Worland Field Office
| Contacts: | Sarah Beckwith | |||
| 307-347-5207 |
BLM Inventories Roads and Trails in Fifteenmile Area
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Worland Field Office announced today that it will inventory roads and trails on public lands in the Fifteenmile area. Inventory work will begin the week of August 15 and is expected to be completed in mid-September.
Pan Pacific, a small travel management services contracting company, will record road-related data using global positioning equipment. During the inventory, the public may see two to four individuals riding blue Yamaha motorcycles with mounted GPS units on constructed and two track roads.
The area to be inventoried consists of BLM-administered public lands north of State Hwy. 431, south of the Greybull River, east of State Hwy. 120, and west of U.S. Hwy. 16/20.
Route data inventoried will be used for future travel and transportation management as well as to enhance the BLM’s inventory of all roads, two-tracks and other routes available for motorized use. No decisions will be made based solely on this inventory and any future travel management plans will undergo public announcement, public involvement and public discussion.
For more information, please contact BLM Outdoor Recreation Specialist Paul Rau at 307-347-5100.
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.
Worland Field Office 101 South 23rd Worland, WY 82401-0119