May 5, 2026: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials are reassessing the off-road vehicle (OHV) route designations within the San Rafael Desert Travel Management Area (TMA). In particular, BLM is reassessing whether certain routes currently designated as closed or limited to OHVs  should be redesignated. The process has and will be informed by agency specialists, cooperating agencies, and the public — including a comment period as associated with the San Rafael Desert reassessment routes starting May 7, 2026 and ending June 8, 2026.

An interactive map of the San Rafael Desert TMA, including the routes identified in the reassessment, is available under Maps – Interactive Maps. BLM officials invite the public to submit further information on the routes currently designated OHV-limited and OHV-closed — including information about the routes’ purpose and need, and resource considerations. BLM requests that, where possible, commenters include specific route numbers in their comments.   

Comments must be submitted either on the relevant ePlanning page for either the San Rafael Swell TMP or the San Rafael Desert TMP, through email to [email protected], or by standard mail to: San Rafael TMP, 125 S 600 W, Price, UT 84501.

August 21, 2020 (Old Decision News Release

BLM reaches Decision for the san rafael desert travel management plan: reconsideration of routes as required by the settlement agreement 

BLM committed to reconsider the OHV route designations for specific routes (which total approximately 195 miles) that the 2020 SRD TMP designated as available for public OHV use (the Settlement Routes). 

The Decision is to amend the 2020 SRD TMP Decision Record by changing the designations of approximately 120 miles of Settlement Routes to OHV-closed. The specific route segments subject to a designation change, as well as the rationale for those changes, are documented in the Decision Record.

Final decision documents can be found under the documents tab labeled Reconsideration Decision.