Arizona BLM looking for route feedback for the Ajo Travel Management Planning.

Jun 27, 2023

Categories: Action Alert | Arizona | ATV | BLM | Dirt Bike | Dispersed Camping | Overlanding
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For years, BRC has been trusted to run action alerts like this. Thousands of members and supporters have used this system effectively to defend access to public lands. This isn’t about collecting your info — it’s about building the strongest, most transparent record possible to hold agencies accountable.

Why you should submit here, even if you already have elsewhere!

We keep them honest. If everyone only comments through the government/agency site, we have to take their word on how many comments were received. By submitting through BRC, we create an independent record of our community’s response that can’t be buried or under-reported.

We protect your voice. If this fight ends up in court, having our own record of submitted comments means we don’t have to wait a year or more for a government agency to turn over documents. We can move quickly with proof that thousands of you spoke up.

We keep you in the loop. When you comment through our site, we can send you updates on what comes next. If you only use the government/agency site, you’re depending on them to tell you what happens next — and they won’t.

Double coverage matters. Even if you’ve already commented through the government/agency site, submitting through ours makes your voice count twice — once in their system, and once in ours. That way they know the OHV community is watching and tracking every move.

For years, BRC has been trusted to run action alerts like this. Thousands of members and supporters have used this system effectively to defend access to public lands. This isn’t about collecting your info — it’s about building the strongest, most transparent record possible to hold agencies accountable.

Located in Pima County, south of Phoenix the BLM is completing travel management for 177, 112 acres with routes for all types of users including low clearance, UTV’s OHV’s, e-bikes and more. The planning area is surrounded by Wilderness and National Monuments.

The BLM is accepting public comment until July 6, 2023 to gather feedback on the route inventory that they have completed. It seems as if the main concern for the BLM is reducing routes that are located in washes.

Just north of Why sits various routes that you can see in the image below that the BLM does not have inventoried. The BLM absolutely cannot do correct travel management planning if they don’t have an accurate baseline to begin with. We need those are are familiar with the Ajo area to help ground truth these routes and submit comments on specific routes and let the BLM know that these routes shouldn’t be closed simply because they were not inventoried correctly.

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