Date: May 10, 2014

Time: 9:00 AM (possible meeting the night before, TBA)
Place: Blanding, Utah – 255 North Hwy 191.
Purpose: Assert local jurisdiction and challenge the overreach of federal agencies.
Who is invited: This is not being formally sponsored or organized. It was deemed necessary at a town hall meeting in Blanding on February 27, 2014, and we welcome ALL supporters.

Here are a couple of maps of the area. On the 10th We will have some introductions, some instructions, and I will explain the topography including what trails have been “closed” by the BLM and which ones remain open. We will also have a flag ceremony and will hear from some dignitaries.

I have included a BLM Map of the Closure Area. This area is open for walking, biking, running, and possibly skipping. It is also open to horses, cows, mules, dogs, etc. It is only motorized machines that are deemed unfit (by the BLM) for these trails. I for one plan to be riding an ATV, carefully and respectfully, on these well established trails which have existed in this canyon for many many years.

There is a likelihood that BLM will have some type of enforcement action planned. If you choose to stay off the closed part of the trail, there will be plenty of riding to do in the name of access.

San Juan County applied for a Right Of Way apparently before the emergency closure which took place in September 2007. In hindsight, applying for the ROW was a mistake; we should have strongly resisted the closure and asserted our jurisdiction over the existing road. The ROW just put this trail into the BLM “process” which gives them control over the timeline.