Public Comment: BLM Draft National OHV Management Strategy

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Public Comment: BLM Draft National OHV Management Strategy

Public comments on the Strategy must be made by January 3, 2001. United has requested an extension of the comment deadline from January 3, 2001 until February 5, 2001. The BLM has not given any indication that it will be extending the comment deadline. Therefore, plan on making your comments prior to January 3, 2001.

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OHV Comment Manager Bureau of Land Management Room 204, LS 1849 C Street NW Washington, D.C. 20236 E-mail: ohv_comment_manager@blm.gov December 20, 2000 Dear Sirs, Thank you for taking into consideration my comments below regarding the Draft National OHV Management Strategy. Please add my comments to the formal record. While there are many positive steps taken within the Draft Strategy I ask that you make several changes before issuing the Final Strategy. Please do not base OHV closure of restriction decisions based on a mere proposal to list threatened or endangered species or proposed critical habitat. Do not change the existing restriction of "Limited to designated roads and trails" to "Closed to vehicle use except on signed and designated roads and trails". If the wording must be changed, please substitute it with "Use is permitted on roads and trails marked as designated for use". Do conduct all future NEPA analysis in conformance with all existing laws and regulations, including those statutes addressing your requirement to manage our public lands for multiple-use. Do address how the BLM will acknowledge and respect RS 2477 and other pre-existing access rights, particularly in connection with new inventories and designations of use for roads and trails. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the management of our public lands. Please send me a paper copy of the Final Strategy when it becomes available. Sincerely,

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