Tell the BLM to Fix Its Draft Travel Plan for the San Rafael Desert

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Comments on the Draft San Rafael Desert Travel Management Plan

Dear [Decision Maker],

The BLM's Alternatives C and D for the San Rafael Desert Travel Management Plan are unacceptable and fail to minimize damage to the area's natural and cultural resources.

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The BLM should provide access to -- and opportunities for -- recreation, but should also preserve large intact wild lands. There is simply no reason to open to motorized use another 300+ miles of routes that are reclaimed, reclaiming, or do not exist on the ground. This is a giant step backwards in the management of this area and fails to meet the legally required standard of protection.

Likewise, there is no justifiable reason to open popular non-motorized areas like Moonshine Wash and June's Bottom to motorized use -- a move that is sure to cause user conflicts and degrade soils, air quality, riparian areas, and wildlife habitat.

Federal law requires the BLM to minimize impacts to natural and cultural resources when designating motorized vehicle routes. This includes minimizing damage to soils, watershed, vegetation, wildlife habitat, and cultural sites; minimizing the harassment of wildlife as well as conflicts between different public land user groups; and minimizing impacts of motorized vehicle routes on wilderness values like naturalness and solitude. The BLM's San Rafael Desert Travel Management Plan falls woefully short of meeting this legal obligation.

Please prepare a forward-thinking travel plan for the San Rafael Desert that meets the agency's legal obligation to reduce, rather than worsen, impacts to the area's natural and cultural resources.

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