Castle Peak Area Travel Management Designations and Use Restrictions

Resumo

Notice is hereby given on changes in the off highway vehicle use designations and travel related rules of conduct on approximately 119,631 acres of public land administered by the Grand Junction District, Glenwood Springs Resource Area of the Bureau of Land Management. This order closes public lands in the Bull Gulch and Castle Peak Wilderness Study Areas to use and operation of all motorized and mechanized vehicles, limits use of said vehicles to designated routes on all other public lands in the Castle Peak planning area, and prohibits use of motorized vehicles in specified areas during the fall and winter seasons. The motorized and mechanized travel designations and use restrictions are established pursuant 43 CFR 8341.2(a), and 43 CFR 8464.1. These designations and use restrictions modify current designations established in the Glenwood Springs Resource Area Resource Management Plan, record of decision signed in January 1984, and supersede general rules of conduct for recreational use of public lands in the affected area. The affected public lands are bounded by the Colorado River, Eagle River and Highway 131 and are located in Townships 2, 3, 4, and 5 South, Ranges 83, 84, 85