TMR Bermuda Triangle Found Near Reno

A very troubling trend is emerging nationwide in the ongoing saga of the Forest Service’s Travel Management planning effort. On a growing number of Forests, the current stage of TMR has very little to do with addressing repeated cross-country travel by OHVs as outlined in The Chief’s now infamous 2004 “4 Threats Speech.”
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Text of 2004 4 Threats Speech
http://www.fs.fed.us/news/2004/speeches/01/idaho-four-threats.shtml

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Rather, it appears that Forests such as the Shasta-Trinity, Mount Hood, and Humboldt-Toiyabe (and many others) are using TMR as a closure tool to make motorized public access and recreation to public lands an endangered species.

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How TMR Got Started in 2001/2002
http://thegeneralsrecreationden.blogspot.com/2009/05/travel-management-good-idea-or-big.html

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Yesterday on behalf of BRC, I submitted comments on the Bridgeport Ranger District’s DEIS.

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BRC Sept. 14, 2009 Comments on the Bridgeport RD’s DEIS
http://www.sharetrails.org/uploads/Bridgeport_RD_DEIS_BRC_Comment_Letter_Sept_14_2009.0001.pdf

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The letter points out that the DEIS is in effect a blanket closure. One concept that is described in the letter is where the agency has created a TMR-related “Bermuda Triangle.” That is where route information submitted by groups and riders from Friends of Wilson Canyon, Dirt Tricks.com, and other interests mysteriously disappeared into a bureaucratic black hole never to be seen or heard of again.

Where TMR goes from here is up to the agency. It appears they are at a cross-road where they can make the choice to get TMR back on the right trail or head off the path and into a steep ravine.

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