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Management Strategy for Motorized Vehicle Use on Public Lands
This National Management Strategy was developed by the Bureau of Land Management in 2001 to help deal with Off-Highway Vehicle issues on federal land. It is used as a reference guide in the BLM Policy Manual 1626 for travel management planning.
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The agreement between CA and AZ that closes motorized access to public lands
The State Historic Preservation Office has entered into an agreement with the California State Historic Preservation Office and the bureau of land management to enforce section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act through Travel Management Planning.
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RED ALERT | Additional 31,000 Acres Added To Sedona Camping Closure (81k Acres)
The Coconino National Forest has issued a forest order to initiate camping prohibitions and permanent fire restrictions west of Sedona Arizona on an additional $31,000 of public land.
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Proposed withdrawal of 21,200 acres of public land near Yuma
The United States Army is requesting the withdrawal of 33.125 square miles of public land. This process will add 21,200 acres to the Yuma Proving Ground and prohibit mining and other forms of multiple use within the area.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants | Rule for the Silverspot Butterfly
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list a subspecies of butterfly (Speyeria nokomis nokomis), a silverspot butterfly from Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Act (“4(d) rule”).
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ACTION ALERT | Interagency Working Group on Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting
The Department of the Interior is announcing the formation of an interagency working group to gather information and develop recommendations for improving Federal hardrock mining regulations, laws, and permitting processes, and is inviting public comments to help inform the efforts of the working group. Virtual or in-person public listening sessions will be announced in the upcoming months.
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Arizona Attorney General Opinion on RS 2477 and ARS 37-931
The following opinion was issued by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in July of 2017 in response to a question from representative Mark Fincham. It displays the state of Arizona’s Pro motorized access approach to policy on public land concerning Revised Statute 2477 rights-of-way. This opinion declares that “Arizona R.S. 2477 rights-of-way may not be […]
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Executive Order 11644 | Use of off-road vehicles on the public lands
The dictatorial edict that is directing federal land mangers to close Revised Statute 2477 roads over federal lands.
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Dispersed Camping and River Access Hit Hard in the AZ Strip
The Bureau of Land Management quietly released their final decision on a travel management plan that will close 641 miles of motorized roads near Littlefield and Colorado City in the Arizona Strip.
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Comments to NPS on Tuweep Day Use Reservation System
We have engaged in the proposed Tuweep reservation system. Here is our comment to the National Park Service.
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Arizona Law gives local political subdivisions authority to close roads over federal lands. Therefore, it’s important that we stay engaged in these local processes.
The Apache Trail
Arizona’s most iconic and scenic road is closed, and we need your help re-opening this national treasure.
Three years ago, the Woodbury Wildfire cause significant damage to the surrounding National Forest. Shortly after, a large tropical storm ripped through the area, causing a rockfall on Fish Creek Hill. Since that time, ADOT has indefinitely closed a 7 mile section between Fish Creek Hill to Apache Lake Marina.
Sedona
Sedona City Officials are pressuring the Coconino National Forest to prohibit dispersed camping and initiate a permit system on popular forest roads around Sedona.
Anti access groups are claiming that OHVs are destroying the natural landscape and hieroglyphs by kicking up large dust clouds. In addition to motorized restrictions, the City is attempting to regulate OHV businesses like adult sex shops.
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RED ALERT | Additional 31,000 Acres Added To Sedona Camping Closure (81k Acres)
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SB1377 | Massive changes to the Arizona OHV fund
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Correction! | ACTION ALERT | Proposal Prohibits Dispersed Camping in the Verde Valley
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Sedona City Council in favor of restricting access
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Action Alert | Contact the city of Sedona in support of motorized access
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A twenty year prohibition on motorized access now lifted
Federal
Federal Land Management agencies close motorized access under the guise of Travel Management Planning. This process is applied to carry out various congressional mandates under multiple federal laws.
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of land management is attempting to close thousands of miles of roads on public lands.
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23,000 miles of roads on public land will undergo Travel Mgmt in the next 3 years.
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ACTION ALERT | Middle Gila Travel Mgmt Plan Starts | Access to 350k acres threatened
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ACTION ALERT | permit zones Tonto NF | $10 fee Bulldog Rolls Sycamore St Clair Desert Vista
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Black Canyon TMP Final Decision | Approx 260 MI of existing roads CLOSED
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ACTION ALERT | Buckeye Hills Travel Mgmt | 354 mi of roads CLOSED Rainbow Valley
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ACTION ALERT | Bouse & Cactus Plain Final Decision | 1,049 mi of roads CLOSED
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ACTION ALERT | 54% of Roads CLOSED Near Black Canyon | NEW PROPOSAL
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The agreement between CA and AZ that closes motorized access to public lands
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Dispersed Camping and River Access Hit Hard in the AZ Strip
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Breaking! Final Decision Withdrawn | Black Canyon Travel Management Plan | 57% of roads CLOSED
Forest Service
The USDA Forest Service is closing thousands of miles of roads on public lands in Arizona.
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Arizona Backcountry Explorers files FOIA request seeking information on USFS & BLM Employees
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ACTION ALERT | permit zones Tonto NF | $10 fee Bulldog Rolls Sycamore St Clair Desert Vista
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RED ALERT | Additional 31,000 Acres Added To Sedona Camping Closure (81k Acres)
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COMMENTS NEEDED ASAP | ADOT 5 Year Plan | No Apache Trail
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Correction! | ACTION ALERT | Proposal Prohibits Dispersed Camping in the Verde Valley
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A twenty year prohibition on motorized access now lifted
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Wilderness designation in the NDAA?
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Public commenting open | Proposed rules for E-bikes
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Open for comment | Hunting, fishing, and shooting
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Forest Service recreation sites | New changes proposed
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Re-wilding Arizona | The plan of a radical environmentalist
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Road closures | Arizona courts or federal bureaucrats
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New updates require Forest Service directives to undergo public scoping
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Bureau of Land Management | How Arizona stopped trail closures
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A call to action for all outdoorsmen across America
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1290 MILE PROPOSED TRAIL CLOSURE | RIM COUNTRY | Four Forest Restoration Initiative
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DRASTIC CHANGES in the Tonto NF | Forest Resource Management Plan | All you need to know
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UPDATE Apache Sitgreaves NF | New public meetings scheduled
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The historic Mogollon Rim Road | 25 miles PERMANENTLY CLOSED
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ATTENTION 532 mile proposed trail closure | Apache Sitgreaves National Forest
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