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Updated February 22, 2002

USDA - FOREST SERVICE - http://www.fs.fed.us/

• Dale Bosworth selected as new Forest Service Chief
• National Forest Service planning regulation changes proposed
• USFS proposes large-scale trail closures for Colorado forest
• Forest Service proposes new policy on roads
• The End of the Road: In Idaho's Clearwater National Forest, old logging roads that ruin streams are getting the axe from Feb. 2000 Smithsonian magazine
• Definitions of Special Management Areas for federal public lands
• National Forest Trails Need More Maintenance
• National Recreation Trail Management: USDA Forest Service Policy
• Message from the Chief of USDA Forest Service

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT - http://www.blm.gov/

• BLM Publishes Final National Management Strategy on OHV Use
• OHV Management Strategy to be Developed by BLM
• BLM Creates National Landscape Conservation System
• Monumental decision: Utah area to be managed by BLM
• BLM Mountain Bike Outreach Action Plan
• Golden Partnership Agreements highlight spectacular multiple use trails

DESIGNATED WILDERNESS

• Back Country: a designation who's time has come
• Mountain Bike Recreation and Designated Wilderness: A Case for Reconsideration
• An overview of recreation alternatives to designated Wilderness
• Back-Country Recreation Area Designation: A Positive Alternative to Wilderness
• The Wilderness Dilemma: Is There a Recreation Alternative?
• IMBA announces position on proposed wilderness

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - http://www.nps.gov/

• New Trails Plan for the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

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