Picture of Las Vegas Bear Poppy (in Bloom) behind designated closed area.

Picture of Las Vegas Bear Poppy (in Bloom) behind designated closed area.
Some people have expressed the opinion that the BLM put up a barrier to protect LV Bear Poppy, that don't exist. This pic was taken shortly after the barrier was originally installed. Before people started totally disregarding it, and going around it. Straight through the cryptobiotic crust.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Maps for Road Closure Designations and the Proposals

As promised, I have added some photos(that if you double-click, open for a larger view), and added some helpful links for recreating responsibly. Now, in this post, I'd like to clear up some confusion having to do with the route designation and road closures in ACEC(Areas of Critical Environmental Concern) within the areas of North Eastern Clark County, which includes Gold Butte. A direct link to these documents and maps of the different road closure proposals is located @ http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_information/nepa/acec_ea.html. The Maps are quite extensive, but for the closures that were finally decided on, you want Alternative A. And for Gold Butte,you want the E's. The Closures are marked in red, while the designated routes are marked in green.Blue roads are open as well, and mark the byways and highways. As you can plainly see, only about 10% or less of the approx. 906 miles of routes was closed in this area. And for those of you who claim to have had no say in this decision, this process took ten years or more to research and decide on and included an ample appeals process in all the affected communities. So, any lack of say is your own fault for having a lack of community involvement. I hope these maps are a help to you all, and help clarify which roads are actually open. Alot of these roads still could be closed, as alot of them are duplicates or go to a road closure(the roads should just be closed back at the main roads intsead of driving a few hundred feet, only to turn around and make a bigger mess). But, for now, we need to follow these designations, otherwise you will end up with more barriers and more restrictons. How are the younger generations supposed to "respect their elders", when they are acting like hoodlums themselves?

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