SALT LAKE CITY- The National Park Service (NPS) National Trails Intermountain Region and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office are seeking public input on a new strategy document that will guide administration of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail for the next 15 to 20 years. Public comments will be accepted through Sept. 16, 2016.
Key proposals in the strategy include establishing the purpose of the trail and an inventory of important cultural areas, known as high potential sites and segments. The document also includes a clear strategy for how the NPS and BLM will comply with the National Trails System Act through future administrative and planning efforts.
Congress designated the Old Spanish National Historic Trail in 2002 to recognize the national significance of the notoriously arduous trail that traders used to transport goods between Santa Fe, New Mexico and present day Los Angeles, California from 1829 to 1848. The trail passes through New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and represents a time of economic and cultural change on Mexico’s far northern frontier and the American Southwest.
For more information and to comment visit: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/OLSP-DCAS.
Comments may also be provided in writing, by telephone, fax, or by email to:
Michael Elliott National Trails Intermountain Region National Park Service PO Box 728 Santa Fe, NM 87504 Voice: (505) 988-6015 Fax: (505) 986-5214 Email: michael_elliott@nps.gov
The NPS and the BLM co-administer the trail together to encourage its preservation and public use. These two federal agencies work in close partnership with the Old Spanish Trail Association, American Indian tribes, state, county, and municipal government agencies, private landowners, nonprofit groups, and many other partners.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
