Little Missouri travel plan: 1,001 road miles open to public, 808 admin-only

What is proposed

The Dakota Prairie Grasslands released a draft environmental assessment that would designate which existing roads on the Little Missouri National Grassland are open to public motor vehicles and publish them on a motor vehicle use map. The proposed action designates 1,001 miles open to public motorized use, including 475 miles of other system roads and user-created two-tracks that would be added to the road system, and assigns 808 miles to administrative use only, including 582 miles for grazing allotment administration and 147 miles in oilfield areas. Eighteen of the open miles would carry seasonal closures, 13 of them from April 1 to July 15 for bighorn sheep lambing. Driving off a road to a dispersed campsite would be allowed within 300 feet of selected open roads, and not within 1,000 feet of livestock water facilities or corrals.

The agency's title for this proposal is "Little Missouri National Grassland Travel Plan".

How to comment

The Forest Service accepts public comments on this proposal through December 8, 2026. The comment period opened November 7, 2026. Use the Take Action button to get the points to make, a comment starter you can put in your own words, and the link to the agency's official comment form.

Points to make in your comment

Check the proposed action maps for the roads and two-tracks you use, and name any route missing from the public map by road number or location.
Ask the Forest Service to publish the list of roads assigned to administrative use so the public can see which existing routes would no longer be open.
Ask that the 582 miles assigned to grazing administration be reviewed for routes that also serve hunting and recreation access.
Ask that the 300-foot dispersed camping allowance apply along all roads open to the public, not only selected ones.

Topics

OHV / Motorized Access
Route Closures and Travel Plans
Camping
Hunting and Fishing

Official sources

Official project page (www.fs.usda.gov)
Proposal documents (usfs-public.app.box.com)
Official comment form (cara.fs2c.usda.gov)