General Management Policy 



2. Placement of visitor registers at all interpretive 

 sites and areas which serve as trailheads; 



3. Placement of traffic counters at developed 

 sites; and 



4. Monitoring condition of trails and related 

 resources annually. Document with photo- 

 graphy to determine trend information. 



SPECIAL RECREATION USE 

 PERMITS (SRUP) 



The BLM will use the Special Recreation Permit 

 Policy, 43 CFR 8560. Permits will be required for 

 all commercial use of the trails and all 

 noncommercial groups exceeding 10 people or 

 5 vehicles in size. Vehicles are defined as all 

 vehicles (motor or otherwise), regardless of size. 

 Permits may be required for individual use if 

 special circumstances or conditions warrant. This 

 does not include excursions to sites or short trail 

 segments by groups or individuals. 



The permits will be administered by the 

 respective resource area (RA) offices. For events 

 or tours involving more than one district or RA, 

 one permit only will be required. It will be issued 

 by one RA office and coordinated with other RAs 

 through which the tour would pass. 



Compliance will be handled by affected 

 resource area offices. Permittees will be required 

 to coordinate the tour with affected private 

 landowners as a condition of the permit. 



OFF-ROAD VEHICLE (ORV) 

 DESIGNATION 



IMPACTS ON PRIVATE 

 LANDOWNERS 



Management actions will be designed to 

 minimize impacts on private landowners. BLM 

 actions will consider the following: 



1. The BLM will consider adopting a general 

 policy of refraining from developing new use 

 facilities (campgrounds, roadside sites, etc.) 

 near or adjacent to private lands; 



2. Users will not be directed into private lands 

 by BLM signing unless covered by a 

 recreation land use agreement; 



3. Users under the special recreation use permit 

 program will be required to coordinate their 

 tour with private landowners as a condition 

 of the permit; and 



4. It will not be the policy of the BLM to use 

 condemnation authority to acquire trail 

 segments, access, or other interests in private 

 lands for the purposes of management of 

 National Historic Trails. 



FACILITIES 



The general statewide policy relating to 

 developed facilities is that the existing number and 

 locations are adequate for the trails. New facilities 

 will be limited to those proposed to mitigate trail 

 loss through construction activities or to those 

 designed to control visitor use and minimize 

 impacts on the trails, private lands, and existing 

 uses. They must also satisfy a clear public need 

 for access to or use of the trail. 



The Oregon and Mormon Pioneer National 

 Historic Trails should be designated as limited or 

 closed areas. No area should be designated as 

 open. 



The designation closed to ORV use will be 

 utilized to protect fragile pristine trail ruts which 

 would be damaged or lost through continued ORV 

 use. 



INTERPRETATION 



Interpretive materials and displays will focus on 

 the Oregon and Mormon Pioneer Trails as the 

 primary theme. However, the interpretive displays 

 will provide information about the trail corridor 

 during prehistoric times, the fur trade era, the 

 emigrant period, pony express, California Gold 



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