The State of Utah and motorized recreation groups challenged the Bureau of Land Management's plan for the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area on Monday.
The two appeals now head the Interior Board of Land Appeals, which has 45 days to decide whether the Bureau of Land Management’s road closures in the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area will go into effect.
“We really see the decision as long overdue to protect the Labyrinth Canyon corridor so we have some balanced approach to how public lands are managed in the greater Moab area,” Steve Bloch, legal director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, told The Salt Lake Tribune. “There’s a real dominance of motorized vehicle recreation, and this plan starts to create more balance in how public lands are managed.”of the road closures while the board reviews the appeal.
The Interior Board of Land Appeals has 45 days to make a final decision on the appeals. The road closures outlined in the BLM’s plan will not go into effect until the board makes a decision.Why does the State of Utah oppose these road closures? The BLM closed 114 miles of roads that were claimed as R.S. 2477 roads. The State of Utah and Grand County sued the Department of the Interior and the BLM in 2012 to settle the title to these roads under R.S. 2477.
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