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Cottonwood Travel Management – Plan Will Affect Access Near Bridger, Montana

Nov 6, 2023

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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.

BLM has started scoping for the Cottonwood Travel Management Plan in Southern Montana near Bridger. An initial route evaluation has been completed. 320 miles of routes are being analyzed and BRC wants to ensure that the route report is accurate and that the inventoried routes stay open through this planning process. BRC supports a modified Alternative C that keeps even more routes open than proposed.

This online power point shows the different alternatives they are considering. They’ve also provided a .kmz file of the area.

Submit a comment below to the BLM and let them know that motorized routes are crucial for continued access for recreation and economic influence in the area. If you are aware of any specific routes that may be missing from the inventory, please identify those as well. Also if you’re from this area, and you use any of the routes proposed to be closed in any of the alternatives, let us and the BLM know. Comments are due November 19, 2023. The maps below show the preliminary proposals, the dotted trails are proposed to be closed to all uses.

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