

Recreation Allocations
The BLM can make a number of commitments to recreation during the planning process, from little to no commitment (i.e., no designation of a resource management area--also called an RMA) to commitments that protect specific recreational activities or experiences.

Any commitment that the BLM makes to recreation planning comes with inherent tradeoffs for other resources, such as biological and cultural resources. The magnitude of these tradeoffs depends on the type of recreational activity, the nature of the other resources, and the scale of the BLM's commitment. Such commitments also require financial obligations on the part of the BLM and its partners.

For further information, contact the Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Junction Field Office: Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Bureau of Land Management 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506 Phone: (970) 244-3000 Fax: (970) 244-3083