Posted on 09/29/2015 9:46:56 AM PDT by 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 BLMs 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, Its ludicrous, what theyre doing. Theyre 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 BLMs 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 Although the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), repealed RS 2477, the language within the new act served to grandfather in RS 2477.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.
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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.
The BLM is on my top five agencies to close.
“You betcha!”
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.
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.
Typical BLM tyranny. Typical.
San Juan County - Utah - defies National Park Service, reopens Salt Creek Road. . that had been closed [ 2000 ].
http://archive.cortezjournal.com/archives/1news984.htm
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.
The Feds do what they want until someone stops them.
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.
Don't be surprised when the Royal Wardens fail to return from their patrols, and are found weeks later as "accident" victims.
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
tyrants
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.
and thats ok. because anyone who’se house burns probably wont be allowed to rebuild.
The King’s men have been removing private homes and cabins , many built in the 1800s, from the King’s lands.
They can close 600 miles of road but can’t close the
border?
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