Improve legal access to public lands by identifying access needs across non-federal lands and recommending acquisition and funding strategies to address these needs.
Provide reasonable access to private inholdings surrounded by public lands.
Inform the public about requirements for access on or across state, county, and private lands adjacent to BLM-administered lands.
Be consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and develop improved access for the physically challenged.
Set guidelines for managing roads and trails to protect resource values, promote public safety, and improve public compliance on designated routes.
Develop monitoring procedures sufficient to detect and evaluate related public safety or natural resource impacts so that management changes can occur, if needed.
Incorporate the effective use of volunteers to provide “on the ground” information and route marking/signing for the public.
Develop maps, brochures, access guides and information sheets for public distribution.
Increase public involvement in the establishment, monitoring, and protection of routes/trails on public lands. Continue to work with Arizona State Parks and other partners to support the OHV Ambassadors volunteer program.
To comply with legal requirements for management of airborne particulates, BLM will develop site-specific planning to conform to those rules. BLM will manage and conduct activities in a manner as to not contribute to fugitive pollutants that exceed thresholds. Monitoring and mitigation will be developed for site-specific activities within the Maricopa County non-attainment areas, focusing on potential dust producing activities, especially motorized recreation.
Coordinate route designations with adjoining field offices and land management agencies.
Establish relationships and enter into agreements with local interest groups and the business community for long-term route maintenance and community support for the ongoing management of the route system and its funding.
BLM’s completed route inventory for any subject area will constitute the routes open and available for vehicle travel prior to the completion of the route evaluation and designation process. Vehicle use in areas or on “routes” not included as part of the inventoried route network will be considered as illegal and unauthorized off-road or cross-country travel, subject to citations and other enforcement actions regardless of the presence of signing. Citations may also be issued for vehicle travel on inventoried and pre-existing motorized routes when the routes are signed as closed to motorized travel. In accordance with BLM Instructional Memorandum 2005-07, vehicles may not pull off a designated route more than 100 feet.
Travel Management Plans
Develop comprehensive Travel Management Plans to implement route designations, technical vehicle sites, non-motorizedtrails, and other activities associated with travel management. Travel Management Plans TMP s) will be completed for each Management Unit or for areas covered by activity-level plans, such as Recreation Management Zones.
Use a systematic, well-documented evaluation process to develop designated route systems and TMP s based on inventory data and resource management priorities defined in the Approved RMP . Involve BLM interdisciplinary teams, agencies, citizens, and stakeholders in developing TMP s.
TMP s will address the following topics:
Maps depicting the final decisions for route designations, including all modes of travel and primary uses.
Identification of routes and trails intended for motorized and non-motorized travel on public lands.
Guidance for seeking active public involvement throughout the TMP implementation process.
Guidance for using an interdisciplinary approach to identifying and mitigating resource impacts.
Definitions and additional limitations for specific roads and trails (defined in 43 CFR 83400-5(g)).
Ceating a catalog for each individual route’s Travel Management Objective (TMO) sheets.
Indicators of changes in conditions of existing routes and areas.
Risk management.
Coordination with adjoining jurisdictions.
Identification of routes suitable for connectivity with adjoining jurisdictions for long-distance touring.
Identification of Special Recreation Management Zones where Technical Four Wheel Drive activities are authorized.
Criteria and procedures for making additions and deletions from the route system.
Signing plans and sign inventories.
Facility development (engineering).
Guidelines for education and enforcement.
Guidelines for system monitoring and compliance.
Coordination with BLM’s Facility and Asset Management System (FAMS).
Dust management plans.
Indicators to guide future plan maintenance, amendments, or revisions related to the travel management network.
Needed improvements, signing, trailheads, and staging areas.
Needed maintenance intensity and easements or rights-of-way to maintain the existing or proposed road and trail network providing public land access.
Guidelines for periodic review of the TMP and triggers for making plan updates and/or maintenance.
Identification of existing roads, primitive roads, trails, and related facilities (baseline inventory data).
Other topics as necessary to manage travel.