How does travel management relate to land management planning? How will the agency comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in designating routes and areas for motor vehicle use?
A. Forest Land and Resource Management Plans contain suitability determinations and guidelines that inform decisions related to motor vehicle use. However, land management plans do not designate roads, trails, and areas for motor vehicle use. Designation of roads, trails, and areas is a local, project-level decision separate from the applicable plan decision, which must be based on appropriate site-specific environmental analysis and documentation under NEPA. Nothing in the final rule requires reconsideration of past travel management decisions authorizing motor vehicle use of specific roads, trails, and areas. The agency expects that the level and scope of NEPA analysis associated with route and area designation will depend on the local situation, including each unit’s history of travel planning and the particular issues involved. N6. Where cross-country motor vehicle use has been allowed in the past, repeated use has often created unplanned, user-created trails. How will these user-c
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