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NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-UT-Y010-2020-0097-EA
Project Name: Labyrinth/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Plan

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Project Information

NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-UT-Y010-2020-0097-EA
Project Name

Labyrinth/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Plan
Project Type

EA
NEPA Status

In Progress - Analysis & Document Preparation
Lead Office

Moab Field Office
Last Updated

6/22/2026 5:00:00 PM

Project Description

The Moab BLM is undertaking a travel management plan for the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Special Recreation Management Area.  Each motorized route in the SRMA will be examined for its purpose and need as well as for the resource conflicts that it poses.  The baseline (Alternative A) is the travel plan from the 2008 Moab Resource Management Plan.  Three other action alternatives will be proposed.  A preliminary Environmental Assessment will be offered to the public that discusses each of the four alternatives.

The reasons that this area is being examined is because of a court settlement. On May 31, 2017 a settlement agreement was reached in the case titled Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, et al.v U.S Department of the Interior, et al.. This agreement has implications for travel and transportation planning efforts in the Richfield, Price, Moab, Kanab, and Vernal BLM field offices.

Information about statewide Travel Plan efforts can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/recreation/recreation-programs/travel-and-transportation/utah.

Currently, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Canyon Country District, Moab Field Office is developing a Travel Management Plan (TMP) for travel routes and route uses in the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area (TMA).This TMA covers approximately 300,000 acres of BLM managed land in portions of Grand County, Utah. The plan expected to be complete in Fall 2023.

What's New

September 24, 2025: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials are reassessing the off-road vehicle (OHV) route designations within the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area (TMA), near Moab. 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 starting today and ending October 24, 2025.

A map of the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges TMA, including the routes that BLM has preliminarily identified for re-designation, is available under 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.

A list of routes that BLM has preliminary identified for re-designation is available under Documents.

October 27, 2023: The Moab Field Office has prepared a map of popular open motorized routes on public lands within the Moab Field Office. You may access this map on the BLM.gov website: BLM Moab Field Office Motorized Routes 2023

September 28, 2023: The BLM Moab Field Office announced the Travel Management Plan for the Labyrinth/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area. The decision, maps, and route information are available under the Documents and Map Data tabs.

Interim Monitoring Report added to Documents page on April 18, 2023.

The Public Comment Period for the project was held from September 7 to October 21, 2022.

The Scoping Period for the project was held from March 23 to April 26, 2021.

The BLM has developed a map with current designated route information (Alternative A) regarding trails, routes and roads within the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges TMA. An interactive map is available that shows route numbers.

Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Thompson	Utah	84540	Grand County

Application Information

Program

Recreation and Visitor Services
Sub-Program

Trails and Travel Management

Project Dates

Start Date

8/3/2020
End Date

9/28/2023
FONSI Date

9/28/2023

Project Office Information

Lead Office

Moab Field Office
Offices

Moab FO

Contacts

Contact 1 Name

Moab Field Office
Contact 1 Email

[email protected]
Contact 1 Phone

(435) 259-2100