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

Watchdog ^ | September 25, 2015 | Marjorie Haun

[tang-soo]

Bio Diversity Treaty

[Georgia Girl 2]

That’s what the dang county sheriff is for. Just send him back out to open it up. The goal of BLM is to shut down all the wilderness area to all people and shut down all mining. If these local communities don’t push back that is exactly what they will do. They can put the Oathkeepers out there if they need to.

[Georgia Girl 2]

The BLM is on my top five agencies to close.

[BatGuano]

“You betcha!”

[dragnet2]

That’s what the dang county sheriff is for. Just send him back out to open it up. Maybe the folks in Colorado need some new Sheriffs? You'd think those guys would be going public, kicking over their podiums telling the feds, "We're not going to take it anymore".

[drypowder]

this can be undone with a pro-American administration in the WH. Or, the state of Colorado can tell the feds where to shove their mountain road closures. Maybe obozo is orchestrating another BLM Bundy Ranch type standoff.

[george76]

They have tried... Militiamen move on from Bundy fight to next battle with BLM ( Utah : Recapture Canyon )

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3154521/posts

>> orchestrating another BLM Bundy Ranch type standoff.

[hal ogen]

Typical BLM tyranny. Typical.

[george76]

San Juan County - Utah - defies National Park Service, reopens Salt Creek Road. . that had been closed [ 2000 ].

http://archive.cortezjournal.com/archives/1news984.htm

[sarge83]

Only IRS agents and National Park LEO Rangers are bigger arse heads. In 15 yrs. of living next to a National Park I have met one National Park ranger worth a damn, the rest were roger ramjet wannabe cops with a federal badge, a gun and an arrogant butt head temperament which together makes a bad combination.

All the locals I know enjoy being around park employees,I have heard them described as sweet, informative, helpful, fun... but universally you cannot find one local who wants anything to do with a Park Ranger LEO, nothing but horror stories all with a familiar damning theme. Their ongoing training theme must be how to hated and despised by all your neighbors and everyone you meet.

[exit82]

The Feds do what they want until someone stops them.

[Carthego delenda est]

If the people living there want to keep those roads open they MUST go out there and un-do any closure mechanisms the BLM puts in place. If they don’t, it will get stuck in court forever and those roads will remain closed forever. Inaction is accepting defeat. This battle will never be won in the courts.

[JimRed]

Locking the commoners out of the Royal Preserve.

Don't be surprised when the Royal Wardens fail to return from their patrols, and are found weeks later as "accident" victims.

[george76]

The San Juan County - Utah - commissioners see opening the road as another salvo in a battle to preserve multiple uses on public lands and protect rural counties against the power of the federal government.

San Juan County Sheriff Mike Lacy and a deputy took down closure signs that were standing in the road in upper Salt Creek Canyon at Peekaboo Campground. [ 2000 ].

RS 2477 is a statute adopted in 1866 as part of the Lode Mining Act. The one-sentence statute states, “The right of way for the construction of highways across public lands not otherwise reserved for public purposes is hereby granted.” Although RS 2477 was repealed in 1976, the repeal did not rescind old rights of way, and counties are still filing claims for those.

keeping roads such as Salt Creek open is an economic issue as well as a political one.

http://archive.cortezjournal.com/archives/1news984.htm

[familyop]

"Possible closures?

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

I-80 doesn't go through CO at all, but it's good that you brought that up. It only goes through Wyoming. But it is a much better route than I-70, because I-70 is often closed, diverting drivers and revenues to minor roads to the south for many extra hours or days (roads that also often close without notice).

And vacationers, other highways in CO are also often closed for many hours without any necessity for doing so (no actual work on the roads but only heavy equipment crossing or other excuses). Avoid trying unpaved routes to get around highway closures.

Many of those routes are extremely dangerous, most often much longer than expected. And no one will care, if you die in an isolated area without a cell phone signal. Highways are sometimes closed for something as frivolous as a very small diesel fuel spill on private property near a highway from a semi tractor fuel tank leak. The more death and destruction from road closures, the more glory and revenues for the wealthy emergency-rescue regime.

Anyone game for an unplanned detour to an eight-foot-wide shelf road for miles with a drop of thousands of feet next to it? And don't forget, bears and cougars love stranded, weakened tourists.

[smokingfrog]

tyrants

[familyop]

I did some four-wheeling in the past. All of the trails that I drove were forestry roads or historic trails not under BLM administration. There are some books for four-wheel drive excursions that tell readers which jurisdiction each trail is under, and there’s more information on four-wheeler’s websites.

[driftdiver]

and thats ok. because anyone who’se house burns probably wont be allowed to rebuild.

[george76]

The King’s men have been removing private homes and cabins , many built in the 1800s, from the King’s lands.

[tet68]

They can close 600 miles of road but can’t close the
border?