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The land management agencies that provide most of the trails on our national public lands; Federal policies, task forces, and strategies; laws and legal issues that affect outdoor recreation; also see "What's Hot" for news, opportunities for public comment, and pending legislation.

 

• Bureau of Land Management will not pursue "Wild Lands" designations
• Director Jim Caswell shares insights into future of the Bureau of Land Management
• Striving toward permanence and recognition: BLM's National Landscape Conservation System from American Hiking Society
• Bureau of Land Management releases National Scenic and Historic Trails Plan
• BLM Publishes Final National Management Strategy on OHV Use
• Text of Presidential Proclamation establishing Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
• Monumental decision: Utah area to be managed by BLM
• National Mountain Bicycling Strategic Action Plan for BLM lands, 2002 (pdf 425kb)
• BLM Mountain Bike Outreach Action Plan
• Golden Partnership Agreements highlight spectacular multiple use trails
• BLM and partners celebrate Golden Anniversary in 1996

• The National Trails System: news and legislation
• IMBA and NPS Announce Twelve Mountain Bike Projects for 2006
• Cultural Resource Management: concepts, values, preservation, policies
• National Park visitation continues downward trend
• Mission of the National Park Service

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers promotes new recreation strategy
• National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act encourages public access
• See Federal Funding for many resources on grants and Federal aid available for trails and greenways
• See the Recreational Trails Program for funds administered by the Federal Highway Administration

 

 

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• USDA Forest Service Planning Rule finalized
• Serving Culturally Diverse Visitors to National Forests in California
• Tom Tidwell will serve as the new Chief for the U.S. Forest Service
• Proposed directive on development and management of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
• Forest Service Travel Management Initiative
• Photos of USFS Trail Class scenarios from National Trail Management Class System
• Deputy Chief Joel Holtrop on the future of recreation on public lands
• Goodbye Preservation, Hello Recreation By Hal Rothman
• USFS committee formed to advise on Roadless Area policies per 2005 rule
• IMBA Signs Breakthrough Agreement with National Park Service
• Centennial Congress Awards by USFS
• Dale Bosworth selected as new Forest Service Chief
• National Forest Service planning regulation changes proposed
• USFS proposes large-scale trail closures for Colorado forest
• Forest Service proposes new policy on roads
• The End of the Road: In Idaho's Clearwater National Forest, old logging roads that ruin streams are getting the axe from Feb. 2000 Smithsonian magazine
• Definitions of Special Management Areas for federal public lands
• National Forest Trails Need More Maintenance
• Message from the Chief of USDA Forest Service

• Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signs BLM "Wild Lands" designation order
• Wilderness Access Decision Tool regarding use of the National Wilderness Preservation System for persons with disabilities (pdf 848 kb)
• IMBA Announces Strategy for Wilderness and Mountain Biking - Feb. 2005
• Back Country: a designation who's time has come
• Mountain Bike Recreation and Designated Wilderness: A Case for Reconsideration
• An overview of recreation alternatives to designated Wilderness
• Back-Country Recreation Area Designation: A Positive Alternative to Wilderness
• The Wilderness Dilemma: Is There a Recreation Alternative?
• IMBA announces position on proposed wilderness

• Guide to Promoting Bicycling on Federal Lands

 

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