FORESTS

TRAVEL MANAGEMENT

Siskiyou County has filed an appeal on the Travel Management Plan

for the Shasta Trinity NF and will file and appeal on the Klamath NF Plan

Travel Management Directives – Effective January 8, 2009

FederalRegister Notice for Travel Management Directives (pdf), December 9, 2008

Travel Management Directives

FSM2350 – Trail, River, and Similar Recreation Opportunities (doc)

FSM 7700 – Travel Management (doc)

FSM 7710 – Travel Planning (doc)

FSH 7709.55, Chapter 10 – Travel Planning for Designations (doc)

FSH 7709.55, Chapter 20 – Travel Analysis (doc)

FSH 7709.55, Chapter 30 – Engineering Analysis (doc)

Region 5 Memmorandum of Intent

Sub-Part B - Motorized Travel Management Decision (prohibiting cross-country travel by motorized vehicles and adding unauthorized routes to the Forest Transportation System)

Travel Management Rule (36 CFR 212, Subpart B, Designation of Roads, Trails, and Areas for Motor Vehicle Use) Highlights of the Rule

The rule requires each national forest or ranger district to designate those roads, trails, and areas open to motor vehicles.
Designation will include class of vehicle and, if appropriate, time of year for motor vehicle use. A given route, for example, could be designated for use by motorcycles, ATVs, or street-legal vehicles.
Once designation is complete, the rule will prohibit motor vehicle use off the designated system or inconsistent with the designations.
Designation decisions will be made locally, with public input and in coordination with state, local, and tribal governments.
Designations will be shown on a motor vehicle use map. Use inconsistent with the designations will be prohibited.
- Klamath Travel Management Plan decision - Sub-Part B
- Shasta-Trinity Travel Management Plan - Sub Part B

Sub-Part A

The upcoming Travel Analysis stipulated by Subpart A of the Travel Management Rule is not a NEPA decision-making process like Subpart B was. It is an internal analysis of the entire road system that will produce recommendations about a desired future Forest Transportation System. Public involvement in the process will be less formal than for a NEPA decision.

The product of this analysis will be a document called a “TAP” (Travel Analysis Process). It will serve the National Forest Lassen as a guide for future road decisions, but it will not dictate such decisions. Future road decisions will be made on a case by case basis with further NEPA analyses and the associated additional opportunities for public input.

The TAP will (1) identify a minimum road system needed for public and administrative uses, (2) describe and evaluate trade-offs with potentially desirable roads in excess of this minimum system, (3) identify roads for decommissioning (including priorities and timeframes), and (4) evaluate unneeded roads that might be converted to other uses.