TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PART I - INTRODUCTION 



Location and Setting 



Background Information 



National Historic Trail Designation 



National Park Service Responsibilities 



Bureau of Land Management Responsibilities 3 



Trail Description 3 



Major Problems and Issues 6 



PART II - MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND CONSTRAINTS 9 



General Management Objectives 9 



Management Constraints 10 



PART III - OREGON/MORMON TRAIL GENERAL 



MANAGEMENT POLICY 1 



Limitations of the Management Plan 1 



Split-Estate Lands 1 



Federal Minerals - Private or State Surface 1 



Federal Surface - Private or State Minerals 1 



Protective Corridor Concept 1 



Establishment of Corridors 12 



Requirements for Corridors Segments 12 



Mineral Management 12 



Mineral Leasing 12 



Salable Minerals 12 



Locatable Minerals 13 



Valid Existing Rights 13 



Trail Marking 13 



Inventory Requirements 13 



National Register of Historic Places 13 



Monitoring and Use Supervision 13 



Special Recreation Use Permits (SRUP) 18 



Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Designation 18 



Impacts on Private Landowners 18 



Facilities 18 



Interpretation 18 



Brochure 19 



Standard Land Management Procedures 19 



Volunteers 20 



Land Tenure Adjustment 20 



Cooperative Management Agreements 20 



Other Private Sector Involvement 20 



Cross-Country Trekking 20 



Industrial Use of the Trails 21 



PART IV - THE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 23 



Introduction 23 



Management Actions for Trails 23 



Torrington to Independence Rock Segment 23 



Sweetwater/South Pass Segment 24 



Lombard Ferry Segment 28 



Bridger Segment 29 



Bear River Divide Segments 30 



