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Snow-Packed Roads Limit Access To Garnet Ghost Town
Weekend weather conditions and snow-packed roads will limit access to Garnet Ghost Town this Memorial Day holiday.
Officials with the Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula Field Office warn the public that travel to Montana’s best-preserved ghost town is extremely treacherous and impassable in places due to snow and road conditions. There is currently no available parking due to snow at the historic site located 40 miles east of Missoula.
On a more positive note, the BLM says the annual Garnet Ghost Town Day will go on as planned next month. The festivities will bring the town alive on June 25 and the public is encouraged to make plans now to attend the event.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
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