Travel Management Plan Beginning
by Dan Nitzel, NOHVA Business Manger

To all those concerned about the potential consequences of the new Travel Management plan at the Nebraska National Forest, it looks like they are beginning to move forward with this.  If you want to make sure your voice is heard on this issue, you will NEED to make your opinion known to the Forest Service.  We cannot emphasize the importance of your input, especially if you want to see many trails left open to ATV and dirtbike riders at the Nebraska National Forest near Halsey.

I received this note from Francisco Valenzuela, Regional Recreation Planner for the Rocky Mountain Region, USDA Forest Service.  Contact:  Phone 303-275-5045, FAX 303-275-5366  Email: fvalenzuela@fs.fed.us

The USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region is now posting Travel Management information to its web site.  The pages feature national, regional and forest-level information and links.  These pages will expand as the region ramps up its efforts to implement the 2005 Travel Management Rule over the next four years.  This web site is just one of many ways the Forest Service is reaching out to partners, motorized vehicle groups and users, local communities and other interested people as it works to manage motorized use on the national forests and grasslands.  Click on this link to visit our web page and then add it to your favorites list:  http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/recreation/travel_mgmt  Also, please feel free to forward this message to anyone interested in this effort.

What is the Travel Management Rule?
          In November of 2005 the  Forest Service announced a new regulation for recreational motor vehicle use in national forests and grasslands which will forge a sustainable system of routes and areas designated for motorized use in the future.
          The new travel management policy requires each national forest and grassland to identify and designate those roads, trails and areas that are open to motor vehicle use.  Local units will seek public input and coordinate with federal, state, county and other local governmental entities as well as tribal governments before any decision is made on a particular road, trail or area. Unplanned, user-created routes will be considered at the local level during the designation process.
          Forests and grasslands throughout the Rocky Mountain Region are at various stages of travel management planning.  Public involvement opportunities are dependent on the stages at which forests and grasslands are engaged with this process.  Some national forests and grasslands already have established systems of roads, trails and areas designed and managed for motorized use. This rule does not require those units to change existing plans.
Janelle Smith
Communications and Legislative Affairs
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region
303.275.5359   office

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