Stop route closures from locking you out of Trail Canyon
Trail Canyon Travel Management Plan
Bureau of Land Management· Trail Canyon Travel Management Area, BLM Kanab Field Office landsBLM NEPA Register DOI-BLM-UT-P020-2026-0003-EA ↗
BLM ePlanningWe track this on the agency’s own system of record, where most on-the-ground decisions live.
The groups on this fight
4 groups work Utah
By footprint, from the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
Works Utah: the five-Tribe coalition that petitioned for the monument and shared in managing it until the July 2026 proclamation disbanded the Bears Ears Commission.
- Grand Staircase Escalante Partners
Works Utah: the monument’s friends group: science, stewardship, and the legal fight over its boundaries.
- Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Works Utah: sued BLM in August 2024 to void 51 reaffirmed oil and gas leases in the San Rafael Desert, including one in the heart of the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness carved by the Green River..
- Utah Diné Bikéyah
Works Utah: the Native-led nonprofit whose cultural mapping work built the original monument proposal.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
BLM will decide which roads and trails in Trail Canyon, Utah stay open or get permanently closed to the public.
What’s at risk
Hikers, OHV riders, and ranchers could lose access to routes they currently use in the Trail Canyon area of Kane County, Utah. Route closures under a Travel Management Plan are difficult to reverse once finalized.
If this goes through
Routes designated as closed could be permanently off-limits to motorized and non-motorized users, reshaping how the public can access this BLM land for generations.
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
3 holes in the agency’s own analysis
What the public could have raised, from the agency’s own document
- I oppose this action as proposed, and I ask the agency to weigh the specific harms below.
- Do not close routes in the Trail Canyon Travel Management Area that hikers, OHV riders, and ranchers currently depend on for access to Kane County BLM lands.
- The route designations you assign as open, limited, or closed will directly determine how I and other members of the public can recreate on these public lands, so prioritize keeping access open.
- I urge the BLM Kanab Field Office to ensure that any limited or closed designations in the Trail Canyon TMA are fully justified through the NEPA process with opportunity for meaningful public input.
- Say something only you can say. The law requires the agency to consider and respond to substantive comments, and specifics are what make a comment substantive.
In the agency’s own words
Travel Management Planning for BLM lands within the Trail Canyon Travel Management Area (TMA) in Kane County, Utah. This project will address designation for travel management routes within the TMA. Designations include Limited, Closed, and Open. This effort will not address RS2477 claims. The public is encouraged to participate and provide comments through open comment periods. Click the “How to Get Involved” tab for more information on how to participate.
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