Bureau of Land Management set to close 600 miles of Colorado roads

Watchdog ^ | September 25, 2015 | Marjorie Haun

[george76]

Despite a long process involving collaboration between local officials the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Western Colorado, the federal land agency is proceeding with the closure of roads that have been traveled for 50 or more years. The road closures comprise a portion of the BLM’s Resource Management Plan (RMP) for Mesa County, of which, 73 percent is controlled by the federal government .

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public roads, used by off-roaders, hunters, farmers, ranchers and, during wildfire season, firefighting crews.

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Jody Green, a member of Public Lands Access Association and long-time activist working to preserve access into federally-managed lands, said, “It’s ludicrous, what they’re doing. They’re not following state or federal law.” Mr. Green then cited Colorado Revised Statute (CRS) 43.

According to CRS 43-2-201, closures of roads or public highways by any governing body other than “a municipality or county” are illegal. That clause prohibits federal officers from closing any route. According to Colorado law, only the county has the right to do what the BLM has done and is attempting to do in Mesa County.

But federal law may also prohibit the BLM’s road closures as well. Revised Statute (RS) 2477 was devised by the United States Congress in 1866 to govern roads, routes and rights-of-way in western states. RS 2477 placed all decisions regarding roads on public lands within the jurisdictions of counties and states. Although the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), repealed RS 2477, the language within the new act served to “grandfather” in RS 2477.

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Utah is one of the few states to mount an RS 2477 challenge against the BLM. In Utah the state will join counties in these legal challenges, and, according to Siegfried, there are currently 12,000 miles of public routes under dispute in that state.

[Yashcheritsiy]

Agenda 21?

[george76]

Yes.

[arthurus]

Locking the commoners out of the Royal Preserve.

[PoloSec]

The gov’t bureaucratic machine is moving at top speed to get all they can while the progressive liberal democrat/rino communist uni-party is still in control.

[george76]

UN Agenda 21 ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)

[george76]

Destroying jobs and our freedom as fast as possible.

[MileHi]

I’ve come to despise BLM employees.

[pierrem15]

Yup- get off his lordship’s land, peasants!

[Mr. K]

Because all other pressing problems have been solved!

[Tijeras_Slim]

While we’re on the subject, I’m not real fond of the Forest Service either.

[george76]

The firefighting crews will not be able to promptly and safely respond to future fires.

[wita]

Keep your eyes on the only group I know of attempting to get OUR lands back from the Federal Government.

http://www.americanlandscouncil.org/

[george76]

The guys with matches and gas cans are arsonists.

[Logical me]

BLM is one of Trumps closures. I forgot what it will come under but it made sense. That will close one of King Obama creation of his communists army.

[Blood of Tyrants]

We can’t have mere peasants accessing federal lands.

[Army Air Corps]

You have a LOT of company.

[PIF]

Possible closures?

I-25, I-80. I-70 ... but, but that would mean no access to or through Colorado!

To bad, get over it, you are not a political elite - move along, peasant, before we unleash the dogs.

[MileHi]

While we’re on the subject, I’m not real fond of the Forest Service either.

The "friendly forest rangers" ain't all that friendly anymore.

[MileHi]

How nice /s