The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced the release of the Final Environmental Assessment and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment for Logandale Trails.
“The amendment of the 1998 Las Vegas Resource Management Plan will designate Logandale Trails as a Special Recreation Management Area which would allow the BLM to manage Logandale Trails with recreation as its primary management focus,” BLM Acting Las Vegas Field Manager Carina Williams said in a press release issued on April 10.
“As part of this effort, the BLM has also prepared a Recreation Area Management Plan and Travel Management Plan that will change the OHV area designation from ‘limited to existing trails’ to ‘limited to designated trails,’" Williams said in the release. "The amendment would also designate small areas as ‘open OHV areas.’”
The Logandale Trails plans will provide site-specific management to enhance recreation opportunities within the trails, the release reported. They are intended to reduce conflicts among resource uses, biological and cultural resources, and recreation users.
The Logandale Trails System (LTS) includes more than 200 miles of trails that various off-highway vehicles (OHV) types can use, as can individuals interested in hiking and horseback riding, according to the BLM’s Logandale Trails web page. There are numerous recreation opportunities available in the more than 45,000 acres of the LTS, providing a destination for recreationists in southern Nevada and beyond.
Logandale Trails officials posted to the official Facebook page for the trails that the BLM’s Las Vegas Field Office announced the availability of the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and Unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Logandale Trails. Instructions on how to file a protest related to the Resource Management Plan Amendment were made available online.
The Resource Management Plan Amendment Environmental Assessment, Recreation Area Management Plan and Travel Management Plan for Logandale Trails are available at the BLM’s website.
