BLM releases strategic trail program plan

Parks & Recreation, April, 2006

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its 10-year strategic plan for managing the National Scenic and Historic Trails Program. The plan's direction focuses on enhancing visitor services and recreation management along trails. It also proposes providing consistent direction for protecting and developing trail resources in a multiple-use environment, and advancing BLM's partnerships with trail organizations and other agencies in managing the trails.

Kathleen Clarke, BLM director, said, "Today we set the course on how these priceless public land resources will be managed for years to come."

BLM says that the direction for the strategic plan was influenced by letters received during the comment period in mid-2005. The plan establishes goals and objectives, describing how BLM expects to implement these actions by 2015.

The bureau manages more miles of National Historic Trails than any other federal agency.

For more information on BLM, visit www.blm.gov.