BLM-New Mexico Travel and Transportation Process, Albuquerque District, Rio Puerco Field Office â¿¿ Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU)

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy Management Act (FLPMA) public lands are to be managed in a manner that will protect scientific, scenic, historical, ecological, environmental, air and water resources. Transportation planning plays an integral part in ensuring proper management in accordance with FLPMA. The recipient will provide the expertise in transportation planning to develop a transportation planning process that integrates BLM linear features (e.g. both roadways and trails) with those of the surrounding areas to provide a complete network that facilitates access to BLM lands and to the resources within those lands. The development of this process will incorporated BLM Travel and Transportation Guidance and Policy Documents and incorporate other policies in order to design a comprehensive and inclusive transportation network. The Transportation Network will focus on identifying and analyzing the network that provides primary access to and through, and within Rio Puerco Transportation Management Areas (TMAs) designed around Recreation Designations. The ultimate goal of this process is to develop a transportation system that integrates BLM transportation facilities with the surrounding and planned local and state transportation network.