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woodland characteristics that are expected to generate high visual appeal 

include: include: 

i. “Healthy” woodlands with large and old trees of various densities and 

structure structure 

ii. Understories of diverse native shrub, grasses and forbs e shrub, grasses and forbs 

iii.A low occurrence of noxious w low occurrence of noxious weeds and other non-native species e species 

iv. High visual diversity with regard to vegetative and geologic features of the 

characteristic landscape. characteristic landscape. 

b. Where possible and appropriate, background and vista views will be enhanced 

by treatments such as thinning, pruning, or clearing corridors through 

foreground juniper woodlands, emphasizing removal of younger, smaller trees. , smaller trees. 

c. Treatments in old growth juniper woodlands will emphasize treating the “best” 

old-growth juniper woodlands within major travel corridors, along backcountry 

byways, and near recreation and residential/urban areas. Primary objectives 

will be to maintain old woodland health and longevity and to improve or 

highlight scenic values. 

d. CuĴing or pruning to produce small openings in dense stands to clear vistas or 

expose other natural features of interest. expose other natural features of interest. 

e. Stand management to clear dead and down trees or promote different ages, 

sizes, densities, species composition, and vertical layers for increased visual 

diversity. 

f. Rehabilitation of sites with noxious weeds, exotic annuals, and other disturbed/ 

unbalanced vegetative communities to transition toward a more natural 

vegetative landscape. e landscape. 

g. Enhancement of visually interesting meadows, riparian areas, and old-growth 

trees. 

h. Treatments to improve wildlife viewing, education, and interpretation 

opportunities. opportunities. 

i. All other standard operating procedures for reducing visual effects from 

mechanical vegetative treatments and prescribed burning will be implemented. 

Examples of mitigating measures for reducing visual effects could include: 

closing, scarifying and seeding roads, smoothing berms, chipping or removal 

of juniper thinning slash instead of piling, cuĴing stumps at ground level, low 

intensity prescribed burning to reduce scorch height, and concealing higher 

intensity juniper treatments with vegetative and topographic screening, leaving 

individual and groups of trees, and unit edge feathering. individual and groups of trees, and unit edge feathering. 

j. Vegetation treatments designed solely for long-term ecosystem health may 

entail short term impacts to visual quality (up to 5 years). However, these 

treatments would be designed and implemented in a way that reduces impacts 

to visual quality and maintains VRM Class standards to the maximum degree. to visual quality and maintains VRM Class standards to the maximum degree. 

Recreation Recreation 

Management direction for recreation is provided with planning area-wide direction and 

with management guidance specific to the High Desert Special Recreation sub-units. 

These geographic areas are described following the Planning Area direction. One existing 

Special Recreation Management Area – the Millican Valley OHV area was incorporated 

into the High Desert Special Recreation Management Area. It includes three subunits of 

the High Desert SRMA, Millican Plateau, North Millican, and South Millican. These are 

grouped together in the objectives and guidelines. es and guidelines. 

Planning Area Wide Direction ide Direction 

Objective R - 1: Provide and maintain a wide range of recreation opportunities and 

resource management objectives within the planning area and urban interface seĴing. 

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Rationale: Rationale: 

FLPMA provides for recreation use of public land as an integral part of multiple 

use management. The population in the planning area has the fastest growth rate in 

the state of Oregon. The demand for year-round outdoor recreation opportunities 

is placing increasing pressure on BLM urban interface lands. State Comprehensive 

Outdoor Recreation Plan (“SCORP”, Oregon Parks & Recreation, 2003) goals and needs 

assessment call for recreation facility and trails development to meet the demands of the 

rapidly growing region. rapidly growing region. 

Policy guidelines in BLM Manual 8300 direct the BLM to designate special units, known 

as Special Recreation Management Areas in a manner consistent with community, 

economic and resource goals. Management of these special recreation management areas 

focuses on providing recreation opportunities that will not otherwise be available to 

the public, reducing conflicts among users, reducing damage to resources and reducing 

visitor health and safety problems. The presence of high quality natural resources and 

the current or potential demand warrants intensive practices to maintain the areas for 

their scientific, educational, or recreational value, while accommodating the projected 

increase in use for recreation activities specific to each area. The region’s growth and the 

area’s suitability for year-round outdoor recreation have resulted in high use levels, user 

conflicts, and resource impacts resulting from unmanaged recreation use throughout 

BLM administered lands in the planning area. BLM administered lands in the planning area. 

BLM-managed lands provide for a variety of human and natural resource benefits. As 

recreation demand in the area grows, emphasizing different recreational opportunities 

across the area that are integrated with natural resource and other land use management 

goals will reduce the potential for future conflicts between public land users and 

neighbors. This concept is established in this management plan through different 

Recreation Emphases. Recreation Emphases. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. All lands within the planning area are identified as the High Desert Special 

Recreation Management Area, except the lands north of Prineville because of the 

scaĴered nature of the public land parcels surrounding the area. Those parcels not 

included in the SRMA are addressed as part of the Prineville geographic area. The 

specific components or subunits of this SRMA are identifi are identified (See RMP Map 1) as: Map 1) as: 

a. Badlands WSA Badlands WSA 

b. Bend/Redmond Recreation Bend/Redmond Recreation Area 

c. Cline BuĴes Recreation es Recreation Area 

d. Horse Ridge Recreation Horse Ridge Recreation Area 

e. La Pine Recreation La Pine Recreation Area 

f. Mayfield Pond Recreation ond Recreation Area 

g. Millican Valley OHV alley OHV Area 

i. Millican Plateau OHV Millican Plateau OHV Area 

ii. North Millican OHV North Millican OHV Area 

iii.South Millican OHV South Millican OHV Area 

h. Northwest Recreation est Recreation Area 

i. Prineville Reservoir Recreation oir Recreation Area 

j. Smith Rock Recreation Smith Rock Recreation Area 

k. Steamboat Rock Recreation Steamboat Rock Recreation Area 

i. Steelhead Falls WSA Steelhead Falls WSA 

l. Tumalo Recreation umalo Recreation Area 

2.	1 Recreation Emphasis: Each subunit is designated with one or more Recreation 

Emphasis classifications that establish trail management goals for an area. These are 

displayed on RMP Map 4: W Map 4: Wildlife and Recreation Emphasis. ildlife and Recreation Emphasis. 

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Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Areas designated Non-motorized recreation exclusive will be managed to promote 

non-motorized recreation uses. Trails and facilities in these areas will be designed 

and managed for non-motorized trail use. These areas are designated closed to 

motorized use except for use of public roads and rights-of-way, or roads that access 

recreation facilities, trailheads, etc. recreation facilities, trailheads, etc. 

2. Areas designated Non-motorized Recreation Emphasis will be managed to provide 

for motorized use on roads only, with road systems that provide for general access 

into an area or loop roads to tour an area. Trails and related facilities in these areas 

will be designed and managed for non-motorized trail use. will be designed and managed for non-motorized trail use. 

3. Areas designated Multiple Use, Shared Facilities will emphasize shared road and 

trail systems for both motorized and non-motorized uses. The majority of trails and 

facilities in these areas will be designed to accommodate OHV use. Some separated 

trail or road use could occur in these areas, depending on specific features or 

management classifications (e.g., cations (e.g., ACECs) 

4. Areas designated Multiple Use, Separated Facilities will manage all or a portion of 

the road and trail use with separate routes and related facilities for motorized and 

non-motorized uses. The separation of uses may be seasonal, by area, or by specific 

routes or facilities. routes or facilities. 

5. Areas designated as Non-Recreation Emphasis will be managed to provide 

research opportunities or as administrative sites or leases. Recreation use of these 

areas will not be promoted. areas will not be promoted. 

6. Areas designated as Roads Only Emphasis will generally not receive designated 

trail systems, due to the area’s location, size, or fragmented ownership paĴern. 

7. The Upper Deschutes RMP will serve as a recreation management plan or will 

allow the completion of the following required elements of a Special Recreation 

Area management plan: Area management plan: 

a. A designated road system with arterial, collector, and local roads; including 

existing road segments to be closed, and new road segments to be constructed 

to make a useable system (no new construction in WSAs). to make a useable system (no new construction in WSAs). 

b. Designated access points, staging areas, trailheads, parking areas, day use sites, 

campgrounds, and other site facilities. campgrounds, and other site facilities. 

c. A specific trail system layout that includes shared use trails or user-specific 

trails as dictated by the RMP. Designated trail system layouts will include 

segments to be closed, segments to retain as is or improve, and new segments to 

be constructed to make a useable system. be constructed to make a useable system. 

d. Other recreation site improvements, including sign plans, interpretive plans, 

and volunteer agreements. olunteer agreements. 

8. In T15S, R13E sections 1, 13, 24, 25, and 26 consult with Redmond Airport officials 

to ensure that recreational developments and uses do not conflict with the safe 

operation or development of the airport. elopment of the airport. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

The FLPMA provides for recreation use of public land as an integral part of multiple 

use management. Managed road and trail systems increase public safety, reduce user 

conflicts, and minimize conflicts between recreationists and adjacent landowners. The 

existing number of access points into BLM administered land in the urban interface 

is beyond the ability of BLM to manage in a professional manner, and has led to 

widespread dumping and resource damage. BLM Manual 8300.06 (6) (a.) directs BLM 

to maintain recreation facilities in a “manner that fosters pride in public ownership.” 

Roads and/or trails are necessary for BLM personnel to administer the various resource 

management programs on public land. Access is also needed for fire suppression and fire 

management. management. Access is also important for recreationists throughout the planning area. Access is also important for recreationists throughout the planning area. 

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Allocations/Allowable Uses Allocations/Allowable Uses 

1. Motorized access on designated roads is allowed in areas designated Closed on 

state highways, county roads, rights-of-way, and for administrative purposes. (See 

also Transportation, ransportation, Administrative Access) Access) 

2. Unless specifically identified and designated as a campground, all designated 

trailheads/staging areas are closed to overnight camping/occupancy and campfires. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Provide safe access from public roadways to public lands at locations and 

distributions appropriate to overall management. Prioritize access points from 

public roadways as follows: ays as follows: 

a. Paved public roads that are not Expressways (includes county major and minor 

arterials) are used as a first priority. 

b. Paved collector streets not within local subdivisions are used as a second 

priority. 

c. Paved or unpaved local subdivisions are used as a third priority. 

2. Incorporate ODOT transportation corridor management strategies with access 

designations. designations. 

3. General public access points will be limited to the minimum necessary to meet 

recreation and other management objectives. 

4. Motorized access points not needed or selected for designation/development, but 

required for other uses (e.g. utility access, grazing access, and other occasional 

administrative access), may not be open to the public. e access), may not be open to the public. 

5. Designate new or move existing access points, when feasible, away from private 

property boundaries. property boundaries. 

6. Access to public lands, particularly for full-size vehicles, will be limited within 

several miles of urban growth boundaries, especially access from high volume state 

highways or paved county roads. Existing rights-of-ways may be used as primary 

public access. public access. 

7. Avoid locating trailheads above buried pipelines. Where unavoidable, BLM will 

complete the project in a manner that will ensure that proper pipeline functioning is 

retained. retained. 

8. Mark access points and managed parking areas with physical barriers that define 

the area. the area. 

9. Consider range of the developments at designated access points depending upon 

projected use levels, that include but are not limited to: els, that include but are not limited to: 

a. Trailheads utilized by equestrians or OHV users should be large enough to 

accommodate vehicles pulling trailers and designed to minimize or eliminate 

the need to back a trailer. 

b. Informational and regulatory signs Informational and regulatory signs 

c. Sanitary facilities Sanitary facilities 

d. Site hardening for parking or staging areas Site hardening for parking or staging areas 

10. Road and trail maps will not, where practicable, show unauthorized access across 

private lands ate lands 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Rationale Rationale 

The FLPMA provides for recreation use of public land as an integral part of multiple 

use management. Federal regulations (43 CFR Part 8340) and BLM planning guidance 

require the BLM to designate all BLM administered lands are classified with a Travel 

Management designation of Open, Limited, or Closed in regard to Off-Highway Vehicle 

use. These designations are to help meet public demand for OHV activities, protect 

natural resources, ensure public safety, and minimize conflicts among users. Smaller 

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areas of BLM administered land are less suited for motorized trail development, unless 

linked with trail systems in larger, adjacent public land blocks. In accordance with 

national direction, all geographic areas within the planning area are designated in one of 

those classifications. Off-highway designations were developed to provide an integrated 

balance and mix of uses across the planning area, providing areas for more extensive trail 

development in larger blocks more removed from urban development, and opportunities 

for smaller, shorter trail systems in closer to urban developments. elopments. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

See RMP Maps 3 and 11-24 for Open, Closed, and Limited motorized vehicle travel 

designations. See recreation guidance by geographical area for exceptions to area 

designations designations 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Areas with a travel management designation of “Limited to Designated Roads 

Only” or a Recreation Emphasis designation of “Non-Motorized Recreation 

Emphasis” or “Roads Only Emphasis” may have designated motorized trails 

provided the following conditions are met: provided the following conditions are met: 

a. The trail link provides a connection to a designated trail system on BLM or 

other public land; other public land; 

b. The trail link does not change the overall management emphasis of the area; 

and 

c. The provision of a trail provides beĴer travel management conditions than use 

of an existing road or development of a new road. elopment of a new road. 

2. Any area or seasonal closures will be clearly signed. Signs posted on BLM 

administered lands by other agencies under cooperative agreement must be 

approved by the BLM. ed by the BLM. 

3. Roads closed to motorized travel by the public may be retained if needed for 

administrative or public safety purposes. e or public safety purposes. 

4. OHV trails may be utilized by non-motorized users except when prohibited during 

special events to provide for public safety. These trails may also be closed during 

special circumstances for public safety or resource management objectives. 

5. In areas designated as Closed to motor vehicles, existing ROW roads are 

encouraged, where possible, to be relocated (i.e. moved to edge of BLM closure 

area or BLM jurisdiction) if needed to provide beĴer recreation and resource 

management. management. 

6. In areas designated as Closed to motor vehicles or designated as Limited 

(seasonally), existing roads may be retained or new roads created that provide 

access to parking areas, trailheads, or other use areas year-round. -round. 

7. OHV trails and site development will provide for a diversity of activities, including 

but not limited to motorcycle, quad, and four-wheel drive opportunities. e opportunities. 

a. Obtain trail or road easements from willing landowners, in order to provide 

access to currently landlocked BLM public land parcels or promote trail system 

continuity and regional trail development. elopment. 

8. Installation of OHV related facilities above buried pipelines will be avoided. Where 

unavoidable, BLM will complete necessary project mitigation to ensure that proper 

pipeline functioning is retained. pipeline functioning is retained. 

9. Facilities will be built when needed for public safety and resource protection. 

Toilets are considered needed for resource protection when high use levels are 

reached. reached. 

10. Facilities will be located at least one-quarter mile from known raptor nests. Facilities will be located at least one-quarter mile from known raptor nests. 

11. BLM will coordinate with the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests to provide 

outreach programs and form partnerships with local schools, user groups, and 

other organizations. Outreach programs may include “Right Rider”, “Tread 

Lightly” and other programs which promote appropriate outdoor ethics. Lightly” and other programs which promote appropriate outdoor ethics. 

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12. CaĴle guards will be placed where designated trails cross fences. Gates will be 

installed next to caĴle guards to accommodate recreational horse use and other 

uses. 

13. Event stipulations will be reviewed annually with the users to determine needed 

deletions, additions and revisions. deletions, additions and revisions. 

14. New trails and developments will be designed and constructed to avoid or 

minimize conflicts with known raptor and sage grouse areas. Existing trails and 

developments will be managed to avoid or minimize conflicts with those areas 

which may be known or are identified in the future. Management in these areas 

may include trail closure, trail relocation, or season of use restrictions may include trail closure, trail relocation, or season of use restrictions 

15. The spread of noxious weeds will be monitored along designated trails and staging 

areas. Infestation sites will be controlled using the most appropriate methods 

as identified in the BLM Prineville District Integrated Weed Management Plan 

(USDI-BLM 1994). These methods may include the use of herbicides. This plan is 

available for review at the Prineville District office. 

16. During the course of public information programs, users of OHV travel areas 

will be provided information about protecting wildlife habitat, rangeland 

improvements, avoiding excess noise and activity in the presence of livestock, and 

the importance of keeping gates closed. These same measures will be incorporated 

into Special Recreation Permits and bonding requirements for organized events. 

17. Public use information will be available at key points including all trailheads and 

staging areas. These locations will have bulletin boards that display information 

about motorized and non-motorized trail riding, natural history, resource 

protection, and how to avoid private lands. ate lands. 

18. Trail maintenance will be the level necessary to promote visitor safety, resource 

protection, and to maintain trail difficulty ratings. culty ratings. 

19. Roads and/or trails located on private property that is acquired through exchanges, 

sales, or acquisition of easements will be evaluated for addition to the road and trail 

system. Priority will be given to roads that provide key linkages or provide loop 

opportunities, or roads and trails that will replace other routes with resource or 

safety concerns. safety concerns. 

Interim Guidelines for use of Existing Roads and Trails 

20. Road and trail maintenance will occur to the level necessary to promote visitor 

safety and resource protection. Road and trail maintenance on routes that are 

currently part of the BLM’s transportation system or part of the existing Millican 

Valley OHV system will be done to promote visitor safety, resource protection, and 

to maintain trail difficulty or road maintenance ratings. culty or road maintenance ratings. 

21. Existing roads and trails will generally be open for use in the areas designated 

Limited to Designated Roads or Limited to Designated Roads and Trails pending 

completion of local transportation system designations within each geographic area 

consistent with management direction in the final RMP. 

22. Rights-of-way – Rights of way currently open to motorized use will generally 

remain open, and those closed seasonally or year round to general public use will 

continue closed until final designation of a local transportation system for the area, 

or updates to specific rights-of-way have been completed. e been completed. 

23. RMP Maps 12-24 display known and mapped motorized travelways under BLM 

jurisdiction that will continue to be open to motorized uses pending completion 

of local transportation decisions or updates to specific rights-of-way have been 

completed. Some existing motorized travel ways may not be shown because of one 

or more of the following factors: or more of the following factors: 

a. Roads and trails that occur in known problem areas (e.g., unsafe intersections 

with paved public roads) ed public roads) 

b. Any road or trails on private land without legal easements for public use and 

roads and trails that occur for a majority of their length on private land. ate land. 

c. Roads and trails that directly link Limited areas with closed areas. Roads and trails that directly link Limited areas with closed areas. 

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24. Motorized travel will generally not be allowed (see also administrative access 

guidelines) outside of the travel ways shown on RMP Map 3 and RMP Maps 12-

24 until a final local transportation system is designated or updates to specific 

rights-of-way have been completed. Other road and trail links, realignments, and 

ROWs may be available for motorized use on a case by case basis prior to final 

transportation system designations. transportation system designations. 

25. In areas designated Closed to motor vehicle use and outside WSAs, existing road 

rights of way that are open to general public use and provide access to residential 

areas (i.e., more than a single residence) or connections to other public roads may 

remain open as part of the interim management of existing roads and trails until a 

final road and trail system is designated. nal road and trail system is designated. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

FLPMA provides for recreation use of public land as an integral part of multiple use 

management. Non-motorized trails and regional trails are identified as a regional need 

in the current SCORP needs assessment... Non-motorized recreation demand is growing, 

as are conflicts associated between motorized and non-motorized users and oĞen 

different non-motorized user groups. Recreation Emphases allow for blocks of areas 

with exclusive non-motorized trail management guidance, areas where motorized and 

non-motorized uses are mixed or separated, and provides for direction on where nonmotorized opportunities will be emphasized. motorized opportunities will be emphasized. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. In all areas, construction, placement or maintenance of roads or trails without 

authorization, contract, or approved operating plan is prohibited. ed operating plan is prohibited. 

a. See RMP Maps 3 and 11-24 for areas closed to motorized trav Maps 3 and 11-24 for areas closed to motorized travel. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. When consistent with plan objectives convert non-designated roads and old travel 

ways to trails for such activities as horseback riding, running, or mountain biking. 

When possible, rehabilitate these roads to differentiate them from designated roads 

that occur in the same area and reduce the unintended use of these routes by full 

size vehicles. ehicles. 

2. Incorporate BLM administered non-motorized trails into regional trail networks 

when consistent with other resource management goals. when consistent with other resource management goals. 

3. Designate river access points and improve, maintain river access trails to a 

condition that reduces erosion and resource problems and provides safe access for 

the public. the public. 

4. Develop campgrounds as needed, with an emphasis on camping facilities that 

support designated trail systems. support designated trail systems. 

5. Geocaching is not regulated throughout the planning area except as noted under 

special management area direction. (See Special Management Area discussion for 

closures and areas with special restrictions.) closures and areas with special restrictions.) 

Trail Design and Construction rail Design and Construction 

6. Close redundant trails. Close redundant trails. 

7. Rehabilitate or repair trails that are unsafe or contribute to erosion. Rehabilitate or repair trails that are unsafe or contribute to erosion. 

8. Design trail routes that avoid private property or obtain easements from willing 

landowner if avoidance is difficult or expensive. 

9. Reroute roads and trails that cross private property to create road and trail loops 

that are exclusively on BLM administered lands to allow continued recreation 

use and authorization of SRPs for events that do not require private landowner 

approval. 

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10. If necessary for public safety or to protect natural conditions, trails may be closed 

temporarily until rehabilitated or reconstructed. temporarily until rehabilitated or reconstructed. 

11. Relocate or eliminate at-grade trail crossings whenever possible, and especially: er possible, and especially: 

a. When road construction or reconstruction fragments existing trail systems. When road construction or reconstruction fragments existing trail systems. 

b. When road is subject to highs speed travel. 

c. When either trail system or road is subject to high use levels 

d. When line of sight at crossings is limited. When line of sight at crossings is limited. 

12. Provide trail maps and install route markers to designate trails. Provide trail maps and install route markers to designate trails. 

13. Construct gates for equestrian use adjacent to caĴle guards where such structures 

are built to facilitate motorized travel on shared use trails. el on shared use trails. 

Objective R – 5: Provide for projects, programs, and permits that promote a diverse 

range of recreation opportunities. Provide for individual, group, and competitive event 

recreational use that could not be reasonably accommodated on private land. recreational use that could not be reasonably accommodated on private land. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

FLPMA provides for recreational use of public land as an integral part of multiple use 

management. BLM Strategic Plan (USDI-BLM, 2000a) includes direction for serving 

both present and future publics. However, on an individual basis, visitors may lack 

the skills (technical ability, local knowledge) or gear, to achieve their recreational goals. 

Visitors may also wish to recreate on BLM administered lands in large groups, or 

engage in competitive events; activities which may include increased risks to natural 

or cultural resources, impacted social experiences, and degraded facilities. These types 

of recreational opportunities are not normally provided by the BLM. Demand for 

these types of recreational use is rapidly increasing now, and is expected to continue 

to increase in the future. Management of group uses within an urban interface seĴing 

is needed to minimize conflicts between public land users and adjacent landowners. 

The adjacent USFS group use permit threshold is 75 participants; however, given the 

fragmented public ownership paĴern and variety of uses in the urban interface, the 

permit threshold is set lower at 50 participants. er at 50 participants. 

Allocation/Allowable Uses: Allocation/Allowable Uses: 

1. Special Recreation Permits (SRPs) are required for all commercial and competitive 

uses on BLM administered lands. uses on BLM administered lands. 

2. New commercial SRPs for non-foot traffic, trail dependent annual use (e.g., guided 

horseback rides, llama pack trips, mountain bike rides, etc.) will only be issued for 

designated trails or routes that are part of BLM’s transportation system. s transportation system. 

3. Group use authorizations are required for organized group activities involving 

greater than 50 participants within the High Desert Special Recreation Management 

Area. 

4. The following apply to organized group use in both the Steelhead Falls and 

Badlands Wilderness Study ilderness Study Areas: 

a. Group use authorizations are required for all organized group activities 

involving 12 or more participants, and may be required for organized groups 

involving less than 12 participants depending upon factors including but not 

limited to: proposed activity, season of use, and potential impacts. , season of use, and potential impacts. 

b. An SRP is required for all organized groups not on an inventoried route. 

Management of organized group use will emphasize the use of inventoried, 

designated routes. designated routes. 

c. No competitive events allowed. 

d. No vending allowed. 

5. In the Badlands WSA, organized group use will have the following restrictions: e the following restrictions: 

a. 20 people/group maximum (both commercial and non commercial) 20 people/group maximum (both commercial and non commercial) 

b. Group parking must occur outside the WSA boundary, and/or groups utilizing 

Milepost 16, County Line Road, or Obernolte Road trailheads must utilize a 

shuĴle and park legally outside the trailhead parking areas. le and park legally outside the trailhead parking areas. 

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6. The Steelhead Falls area will have the following restrictions for organized group 

(commercial and non-commercial): (commercial and non-commercial): 

a. No organized group use on holiday weekends eekends 

b. 1 group/day maximum 1 group/day maximum 

c. 12 people/group maximum (including commercial groups) 12 people/group maximum (including commercial groups) 

d. 6 cars/group maximum 6 cars/group maximum 

e. In the Steelhead Falls In the Steelhead Falls Area - only foot travel is allowed. 

f. In the Foley Waters Area - only foot or equestrian travel is allowed. 

7. In the Steelhead Falls area, allow up to four commercial filming activities per year, 

providing the following: providing the following: 

a. Group size is limited to no more than eight people. Group size is limited to no more than eight people. 

b. All activities take place on signed and designated trails. All activities take place on signed and designated trails. 

c. Motor vehicle use is limited to the Steelhead Falls trailhead and campground 

area (i.e., designated routes only). area (i.e., designated routes only). 

d. Filming activities occur only on weekdays and not on holidays. eekdays and not on holidays. 

e. No helicopters or aircraĞ are used. are used. 

f. Filming activities do not occur within a 1/4 mile distance from known and 

active raptor nests. e raptor nests. 

g. The BLM will monitor the progress of the filming. 

h. No surface disturbance takes place. No surface disturbance takes place. 

i. The filming sites will be maintained in a sanitary condition at all times: waste 

materials at the sites will be disposed of promptly at an appropriate waste 

disposal site. “Waste” means all discarded maĴer including, but not limited to, 

human waste, trash, garbage, refuse, oil drums, petroleum products, ashes and 

equipment. equipment. 

j. All other standard permit stipulations will be followed. 

8. In the Horse Ridge area, organized group use will have the following restrictions: e the following restrictions: 

a. Group use authorizations are required for all organized group activities 

involving 12 or more participants. olving 12 or more participants. 

b. Trail dependent special recreation events (trail rides, races, etc.) are allowed 

on designated roads and trails. A maximum of two events (motorized or nonmotorized) could be held per month, with events up to two days long allowed. 

Each permiĴed event will be separated by at least 12 days with no scheduled 

events. 

9. In the Wagon Road ACEC, special recreation permits or authorizations will be 

issued for commercial or group use involving foot traffic events only on the 

ACEC road segments. No competitive events will be allowed on the ACEC road 

segments. SRPs or authorizations will be allowed for commercial/group vehicular 

or pack stock use at designated trail or road crossing points with the historic roads. 

Maintain and improve cooperative efforts to provide interpretation of the Wagon 

Roads ACEC. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

General General 

1. Prior to the issuance of a SRP, assess the proposed activity to determine if it is in the 

public interest and to assure adequate mitigation of effects. This assessment will 

include but not necessarily be limited to consideration of: include but not necessarily be limited to consideration of: 

a. Effects on natural and cultural resources. ects on natural and cultural resources. 

b. Effects on the social experience. ects on the social experience. 

c. Effects on facilities. ects on facilities. 

d. Need for service – what specific niche does this service provide that cannot 

otherwise be provided on private lands, or is already provided for on public 

lands through existing permits? lands through existing permits? 

e. Proposed project mitigations – what are the expected levels of effects, and 

what prevention, mitigation, or rehabilitation will be needed to meet resource 

management objectives for the area. es for the area. 

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2. Manage SRP authorizations to allow specified recreational use of public lands and 

related waters. These permits will be used as a mechanism to accommodate specific 

recreational uses, protect resources, and manage visitor use. recreational uses, protect resources, and manage visitor use. 

3. For hiking/foot traffic use, emphasize authorizing commercial annual use on 

designated trails, then consider non-designated routes (in areas where no trail 

systems have been designated) through the SRP process if these routes are mapped 

and do not present resource or social concerns. In areas where a designated trail 

system is implemented aĞer the ROD, manage trail dependent commercial use 

(including hiking) through this system to avoid creation of additional routes. oid creation of additional routes. 

4. For the purposes of issuing SRPs (per BLM National SRP Policy, 43 CFR 8372), 

Commercial Use is defined as: ned as: 

a. When any person, group, or organization makes or aĴempts to make a 

profit, receive money, amortize equipment, or obtain goods or services, as 

compensation from participants in recreational actives occurring on public 

lands, the use is considered commercial. An activity, service, or use is 

commercial if anyone collects a fee or receives other compensation that is not 

strictly a sharing or, or is in excess of, actual expenses incurred for the purposes 

of the activity, service or use. Commercial use may also be characterized 

by public advertising for participants or situations where a duty of care or 

expectation of safety is owed participants by service providers as a result of 

compensation. compensation. 

b. Use by scientific, educational, and therapeutic institutions or non-profit 

organizations is considered commercial when the above criteria are met and 

subject to a permit when the above conditions exist. Non-profit status of any 

group or organization does not, in itself, determine whether an event or activity 

arranged by such a group or organization is non-commercial. Profit making 

organizations are automatically classified as commercial, even if that part of 

their activity covered by the permit is not profit-making. t-making. 

c. Examples of permit activities include outfiĴers and guides, jeep tours, horse 

trail and wagon train rides, caĴle drives, and photography associated with a 

recreational activity, i.e., when images are taken of recreation participants for 

sale to participants or filming of recreational activities to be sold to the public. lming of recreational activities to be sold to the public. 

5. Group use levels that are likely to exceed the capacity of facilities such as trailheads, 

staging areas, and other facilities, may be subject to use of a reservations system to 

meet growing demands for group uses such as group camping, day use for special 

events, etc without exceeding the capacity of existing facilities. ents, etc without exceeding the capacity of existing facilities. 

Objective R - 6: Provide developed or urban based recreation opportunities while 

minimizing duplication of services among agencies. Provide improvements that allow 

for easier pedestrian access and encourage day use and interpretive activities while 

minimizing conflicts with adjacent landowners where practicable. icts with adjacent landowners where practicable. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

FLPMA provides for recreation use of public land as an integral part of multiple use 

management. Developed recreation facilities have been identified as a regional need in 

the current SCORP needs assessment. Developed recreation facility needs have been 

identified by local governments seeking to lease BLM administered land for public 

purposes. The landscape character of some BLM administered lands provides specific 

recreation opportunities. The concentration of recreational use in particular locations 

oĞen leads to impacts and need for more focused recreation and resource management. en leads to impacts and need for more focused recreation and resource management. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. New facilities may be developed when needed for public safety or to protect 

resources. resources. 

2. Development may include but will not be limited to trails, picnic tables, site 

designations, hardened and delineated parking areas, and permanent toilets. designations, hardened and delineated parking areas, and permanent toilets. 

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facilities that support areas with designated trail systems or interpretive features. e features. 

4. When necessary to protect facilities or resources adjacent to facilities, boundaries 

will be defined through techniques such as signing and/or fencing or other 

appropriate means. appropriate means. 

5. Installation of recreation facilities above buried pipelines will be avoided. Where 

unavoidable, a proper pipeline functioning must be retained. oidable, a proper pipeline functioning must be retained. 

6. Work with other agencies and local governments to provide regional trail corridors, 

interpretive services, park development and other recreation services. elopment and other recreation services. 

Objective R – 7: Provide appropriate recreational opportunities while reducing 

conflicts between recreational users, and between recreational users and adjacent 

landowners. landowners. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

While some overnight recreational use (including camping and hiking) is appropriate in 

most of the planning area, there are some specific sites where this use is not appropriate, 

or only appropriate in limited quantities. For example, some areas, like the Wagon Roads 

ACEC, are managed primarily as an interpretive site, and cannot be fully appreciated at 

night. Other areas, like the parcel north of State Highway 126 and west of the North Unit 

Canal, are places where visitors have traditionally engaged in prohibited acts, including 

but not limited to: Illegal dumping, illegal fires, occupancy, vandalism, holding of large 

unauthorized parties, and resource and cultural damage. While closures to overnight 

use are not expected to completely address these prohibited acts, the closures should 

improve existing conditions and greatly assist in enforcement of regulations. e existing conditions and greatly assist in enforcement of regulations. 

Allowable Uses/Allocation: Allowable Uses/Allocation: 

1. Areas closed to camping/overnight use: ernight use: 

a. Powell BuĴe RNA 

b. Horse Ridge RNA Horse Ridge RNA 

c. Wagon Roads agon Roads ACEC 

d. Tumalo Canal umalo Canal ACEC 

e. Area west of the North Unit Canal north and immediately south of State 

Highway 126. ay 126. 

f. Redmond Caves parcel es parcel 

g. BLM parcel north of Highway 126 and adjacent to Cline Falls State Park 

h. 40 acre parcel on State Highway 97 south of Deschutes Junction ay 97 south of Deschutes Junction 

i. Sisters Climbing Sisters Climbing Area 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Additional areas may be closed to all overnight camping if conflicts among users, or 

between users and adjacent landowners increase, or if resources are being degraded 

by overnight camping use. ernight camping use. 

2. Unless otherwise authorized by permit, on BLM parcels managed for nonmotorized exclusive use overnight camping will be limited to 3 nights of per 28 day 

period, except where closed to all overnight use. ernight use. 

Management Direction for Specific Geographic Areas c Geographic Areas 

The recreation management direction specific to geographic areas is described below 

with a brief discussion of the overall emphasis and road and trail system goals for that 

area. 

Badlands WSA Badlands WSA 

The existing inventoried system of routes that connect to the following trailheads 

(Obernolte, Route 5, Milepost 16, and Route 8) will be retained. A non-motorized trail 

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entrance at the east boundary of the Badlands will be provided. For direction on parking/ 

trailhead improvements, see plan guidance for the Mayfield Pond and North Millican 

areas. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Reduce unauthorized vehicular entry into WSA by using appropriate mechanisms 

(e.g., fencing, signs, etc.). (e.g., fencing, signs, etc.). 

2. Provide improvements to parking/trailhead areas to beĴer handle equestrian use 

(e.g., hitching rails, adequate turning radius for trailers, and adequate parking 

space). space). 

3. Provide designated and managed parking areas that respond to increased needs 

when the area is closed to motor vehicles. ehicles. 

4. Provide visitor information at parking areas on WSA designation, travel 

management, and interpretation of natural and cultural resources. management, and interpretation of natural and cultural resources. 

5. Due to the motorized vehicle closures, providing designated parking areas and 

trailhead improvements at major entry points is a high priority (this includes 

travel management and trailhead improvements outside the WSA, including in 

the Mayfield Pond area and in the North Millican area at the base of Dry River 

Canyon). 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

The Badlands WSA is located relatively close to Bend. Therefore, the area receives 

increased levels of use. Additional non-motorized trail opportunities are identified as a 

regional need by the Oregon State Parks needs assessment. Non-motorized trail use is 

increasing in the Badlands, both from individual users and non-permiĴed commercial 

guides. The level of non-motorized use off designated, inventoried routes can impact 

resources and wilderness suitability. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. The WSA is Closed to motor vehicle use year-round (Travel Management 

Designation: Closed) (see RMP Maps 3 and 11). Maps 3 and 11). 

a. The WSA is open y is open year round for non-motorized use. ear round for non-motorized use. 

b. All mechanized travel and stock use is limited to the designated system of 

inventoried routes (see RMP Map 11). Map 11). Map 11). 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The recreation emphasis in the Badlands WSA is Non-motorized Recreation 

Exclusive. 

2. The Badlands WSA will be managed for primitiv will be managed for primitive, non-motorized recreation. e, non-motorized recreation. 

Bend/Redmond Recreation Area Bend/Redmond Recreation Area 

A multi-use trail system will be developed in the Bend-Redmond block that can function 

with portions closed if needed to minimize conflicts with OMD training exercises. The 

road system needed for OMD use and other administrative uses will be retained. The 

non-motorized trails in this area include a potential regional trail along the North Unit 

Canal (with BOR and NUID concurrence), and use of roads within the Wagon Roads 

ACEC. 

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Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. Access from the following subdivisions will be non-motorized trail access only: 

Powell BuĴe Estates West, Boonesborough and other major subdivisions. est, Boonesborough and other major subdivisions. 

2. Provide staging areas, where appropriate, to support OHV use on the designated 

trail system. trail system. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Appropriate measures will be taken to reduce conflicts and safety hazards due to 

OHV access across State Route 126. OHV access across State Route 126. 

2. The emphasis for staging area development is to serve different local customers, 

with staging areas/trailheads easily accessible for Redmond, Bend and Prineville 

residents. residents. 

3. Staging area development should address the needs of the OMD, and the ability to 

disperse users on the trail system and reduce user conflicts. 

4. Trailheads and staging areas for trail systems will be designed to help increase 

public awareness of travel management regulations and other uses of the area, such 

as OMD training exercises. as OMD training exercises. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

A designated trail system is needed due to the increased levels of development in the 

area and the likelihood that additional paved roads will fragment the area in the future. ed roads will fragment the area in the future. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3 and 12 for Travel Management within the Bend/Redmond 

Recreation Recreation Area 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The recreation emphasis for the majority of the Bend/Redmond Recreation Area is 

Multiple Use Shared Facilities. Multiple Use Shared Facilities. 

2. The Bend/Redmond area will be managed for motorized use on designated roads 

and trails, both north and south of State Highway 126. ay 126. 

3. Trail system will be developed in loops and sections to allow area or sectional 

closures if necessary during OMD training exercises (while maintaining some trails 

for public use). for public use). 

4. Work with Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), the North Unit Irrigation District (NUID) 

and OMD to provide additional trail crossing points over the North Unit canal as 

part of a designated trail system. part of a designated trail system. 

5. The designated trail system in the Bend/Redmond area will be designed to 

minimize development of user created trails that require crossing of State Highway 

126. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

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Rationale: 

The presence of the Wagon Roads ACEC and the North Unit Canal provide opportunities 

for an understandable trail system that has regional trail potential and also high 

interpretive values. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Work with BOR, NUID, Deschutes County, State Parks, OMD, and others to 

designate and manage the North Unit Canal as a regional, non-motorized trail 

corridor and to consider possible water-oriented recreation use. -oriented recreation use. 

2. Consider the development of non-motorized trail connections between the two 

longer segments of historic road in the Wagon Roads ACEC and the North Unit 

Canal, if the Canal Corridor becomes a regional trail and the values for which the 

ACEC was designated can be maintained. as designated can be maintained. 

3. Work with city of Redmond and Deschutes County on future management of BLM 

administered lands west of the North Unit Canal north and immediately south of 

State Highway 126. ay 126. 

Objective R - 6: Provide developed or urban based recreation opportunities while 

minimizing duplication of services among agencies. Provide improvements that allow 

for easier pedestrian access and encourage day use and interpretive activities while 

minimizing conflicts with adjacent landowners where practicable. icts with adjacent landowners where practicable. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

The BLM and the City of Redmond have been involved in the cooperative management 

of the 40 Redmond Caves parcel for several years. Over the last 10-20 years, this site has 

been the victim of repeated vandalism and garbage dumping. Cooperative projects 

such as fencing, archeological site evaluation, and clean-ups have been the focus of 

these cooperative efforts in the last few years. A draĞ “master plan” for how the site will 

ultimately be developed and managed was developed in the 1990s but not completed. 

The caves are important cultural resources and have had identified in the past some use 

by Townsend’s big-eared bat. s big-eared bat. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Work with the City of Redmond to develop the Redmond Caves site as an 

interpretive park site. e park site. 

2. Interpretive site development will include an emphasis on old growth juniper and 

native plant communities associated with the area, restoration of suitable bat habitat 

in some portion of the cave system and interpretation of archeological values. 

3. Explore opportunities for community involvement in removal of graffiti and site 

stewardship. ardship. 

Cline BuĴes Recreation Area es Recreation Area 

The Cline BuĴes area will be managed for multiple recreation use, with some areas 

being designated specifically for non-motorized trail development, while other areas 

will have multiple use trails. The Maston Allotment area east of Cline Falls Highway will 

be managed exclusively for non-motorized use. Like motorized users, equestrians and 

mountain bikes will be limited to a designated trail system, once completed. mountain bikes will be limited to a designated trail system, once completed. 

Roads will be retained or developed in the Cline BuĴes block to the extent necessary to 

provide for administrative access and create a reasonable and identifiable loop system 

for public use, particularly in the area between Barr Road and Fryrear Road. Only the 

minimum number of roads needed for administrative access will be retained in the 

Maston Allotment. Other roads in the Maston Allotment may be either designated and 

managed as non-motorized trails or closed and rehabilitated. Trail development in the 

higher elevation portions of the buĴes will be oriented toward providing non-motorized 

trails for hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian use. trails for hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian use. 

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Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. Identify designated access points, parking areas and trailheads to support the nonmotorized trail system. motorized trail system. 

2. Limit the number of access points through trail layout and rehabilitation efforts. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Designate trailheads for hiking access to the Deschutes River. Move existing access 

points away from private residences and provide marked, defined parking areas 

and signed trails to public portions of the river. 

2. Provide improvements to Fryrear Road trailhead or develop a replacement 

trailhead as needed to accommodate additional vehicles and adequate turning 

radius for horse trailers. radius for horse trailers. 

3. Provide signs and information on Sisters area trails if regional trail link is developed 

along Jordan Road from Sisters to BLM administered land at Cline BuĴes. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3 and 13 for Travel Management within the Cline BuĴes Recreation 

Area 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The majority of the Cline BuĴes Block will be managed with a Multiple Use, 

Separate Facilities Emphasis. Separate Facilities Emphasis. 

2. Multi-use trail system emphasis will be most heavily developed in center and north 

portions of the Cline BuĴes block. In other areas, management of motorized use 

will emphasize motorized use on designated roads, with trails being used by nonmotorized recreationists. motorized recreationists. 

3. Work with ODOT to cooperatively manage the existing material site west of Barr 

Road as an OHV play area while maintaining the site for mineral material use. 

Manage trails in the area between Cline Falls Highway and Barr Road to minimize 

erosion and visual impacts. erosion and visual impacts. 

4. For motorized trails, the trail system will be developed to: eloped to: 

a. Provide year-round opportunities. -round opportunities. 

b. Provide riding opportunities in a variety of terrain. ariety of terrain. 

c. Limit the number of trailheads to a manageable number. 

d. Provide play area opportunities. Provide play area opportunities. 

e. Separate OHV use from other non-motorized trails to the extent feasible. Separate OHV use from other non-motorized trails to the extent feasible. 

f. Take advantage of scenic and interpretive opportunities. e opportunities. 

g. Provide separate loops and a variety of choices that help to disperse users, 

given the relatively small acreage of the trail system. ely small acreage of the trail system. 

h. Allow motorized trail designation within or along the Tumalo Canals outside 

the ACEC and areas designated as Closed. ACEC and areas designated as Closed. 

i. Locate trails to minimize conflicts with adjacent land owners to the extent 

feasible while maintaining a workable trail system. orkable trail system. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

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Rationale: Rationale: 

Non-motorized use is occurring and growing in the area. Additional non-motorized 

trail opportunities are identified as a regional need by the Oregon State Parks needs 

assessment (SCORP). User conflicts between trail users is occurring in the Cline BuĴes 

area, as are conflicts between trail users and landowners. The increase in development in 

the area makes these conflicts more likely. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. A portion of the Tumalo Canals ACEC in the area east of Barr Road will be managed 

for foot traffic only (See Special Management Areas. Area to be closed to motorized 

trail is not on Maps 3 or 13 because the perimeter has not yet been determined). et been determined). 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The Maston Allotment and Harper Road parcels will be managed to achieve a Nonmotorized Recreation Exclusive Emphasis. e Emphasis. 

2. Manage equestrian and mountain bike use on a designated trail system. The nonmotorized trail system will emphasize shared use non-motorized trails; however, 

separate trails may be considered to meet recreation user needs at the area 

management plan level by: 

a. Specific trail designations, or c trail designations, or 

b. Identifying trail design and maintenance standards to meet a specific user 

group and informing the public of the trail emphasis without specifically 

closing the trail to any non-motorized user. 

3. For non-motorized trails, the trail system will be developed to: eloped to: 

a. Provide year-round opportunities. -round opportunities. 

b. Clearly differentiate between motorized and non-motorized trails. een motorized and non-motorized trails. 

c. Provide opportunities for all non-motorized users, but allow separation of uses 

(e.g., horses and mountain bikes) where appropriate). (e.g., horses and mountain bikes) where appropriate). 

d. Provide a variety of trail conditions that suit different type of users (mountain 

bikes vs. equestrians). bikes vs. equestrians). 

e. Provide connections from trails at the buĴes to the Maston Allotment area and 

to the Dry Canyon complex. on complex. 

f. Connect to regional trail networks. 

g. Provide a loop trail around Cline BuĴes. 

h. Provide a variety of trail difficulties, particularly for hiking and mountain 

biking. biking. 

i. Provide connections between the area east of Cline Falls Highway and the areas 

west of Cline Falls Highway and West of Barr Road. est of Barr Road. 

j. Separate trailheads for motorized and non-motorized use to the maximum 

extent feasible. extent feasible. 

k. Provide managed and maintained trail access to public portions of the Middle 

Deschutes. Deschutes. 

l. Take advantage of scenic and interpretive opportunities. e opportunities. 

Objective R - 6: Provide developed or urban based recreation opportunities while 

minimizing duplication of services among agencies. Provide improvements that allow 

for easier pedestrian access and encourage day use and interpretive activities while 

minimizing conflicts with adjacent landowners where practicable. icts with adjacent landowners where practicable. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

FLPMA provides for recreation use of public land as an integral part of multiple use 

management. Developed recreation facilities have been identified as a regional need in 

the current SCORP needs assessment. Developed recreation facility needs have been 

identified by local governments seeking to lease BLM administered land for public 

purposes. The landscape character of some BLM administered lands provides specific 

recreation opportunities. The concentration of recreational use in particular locations 

oĞen leads to impacts and need for more focused recreation and resource management. en leads to impacts and need for more focused recreation and resource management. 

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Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Provide access and trailheads for motorized and non-motorized trail use. Provide access and trailheads for motorized and non-motorized trail use. 

2. Development of group use areas, picnic areas, or other developments may occur as 

needed. needed. 

Horse Ridge Recreation Area Horse Ridge Recreation Area 

The Skeleton Fire area will be managed for motorized use on a few main roads, much 

as it has been prior to this RMP. Roads may be retained or previously closed roads 

reopened only to the extent necessary to create a loop road from the Gosney Road access 

and State Highway 20 access. The remaining roads in the area may either be closed and 

rehabilitated or converted to non-motorized trails, which to provide various trail loops 

and connect to non-motorized trails in the Horse Ridge area. Trails on Horse Ridge will 

be developed to serve a variety of non-motorized users; however separated trails for 

different users may be considered at the area management plan level. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

The Skeleton Fire and Horse Ridge areas are high use trail areas that lack designated 

trails and trailheads. The lack of these facilities has led to private land trespass and 

reduces the opportunity for communication of regulations and resource concerns in the 

area. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Designate adequate access to parking and user information for non-motorized trail 

use in the Horse Ridge and Skeleton Fire area. use in the Horse Ridge and Skeleton Fire area. 

2. Maintain and improve conditions at South Millican Horse Camp by clearly defining 

boundaries, signs and trail information. Consider increased development if multiple 

user groups can be served. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

Smaller areas of BLM administered land are less suited for motorized trail development, 

unless linked with trail systems in larger, adjacent public land blocks. , adjacent public land blocks. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3 and 14 for Travel Management Allowable uses within the Horse 

Ridge Recreation Ridge Recreation Area. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The Skeleton Fire area is designated as Non-motorized recreation emphasis. The Skeleton Fire area is designated as Non-motorized recreation emphasis. 

2. Designated roads in the Skeleton Fire area will form a loop system that allows for 

recreational use, including special events. 

3. Trail dependent special recreation events (trail rides, races, etc.) are allowed on 

designated roads or trails. A maximum of 2 events (motorized or non-motorized) 

may be held per month, with events up to 2 days long allowed. Each permiĴed 

event must be separated by at least 12 days with no scheduled events. 

4. Reroute dead-end roads in the area south of State Highway 20 and north of Old 

Highway 20 (T18S, R14E, Sec. 30, 31,32; T19S, R14E, Sec. 5, 4, 3, 10; T18S, R13E, Sec. 

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25) to create several interconnected loops and eliminate dead-ends along the south 

side of State Highway 20. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The Horse Ridge area is designated as Non-motorized Recreation Exclusive 

(Recreation Emphasis) (see RMP Map 4) and managed for year-round nonmotorized trail use with a designated trail system (see RMP Maps 3 and 14). Maps 3 and 14). 

2. The BLM administered land bounded by State Highway 20 on the east, Rickard 

Road on the south, and private lands to the west and north is designated as Nonmotorized Recreation Exclusive (Recreation Emphasis) and managed for nonmotorized trail use on a designated trail system. motorized trail use on a designated trail system. 

3. The area between State Highway 20 and the old highway is designated Nonmotorized Recreation Exclusive (Recreation Emphasis) and managed for nonmotorized trail use on a designated trail system. motorized trail use on a designated trail system. 

4. The Skeleton Fire area is designated as Non-motorized Recreation Emphasis 

(see RMP Map 4) and managed for year-round non-motorized trail use with a 

designated trail system. designated trail system. 

5. Roads may be realigned or closed to create a trail network for non-motorized use 

that provides loops and connections to Horse Ridge and the Skeleton Fire area. that provides loops and connections to Horse Ridge and the Skeleton Fire area. 

6. Designate any roads in the Skeleton Fire area that will remain Closed to motor 

vehicles as non-motorized trails if they meet the needs of the non-motorized trail 

system. The designated trail system will be designed and managed to differentiate 

it from roads, and to reduce redundant access points, avoid trespass, and avoid 

sensitive resource areas. Construct additional trails as needed to complete a system 

that offers loops of varying lengths. arying lengths. 

7. Develop non-motorized trails on Horse Ridge that avoid private parcels and allow 

continuation of existing trail use. Closed roads in the Horse Ridge area needed for 

a non motorized trail system will be converted into trails for non-motorized use. erted into trails for non-motorized use. 

8. Designated trails will be located outside the Horse Ridge RNA. Designated trails will be located outside the Horse Ridge RNA. 

9. Trail dependent special recreation events (trail rides, races, etc.) are allowed on 

designated roads or trails. A maximum of 2 events (motorized or non-motorized) 

could be held per month, with events up to 2 days long allowed. Each permiĴed 

event will be separated by at least 12 days with no scheduled events. 

10. Provide a designated trail link from Horse Ridge trails to the existing culvert trail 

crossing under State Highway 20. 

La Pine Recreation Area La Pine Recreation Area 

The majority of the La Pine area will be managed for motorized use on designated roads 

only. The middle portion of the La Pine area east of State Highway 97 will be managed 

for motorized use on designated roads and trails year-round. This area encompasses the 

Rosland OHV Play area, and provides additional opportunities for designated trails and 

links to roads or potential future trails on the Deschutes National Forest. The northern 

portion of the La Pine area will be managed for motorized use on designated roads only, 

with additional non-motorized trails being designated if a need arises or if adjacent trail 

opportunities are available at La Pine State Park. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

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Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3 and 15 for Travel Management Allowable Uses within the La Pine 

Recreation Area. A newly acquired parcel on the LiĴle Deschutes River north of 

State Recreation Road is displayed only on Map 15. ed only on Map 15. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Motor vehicle travel will be limited to a designated system throughout the majority 

of the area of the area 

2. The area south and east of the Rosland OHV area is designated as Multiple Use 

Shared Facilities Recreation Emphasis. The emphasis for the area is to enlarge the 

trail system linked to the Rosland OHV Play area site. trail system linked to the Rosland OHV Play area site. 

3. The areas designated as Roads Only and Multiple Use Separate Facilities may 

contain designated OHV trails at the minimum needed to provide trail links to 

other adjacent designated OHV trail systems. other adjacent designated OHV trail systems. 

4. Designated OHV trail links may be allowed in the areas identified for motorized 

use on roads only in La Pine. Trail links will be provided to the extent practicable in 

order to provide access to trail or road systems on adjacent public lands or to reach 

the designated trail systems associated with the Rosland area. the designated trail systems associated with the Rosland area. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The southern portion of the La Pine block is designated Roads only Recreation 

Emphasis. Emphasis. 

2. The northern portion of the La Pine block is designated Non-motorized Recreation 

Emphasis, and managed to provide trails for non-motorized uses and roads for 

motorized vehicles. ehicles. 

3. Isolated blocks will be managed for dispersed non-motorized use. Isolated blocks will be managed for dispersed non-motorized use. 

4. If opportunities for non-motorized trail connections exist, consider development of 

non-motorized trails in the northern portion of the La Pine area. non-motorized trails in the northern portion of the La Pine area. 

5. The LiĴle Deschutes River parcel located north of State Recreation Road will be 

managed for non-motorized trail use with an emphasis on hiking trails. managed for non-motorized trail use with an emphasis on hiking trails. 

Objective R - 6: Provide developed or urban based recreation opportunities while 

minimizing duplication of services among agencies. Provide improvements that allow 

for easier pedestrian access and encourage day use and interpretive activities while 

minimizing conflicts with adjacent landowners where practicable. icts with adjacent landowners where practicable. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

The unincorporated city of La Pine has, proportionally, a larger percentage of public 

lands within the unincorporated community urban growth boundary than other areas 

in the planning area. As a consequence, the area has had a long history of requests for 

uses of BLM - managed lands things such as parks, rodeo grounds, and other community 

interests. interests. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Work with Deschutes County, State Parks, and the community of La Pine to explore 

R&PP lease options for park dev lease options for park development in La Pine. elopment in La Pine. 

2. Development of new park sites could occur under R&PP lease or if management 

responsibilities were assumed by another public entity. 

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Mayfield Pond Recreation Area eld Pond Recreation Area 

The Mayfield Pond area will be managed to provide separate geographic areas for 

motorized and non-motorized use, with most of the area south of Alfalfa Market Road 

being managed exclusively for non-motorized trail use, and the area to the north of 

Alfalfa Market Road being managed for motorized use on a designated road system. Alfalfa Market Road being managed for motorized use on a designated road system. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Provide designated trailhead and parking facilities to support trail use in the 

Airport Airport Allotment. Allotment. 

2. Provide designated entry points and trailheads that support trail use in the 

Mayfield Pond block. ond block. 

3. Provide designated access/parking at Mayfield Pond. 

4. Provide designated access/parking at the Route 5 entrance to the Badlands WSA or 

at the Reynolds Pond area with a designated road/trail link to the Route 5 entrance. 

This trailhead will be designed to: This trailhead will be designed to: 

a. Accommodate horse trailers. Accommodate horse trailers. 

b. Minimize the spread or expansion of user created parking areas. Minimize the spread or expansion of user created parking areas. 

c. Provide interpretive information on WSA resources and management. resources and management. 

5. Consider providing new designated access to the area south of Alfalfa Market Road 

from Dodds Road. from Dodds Road. 

6. Relocate road and parking at Relocate road and parking at Alfalfa Pond. 

7. General public use, motorized access points into the area north of Alfalfa Market 

Road will be limited to allow beĴer management of the area and a reduction 

in conflicts with adjacent landowners (e.g., one access point from Powell BuĴe 

Highway and one access point from ay and one access point from Alfalfa Market Road). Alfalfa Market Road). 

8. Access controls will be made to support the motorized vehicle closure south of 

Alfalfa Market Road (e.g., fences, signs, barriers, etc.). Alfalfa Market Road (e.g., fences, signs, barriers, etc.). 

9. Provide a parking area/trailhead for the closed area south of Alfalfa Market Road, 

to allow for parking. Day use improvements such as picnic tables, group use areas, 

etc. may be considered. Other access points may be provided to serve surrounding 

residential access, but will be minor access gates, without improved parking. ed parking. 

10. Vehicle parking will be moved farther away from Alfalfa Pond, but still be available 

off Dodds Road. The road will be retained for administrative access and may be 

improved to provide a well marked vehicle access to the Route 5 trailhead for the 

Badlands WSA. Badlands WSA. 

11. Relocate the existing access road to Mayfield Pond farther away from the pond to 

improve recreation and resource conditions at the pond site. e recreation and resource conditions at the pond site. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3 and 16 for Travel Management Allowable Uses within the 

Mayfield Pond Recreation ond Recreation Area. 

2. Area within the fence around Mayfield Pond is closed to motorized travel (this area 

is too small to display on maps). is too small to display on maps). 

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Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The Mayfield Pond area north of Alfalfa Market Road is designated as Nonmotorized Recreation Emphasis and will be managed to allow motorized use on a 

road network. This road system will be designed to: This road system will be designed to: 

a. Provide road loops in the area that can be used by both motorized and nonmotorized recreationists and provide access for permiĴees. 

b. Rerouting of the existing road away from the edge of Mayfield Pond will be a 

priority. 

c. Designated roads will be located approximately 1/4 to 1/2 mile from bordering 

subdivisions. subdivisions. 

d. Non-motorized trail connections will be considered at the surrounding 

subdivisions. subdivisions. 

e. Roads not designated will be rehabilitated or converted to trails. erted to trails. 

f. Avoid dead-end roads, and limit the number of motorized access points from 

adjacent roads, subdivisions or private property. 

2. Roads in the area east of Dodds Road will be limited to those needed for canal 

maintenance access or to reach trailheads or ponds. maintenance access or to reach trailheads or ponds. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. Non-motorized use south of Alfalfa Market Road and west of Dodds Road (except 

hiking) will be limited to designated roads and trails when a designated system is 

implemented. implemented. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The Mayfield Pond area north of Alfalfa Market Road is designated as Nonmotorized recreation emphasis. motorized recreation emphasis. 

2. The Mayfield Pond area south of Alfalfa Market Road and north of Dodds Road, 

and the Airport Allotment is designated as Non-motorized Recreation Exclusive 

(Recreation Emphasis) and will be managed for non-motorized trail use. Trails in 

the area will provide several different length loops for hiking, running, equestrian 

and mountain bike use. and mountain bike use. 

3. Manage non-motorized use by developing a designated, signed, non-motorized 

trail system in the following areas: trail system in the following areas: 

a. The main block (north of The main block (north of Alfalfa Market Road). Alfalfa Market Road). 

b. BLM land south of BLM land south of Alfalfa Market Road and west and north of Dodds Road. est and north of Dodds Road. 

c. The Airport Airport Allotment. Allotment. 

4. The trail system in the main block north of Alfalfa Market road will be designed 

to provide a loop around the periphery of the public land block, as well as a 

connection to the Mayfield Pond site. Designated and signed non-motorized access 

to this trail system may be provided from adjacent subdivisions. to this trail system may be provided from adjacent subdivisions. 

5. To the maximum extent feasible, non-motorized trails will be located away from 

designated roads in the main block, to avoid conflicts between motorized and nonmotorized uses. motorized uses. 

6. Create a designated, non-motorized trail link between the Reynolds Pond parking 

area and the Badlands WSA Route 5 trailhead. Route 5 trailhead. 

7. Where possible, the road system in the Airport allotment area will be modified to 

create a single track system that includes trail loops and avoids dead-end trails. oids dead-end trails. 

8. Where possible, roads will be converted to trails. erted to trails. 

9. Provide a designated, non-motorized trail link outside of the Badlands WSA 

boundary to a designated parking area at Reynolds Pond to Route 5 entry point in 

the Badlands. the Badlands. 

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Objective R - 6: Provide developed or urban based recreation opportunities while 

minimizing duplication of services among agencies. Provide improvements that allow 

for easier pedestrian access and encourage day use and interpretive activities while 

minimizing conflicts with adjacent landowners where practicable. icts with adjacent landowners where practicable. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Provide site improvements at ponds (toilets, hardened parking, picnic areas, shade 

structures, trash receptacles, etc.) as needed to increase visitor satisfaction and 

protect resources. protect resources. 

Millican Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area ehicle Area 

Guidance that applies to Millican Plateau, North Millican, and South Millican includes 

the following: the following: 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. In addition to general guidance for Objective R – 3 the following guidelines will 

continue to apply within the boundaries of the existing Millican Valley OHV area: alley OHV area: 

a. Trails, camping areas, warm up areas, and other facilities will be located away 

from Highway 20 to the extent feasible. ay 20 to the extent feasible. 

b. The Millican Valley OHV area is a designated use area for Class 1, 2, and 3 OHV 

users. 

Millican Plateau OHV Area Millican Plateau OHV Area 

The majority of the geographic area will be managed for year-round use on designated 

road and trails. The goal of OHV trail system is to provide diverse OHV opportunities by 

creating new trails and play areas and to provide trail opportunities when the seasonal 

and trail density restrictions in North Millican and South Millican areas are in effect. 

The northern tip of the Millican Plateau area is Closed to motor vehicles, in response to 

chronic dumping and vandalism problems between the BLM boundary and the power 

line crossing at Millican/West BuĴe Road (see RMP Maps 3 and 17). Maps 3 and 17). Maps 3 and 17). 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Guidelines Guidelines 

1. Develop trailheads to access the Millican Plateau portion of the OHV area, while 

controlling parking and spread of dispersed use. Trailheads and staging areas will 

be provided to: be provided to: 

a. Disperse users throughout the system to avoid user conflicts. 

b. Provide a diversity of experiences. ersity of experiences. 

c. Minimize visual impacts from Millican/West BuĴe Road and Reservoir Road. oir Road. 

d. Minimize need for at-grade trail crossings of Millican/West BuĴe Road and 

Reservoir Road. oir Road. 

e. Provide facilities that serve causal use and also special event use. ent use. 

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Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3 and 17 for Travel Management Allowable Uses within the Millican 

Plateau portion of the Millican Valley Off Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. The 

following trail loop is not displayed on the maps because the trail has not been 

designed: In the closed area immediately west of the Crooked River one OHV trail 

loop will be designated that provides scenic views of the Crooked River Canyon. 

This designated trail must be outside the Crooked Wild and Scenic River boundary. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Designate and manage the majority of the Millican Plateau area for a Multiple Use 

Shared Facility Recreation Emphasis. Shared Facility Recreation Emphasis. 

2. Retain and enlarge the Millican Plateau area as part of the Millican Valley OHV 

Area. Goals for the management of OHV use in the area include: Goals for the management of OHV use in the area include: 

a. An increased density of trails compared to the North and South Millican Areas 

to provide dispersal of users. to provide dispersal of users. 

b. A range of opportunities, including trails, play areas, and technical four-wheel 

drive opportunities. e opportunities. 

c. Year-round trail connections to the North Millican -round trail connections to the North Millican Area. 

3. Staging areas to disperse users and provide OHV area access from Prineville. Staging areas to disperse users and provide OHV area access from Prineville. 

4. Increased development of staging areas, with provision of toilets or camping areas 

as needed. as needed. 

5. Additional trails are designated in area between Millican/West BuĴe Road and 

Johnson Market Road. Johnson Market Road. 

6. Additional trails are designated in area east of Road 6555-b to allow for one or more 

trail loops. trail loops. 

7. Provide additional OHV play area opportunities in Millican Valley, with an 

emphasis on areas/communities not served by existing facilities (i.e., Millican 

Plateau/ Prineville). Plateau/ Prineville). 

8. Designate trails in the area west of Millican/West BuĴe Road and south of Powell 

BuĴe. 

9. The trail system in the area will be revised to maintain a functional system on both 

sides of Millican/West BuĴe Road. The number of trail crossings of Millican/West 

BuĴe Road will be limited, and frontage trails may be provided to collect trail use 

and lead it to grade separated crossings. and lead it to grade separated crossings. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to promote 

visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among public land 

visitors and adjacent land owners. visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The area along the west rim of the Crooked River is designated as Non-motorized 

Recreation Exclusive and managed for non-motorized trail use. e and managed for non-motorized trail use. 

2. The Millican Plateau area will be open year-round to non-motorized trail use. -round to non-motorized trail use. 

3. The West BuĴe area is designated and managed as Non-motorized Recreation 

Exclusive (Recreation Emphasis), providing for non-motorized designated trails. e (Recreation Emphasis), providing for non-motorized designated trails. 

North Millican OHV Area North Millican OHV Area 

Most of the area will be managed for shared use on a designated trail system. The OHV 

system will allow for year-round use and maintain connections to the South Millican 

and Millican Plateau areas. Certain areas, such as the Dry River Canyon area along State 

Highway 20, a portion of West BuĴe, and the area west of, and adjacent to State Highway 

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27, will not have any motorized trails designated in them. The designated trail system 

will be reduced in mileage and density to allow for year-round use. To reach a relatively 

low trail density, the travel management priority for the area will be given to trails, and 

all roads not needed for administrative access may be closed and rehabilitated. e access may be closed and rehabilitated. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Develop trailhead and parking area at base of Dry River Canyon to serve the 

Badlands WSA and Dry Riv and Dry River Canyon use areas. on use areas. 

2. Consider providing a primitive camping area at base of Dry River Canyon if 

needed and if this development will reduce impacts to wilderness suitability in the 

Badlands WSA. Badlands WSA. 

3. Consider developed group use and camping site near the Central Oregon Shooting 

Sports Association (COSSA) shooting range, to be operated on a reservation system 

to support a range of activities, including shooting events, trail use events, and 

other group use activities. other group use activities. 

4. Provide a non-motorized trailhead/access point to North Millican trail system at 

State Highway 27 if there is a demonstrated need or if user conflicts cannot be 

managed at other trailheads. managed at other trailheads. 

5. Access goals for staging areas to serve the larger trail system in North Millican are 

provided in the Common to provided in the Common to Alternatives 2-7 section. es 2-7 section. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3 and 18 for Travel Management Allowable Uses within the North 

Millican portion of the Millican Valley Off Highway Vehicle Recreation ehicle Recreation Area. 

2. ODOT Pit Play area will be open all year. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The majority of the area is designated as Multiple Use Shared Facilities and 

managed as part of the larger Millican Valley OHV area, with OHV trail 

connections to South Millican and Millican Plateau. connections to South Millican and Millican Plateau. 

2. Interim guidelines for the existing Road and trail system in North Millican will 

include: include: 

a. The interim road and trail system in North Millican will be the existing road and 

trail system implemented under the Millican Valley OHV Area Plan, with revisions 

made to the extent necessary to provide safe trail crossing locations of the upgraded 

Millican/West BuĴe Road. It will also include existing roads open to street legal 

vehicles year-round. -round. 

b. The existing designated OHV system will be subject to the pre-plan seasonal 

closures (Area closed from December 1 through April 30), until a final road and trail 

system is implemented. system is implemented. 

3. Some portion of the area or portions of trails may be seasonally closed (December 1 

to April 30) to maintain wildlife habitat objectives. 

4. Increase the diversity of motorized recreation opportunities by providing trails 

or sites specifically for Class 1, 2, and 3 vehicles (motorcycles, quads, and jeeps/ 

pickups). pickups). 

5. The cinder pit in North Millican will be developed as a staging area. This staging 

area will have a graveled parking area, loading ramp, and an information bulletin 

board. 

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6. The BLM will continue to pursue a cooperative agreement to manage the area 

known as the ODOT pit. If acquired, the BLM will develop the site as a permanent 

casual-use staging area, warm up area, and the hill climb areas behind the play area 

will be closed, but the play area itself will be Open year-round. Improvements may 

include vault toilet, load up ramp, information kiosk, etc. ault toilet, load up ramp, information kiosk, etc. 

7. A primitive campground will be located in the North Millican area; typical 

improvements will include a cindered road loop, vault toilet, and a group gathering 

area with a fire pit. re pit. A staging area will be associated with the camping area. staging area will be associated with the camping area. 

8. Warm up areas will be developed with the staging areas (one at the Cinder Pit, 

another at the north end of the North area). another at the north end of the North area). 

9. The hill climb at the Cinder Pit OHV Play The hill climb at the Cinder Pit OHV Play Area will remain open for OHV use. Area will remain open for OHV use. 

10. The hill climb located near Highway 20 and adjacent to the ODOT gravel pit will 

remain closed to public use. remain closed to public use. 

11. Consider development of camping facilities to support recreation use in the SE 

portion of the planning area. portion of the planning area. 

12. Improve ODOT pit to increase usefulness as a staging area and increase safety and 

user satisfaction at the play area. user satisfaction at the play area. 

13. Staging areas will be developed on each side of Millican/West BuĴe Road, to serve 

public recreational use and allow for events to be focused on one side of Millican/ 

West BuĴe Road or the other. 

14. Modify the OHV trail system in the area to reduce the need for at grade crossings of 

Millican/West BuĴe Road and to increase trail mileage on east side of Millican/West 

BuĴe Road. e Road. 

15. Retain juniper trees in adequate numbers along trail corridors to keep riders on 

trails and reduce maintenance needs, consistent with other resource objectives. 

16. Motorized use Road and trail density will be limited to approximately 1.5 miles per 

square mile. square mile. 

17. Road and trail dependent special recreation events (e.g., races, trail rides) will not 

be allowed between December 1 and April 30. During the remainder of the year, 

events could be permiĴed up to 2 events per month, with a minimum of 12 days 

between events. 

18. The trail system layout will also emphasize retention of large, un-fragmented 

habitat blocks (in a range of 1,000 to 2,500 acres or greater) throughout the area. habitat blocks (in a range of 1,000 to 2,500 acres or greater) throughout the area. 

19. Areas or portions of the trail system may be closed during the winter; however, the 

trail system goals for the North Millican area will trail system goals for the North Millican area will include: include: 

a. A workable winter trail system that, in combination with Millican Plateau 

and South Millican, provides high quality, diverse riding opportunities over a 

variety of difficulties and terrain. culties and terrain. 

b. A trail system designed to encourage winding, challenging trails that increase 

the hours of riding opportunity per mile of trail corridor. 

c. A range of opportunities, including trails, play areas, and technical four-wheel 

drive routes. e routes. 

d. Year-round trail connections to Millican Plateau, to provide for dispersal of 

users and longer riding opportunities. users and longer riding opportunities. 

e. Multiple staging areas to disperse users throughout a less dense trail system 

than is currently present. than is currently present. 

f. Provision of toilets and camping areas as needed. Provision of toilets and camping areas as needed. 

g. Maintain connections to the South Millican Maintain connections to the South Millican Area. 

h. Development of grade separated trail crossings of Millican/West BuĴe and 

Reservoir Roads. oir Roads. 

i. Provide a range of riding opportunities during the best riding conditions 

(winter) by providing winter trails in areas of steeper topography that offer 

challenge and provide scenic qualities. challenge and provide scenic qualities. 

20. The trail system in the area will be revised to maintain a functional system on both 

sides of Millican/West BuĴe Road. The number of trail crossings of Millican/West 

BuĴe Road will be limited, and frontage trails may be provided to collect trail use 

and lead it to grade separated crossings. and lead it to grade separated crossings. 

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Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The area immediately west of State Highway 27 will be managed as Non-motorized 

recreation emphasis. recreation emphasis. 

2. The Dry River Canyon area in the northwest corner of North Millican area will 

be managed for equestrian, hiking, and mountain bicycling use on designated 

trails. Additional non-motorized trails may be considered to provide a loop trail 

incorporating Dry River Canyon and the area to the north of Dry River Canyon. 

3. A designated trail link will be provided from Dry River Canyon to the Route 8 

entrance to the Badlands WSA. entrance to the Badlands WSA. 

4. If opportunity occurs, add grade separated crossings of Millican/West BuĴe Road or 

State Highway 20 to provide additional trail connections or to separate user types 

on different crossings. erent crossings. 

5. A designated trail link will be provided at the upper end of Dry River Canyon to 

link with trails in Horse Ridge area. Consider connection of Dry River Canyon trail 

routes to existing culverts under State Highway 20 to provide safe crossing of the 

Highway for trail users. ay for trail users. 

Objective R - 6: Provide developed or urban based recreation opportunities while 

minimizing duplication of services among agencies. Provide improvements that allow 

for easier pedestrian access and encourage day use and interpretive activities while 

minimizing conflicts with adjacent landowners where practicable. icts with adjacent landowners where practicable. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The North Millican Cinder Pit will be redesigned for beĴer and safer OHV use 

if this can be done without compromising the site’s effectiveness for material 

extraction. extraction. 

2. Develop a group use and camping site near COSSA shooting range, to be operated 

on a reservation system to support a range of activities, including shooting events, 

trail use events, and other group use activities if such a development meets the 

objectives of this plan. es of this plan. 

3. Consider development of a primitive camping area at base of Dry River Canyon. 

South Millican OHV Area South Millican OHV Area 

South Millican will remain as an OHV use area, but will retain the existing seasonal 

closure (area closed to motorized use from December 1 through July 31). The existing 

trail system will be retained. No new trail connections will be provided between the 

motorized trail system in South Millican and trails in the adjacent Deschutes National 

Forest. Forest. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Maintain staging areas for OHV use in the South Millican area. Maintain staging areas for OHV use in the South Millican area. 

2. Provide improvements to staging areas in South Millican that accommodate both 

motorized and non-motorized uses. motorized and non-motorized uses. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

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Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. The South Millican Area will be designated as Limited to Designated Roads and 

Trails. The OHV system will be closed seasonally (open to motorized use from 

August 1 to November 30, closed the remainder of the year) (see RMP Maps 3 and 

19). 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The South Millican area will be designated as Multiple Use Shared Facilities 

Recreation Emphasis. Recreation Emphasis. 

2. The South Millican OHV area will be maintained for OHV use on designated roads 

and trails. and trails. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Provide a designated trail link from Horse Ridge trails to the existing culvert trail 

crossing under State Highway 20. 

2. Mountain bike, equestrian and other non-foot traffic trail use will be limited to a 

designated trail system in South Millican. designated trail system in South Millican. 

Northwest Recreation Area Northwest Recreation Area 

The area will be managed with an emphasis on development of non-motorized, 

designated trails that provide connectivity to a regional trail system, links to Sisters 

Community trails, and links to non-motorized trail systems on the Crooked River 

National Grassland (CRNG) to the north. Roads will be retained or developed in the 

main block only to the extent necessary to create or access parking areas, trailheads or 

developed sites, or to serve existing administrative use. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Identify designated access points, parking areas and trailheads to support the nonmotorized trail system. Limit the number of access points through trail layout and 

rehabilitation efforts. 

2. Provide trailhead(s) at appropriate locations to serve the local area community of 

Sisters. Sisters. 

3. Where feasible, provide trailheads in locations that connect to area or regional 

trails as identified by the Sisters Community Action Team, or by adjacent land 

management agencies. management agencies. 

4. The existing road on BLM administered land that connects Holmes Road to Forest 

Road 6360 will be retained as a BLM system road. Road 6360 will be retained as a BLM system road. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3 and 20 for Travel Management within the Northwest Recreation 

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2. All BLM roads in this area (except access roads to non-motorized trailheads or 

developed sites) will be Closed to motorized use seasonally, from December 1 to 

March 31. March 31. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The Northwest Area will be designated as Non-motorized Recreation Emphasis and 

managed to : managed to : 

a. Provide year-round non-motorized trail opportunities. -round non-motorized trail opportunities. 

b. Provide a trail link from the Sisters area through BLM administered lands 

to access the road leading to Alder Springs trailhead on the Crooked River 

National Grassland (e.g., a portion of the Cascade Mountain/WillameĴe Valley 

Wagon Road could be identified and managed as a non-motorized trail). ed and managed as a non-motorized trail). 

2. Construct new trail alignments as necessary to avoid private property. 

3. Consider development of one or more loop trails off the main trail. the main trail. the main trail. 

Objective R – 5: Provide for projects, programs, and permits that promote a diverse 

range of recreation opportunities. Provide for individual, group, and competitive event 

recreational use that could not be reasonably accommodated on private land. recreational use that could not be reasonably accommodated on private land. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. If disposal/exchange of isolated BLM parcels west of Squaw Creek is made a 

priority, work with local climbing organizations and national groups such as the 

Access Fund to maintain the Sisters Climbing Area (Fremont Canyon) as a publicly 

accessible climbing opportunity. 

2. The Sisters Climbing Area will be managed specifically for climbing use, and will be 

identifiable as BLM administered land. able as BLM administered land. 

Prineville Geographic Area Prineville Geographic Area 

The many small isolated tracts of BLM administered land north of Prineville will be 

closed to motorized vehicle use. This also includes one of the larger tracts, the 640-

acre parcel located adjacent to Ochoco Reservoir. BLM public lands located south of 

Prineville and north of the Prineville Reservoir geographic area are managed primarily 

for motorized use on designated roads year-round. -round. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. If legal access is obtained, provide trailheads for Powell BuĴe. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3 and 21 for T Maps 3 and 21 for Travel Management within the Prineville el Management within the Prineville Area. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. See general guidelines for Objective R – 3. 

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Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The scaĴered parcels north of Prineville are designated as Non-motorized 

Recreation Exclusive (Recreation Emphasis). e (Recreation Emphasis). 

2. The majority of the parcels south of Prineville are designated as Roads Only 

Recreation Emphasis. Recreation Emphasis. 

3. If legal access is obtained, designate a non-motorized trail system in Powell BuĴes 

and manage all non-motorized (except foot traffic) use as limited to this system. 

Close and rehabilitate other user created trails. Close and rehabilitate other user created trails. 

Objective R – 5: Provide for projects, programs, and permits that promote a diverse 

range of recreation opportunities. Provide for individual, group, and competitive event 

recreational use that could not be reasonably accommodated on private land. recreational use that could not be reasonably accommodated on private land. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. BLM will work with the City of Prineville and Crook County to explore R&PP lease 

options for park development around Prineville, and specifically for management 

of Barnes BuĴe. 

Prineville Reservoir Recreation Area Prineville Reservoir Recreation Area 

The area will be managed primarily for motorized use on a limited designated road 

system, with the trails focus being the development of non-motorized trails adjacent to 

the Crooked River and Prineville Reservoir. The area between the County Boat Ramp 

and the Chimney Rock Trail on the Crooked River will be managed exclusively for nonmotorized use only. The northeastern portion of the area (the Sanford Creek drainage) 

will be managed for motorized use on roads that are open seasonally. The remainder of 

the area including lands on each side of the Bear Creek arm of Prineville Reservoir will be 

Limited to designated roads only year-round. These BLM administered lands will have 

designated, non-motorized trails that link to BOR/State Park managed sites at Prineville 

Reservoir. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Designated non-motorized trails will utilize State Park/BOR trailhead facilities 

where feasible. where feasible. 

2. Consider development of a trailhead for non-motorized use off State Highway 27 at 

Taylor BuĴe. 

3. Consider development of a trailhead on the east side of State Highway 27 south of 

Powderhouse Cove. 

4. Consider development of trailheads for non-motorized trail use in the Eagle Rock 

area and the area between Prineville Reservoir and the Chimney Rock segment of 

the Wild and Scenic Crooked River. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

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Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3 and 22 for Travel Management within the Prineville Reservoir 

Recreation Recreation Area. 

2. A localized developed OHV play area with small trail loop system may be allowed 

in the area north of Prineville Reservoir where the travel management designation 

is Limited to Designated Roads Only. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Prior to development of OHV opportunities north of Prineville Reservoir consider 

the following: the following: 

a. Orient development toward local residents, not as a draw to regional users. ard local residents, not as a draw to regional users. 

b. The development can be located in a defined area with clear boundaries. ned area with clear boundaries. 

c. The development can be located outside of areas designated as Closed to 

motorized use. motorized use. 

d. Consider first suitable areas within Secondary wildlife emphasis. Primary 

wildlife emphasis areas should be avoided if possible. oided if possible. 

e. Do not locate development in the Eagle Rock area or immediately adjacent to 

the upper portion of Prineville Reservoir Recreation oir Recreation Area. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The areas immediately north and south of Prineville Reservoir are designated as 

Non-motorized Recreation Emphasis. Non-motorized Recreation Emphasis. 

2. The Area north of Prineville Reservoir and immediately east of the Crooked River is 

designated as Non-motorized Recreation Exclusive (Recreation Emphasis). e (Recreation Emphasis). 

3. The southernmost portion of the area will be designated as Roads Only Recreation 

Emphasis. Emphasis. 

4. Designated, non-motorized trail systems will be developed throughout the 

geographic area. The goal of the non-motorized trail systems in this geographic 

area will be for year-round non-motorized trail use, with connections made to 

Prineville Reservoir State Park and the Crooked Wild and Scenic River where 

appropriate. appropriate. 

5. Work with BOR and State Parks to implement a trail system that provides recreation 

opportunities consistent with BOR and State Park’s management goals for Prineville 

Reservoir. 

6. The trail system will be designed to provide viewpoints of the reservoir and other 

scenic features. scenic features. 

7. The area north of Prineville Reservoir and immediately east of the Crooked River 

will be managed for non-motorized trail use on designated trails. If roads Closed 

to motorized travel are suitable for a non-motorized trail system, they may be 

converted to non-motorized trails. erted to non-motorized trails. Roads not needed will be obliterated. Roads not needed will be obliterated. 

8. The existing Chimney Rock trail will be extended into a trail system with several 

loops that ultimately connects to a BOR and State Parks managed trailhead near the 

County Boat Ramp. County Boat Ramp. 

9. A non-motorized trailhead and parking area will be developed on the north side of 

this area; other access points will be the Chimney Rock Trailhead, and a trailhead 

near the County Boat Ramp. near the County Boat Ramp. 

10. Develop designated, non-motorized trails in the Taylor BuĴe/Powderhouse 

Cove area that will connect to BOR/State Park facilities, provide loops in the 

Powderhouse Cove area, and link Roberts Bay to the Bear Creek site. e area, and link Roberts Bay to the Bear Creek site. 

11. A designated, non-motorized trail system will be developed in the Eagle Rock area, 

with a trail link to Prineville Reservoir. The intent of this trail system will be to 

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provide year-round non-motorized trail access. Access points closed seasonally to 

motor vehicles will have provisions made to allow for non-motorized access into 

the area. the area. 

Smith Rock Recreation Area Smith Rock Recreation Area 

The entire block will be Closed to motorized vehicles. Additional non-motorized trails 

may be created, both to solve resource issues at climbers’ trails and to meet demand for 

hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trail opportunities. hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trail opportunities. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. Allow development of additional trails to reduce impacts at climbing areas and to 

provide additional mountain bike, hiking, and equestrian use opportunities. provide additional mountain bike, hiking, and equestrian use opportunities. 

2. Limit mechanized and horse travel to designated routes. el to designated routes. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Develop alternative access to BLM administered lands adjacent to Smith Rock State 

Park if: ark if: 

a. Trails in Smith Rock State Park are closed to mountain bikes, or ark are closed to mountain bikes, or 

b. The North Unit Canal is identified as a regional trail corridor. 

2. Coordinate trail development with Smith Rock State Park and the Crooked River 

National Grassland. National Grassland. 

3. Design and locate trails to protect resources and scenic values. 

Steamboat Rock Recreation Area Steamboat Rock Recreation Area 

The majority of the main block of public land in the Steamboat Rock area will be 

managed for both motorized and non-motorized use on a shared trail system. While this 

area will be open to OHV (Class I and III, i.e., motorcycles and quads), it will be closed 

to full size vehicles in an effort to reduce conflicts between adjacent landowners and 

public land visitors and to reduce illegal dumping prevalent in the area. The existing 

high density (approximately 8 miles of roads per square mile) of roads in the main 

Steamboat Rock block will be reduced, with many roads being closed and rehabilitated 

while others will be managed as trails. A separate trail system for non-motorized use 

will be developed along the Deschutes River in the main block. The river parcels adjacent 

to Crooked River Ranch will continue to be managed to emphasize non-motorized use. 

Isolated parcels northwest of Redmond are managed exclusively for non-motorized use. ely for non-motorized use. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Rationale: Rationale: 

High use demand, increased developments adjacent to the area, continuing trespass 

and social conflicts, unmarked and unmaintained trails, large scale dumping of trash, 

enlarging and expanding access points. enlarging and expanding access points. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Provide permanent toilet facilities at high use trailheads such as Steelhead Falls. Provide permanent toilet facilities at high use trailheads such as Steelhead Falls. 

2. Work to acquire easement or other mechanism to allow foot traffic to both sides of 

the Deschutes River within the BLM parcel near Crestridge Estates. er within the BLM parcel near Crestridge Estates. 

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3. Designate trailheads for hiking access to Deschutes and Crooked Rivers. Move 

existing access points away from private residences if feasible and provide marked, 

defined parking areas and signed trails to public portions of river. 

4. Consider providing a designated parking and trailhead area for the Deschutes River 

area closed to motor vehicles located south of Lower Bridge Road. er Bridge Road. 

Objective R – 3: Manage off highway motorized vehicle use on BLM administered 

land to provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, provide visitor safety, 

minimize conflicts among public land visitors and adjacent land owners and integrate 

opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. opportunities with adjacent land management agencies. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. See RMP Maps 3, 23A, and 23B for Travel Management within the Steamboat Rock 

Recreation Recreation Area 

2. Vehicle access to Steamboat Rock will be limited to designated parking areas, in 

order to control the expansion of cleared areas surrounding the rock. order to control the expansion of cleared areas surrounding the rock. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Hill-climbs south of Tetherow Crossing subdivision will be rehabilitated and 

reseeded as will hill climbs and shooting target areas at the Steamboat Rock 

formation. formation. 

2. Work with the City of Redmond to provide trail connectivity between the Redmond 

area and the Steamboat Rock block. area and the Steamboat Rock block. 

3. In consultation with Deschutes County Road department and Crooked River 

Ranch, upgrade and provide maintenance for the emergency exit route. Consider 

realigning this route and exit point onto Lower Bridge Road if it provides a safer 

route and improved resource and recreation management on BLM administered 

lands. 

4. Designate shared use trails in the main block. The goals of the trail system will 

include: include: 

a. Include a reduction in the number of access points, and provision of designated 

trailheads. trailheads. 

b. Any access points needed solely for administrative access (e.g., at power line 

corridors) may be gated and not available as public access points. ailable as public access points. 

c. New roads or trails will be created as needed to link existing roads back to 

common access points or trailheads. common access points or trailheads. 

d. Trails will be routed to avoid private lands and minimize conflicts with adjacent 

landowners. landowners. 

e. Provide multiple loops and a variety of difficulty levels and trail conditions. els and trail conditions. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

1. The Deschutes River corridor adjacent to Crooked River Ranch is designated Closed 

to motor vehicles. ehicles. 

2. The Crooked River corridor adjacent to Crooked River Ranch is limited to 

designated roads only. 

3. The Deschutes River corridor located south of Lower Bridge Road is designated 

Closed to motor vehicles. ehicles. 

4. Small parcels located northwest of Redmond are designated Closed to motor 

vehicles. ehicles. 

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Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The Deschutes and Crooked River corridors adjacent to Crooked River Ranch is 

designated Non-motorized Recreation Exclusive and managed for non-motorized 

trail use and river access. er access. 

2. The Deschutes River corridor located south of Lower Bridge Road is designated 

Non-motorized Recreation Exclusive and managed for non-motorized trail use and 

river access. er access. 

3. Small parcels located northwest of Redmond are designated Non-motorized 

Recreation Exclusive. 

4. Provide a designated trail system within the main Steamboat Rock block. Emphasis 

on road and trail system development in this area will be on reducing density from 

the current range of approximately 8 miles per square mile to a lower range that 

provides understandable and useable recreation opportunities and reduces social 

and resource conflicts. 

5. A separate trail system for non-motorized use will be designated along the 

Deschutes River in the main Steamboat Rock block. Non-motorized recreationists 

may also use the other designated roads and trails in the area. may also use the other designated roads and trails in the area. 

Tumalo Recreation Area umalo Recreation Area 

Roads will be retained or developed in the Tumalo block only to the extent necessary to 

create or access parking areas, trailheads or developed sites, or to serve administrative 

use. Roads not needed for administrative access may be closed and rehabilitated or 

modified to serve as trails. e as trails. Designated trails will be developed in the area. eloped in the area. 

Objective R – 2: Provide designated access points (includes entry points, parking areas, 

trailheads, and/or staging areas) to enhance visitor experience, protect resources, and 

minimize conflicts with adjacent landowners. icts with adjacent landowners. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. Identify designated access points, parking areas and trailheads to support the nonmotorized trail system. motorized trail system. 

2. Limit the number of access points through trail layout and rehabilitation efforts. 

Objective R – 4: Provide identifiable non-motorized recreation opportunities to 

provide visitor satisfaction, protect natural resources, and minimize conflicts among 

public land visitors and adjacent land owners. public land visitors and adjacent land owners. 

Allocations/Allowable Uses: Allocations/Allowable Uses: 

The Tumalo area is closed to motorized use. See RMP Maps 3 and 24. Maps 3 and 24. Maps 3 and 24. 

Guidelines: Guidelines: 

1. The Tumalo area is designated as Non-motorized Recreation Exclusive. 

2. Trail system goals for the area include: rail system goals for the area include: 

a. Roads will be retained in this area only to the extent necessary to create or 

access parking areas and trailheads. access parking areas and trailheads. 

b. Roads not needed for administrative access will be either closed or converted to 

designated trails. designated trails. 

c. Trails will be available for year-round use. -round use. 

d. Provide links to trail systems on adjacent lands. Provide links to trail systems on adjacent lands. 

e. Provide a variety of loops that offer a diversity of trail experiences and serve to 

disperse users and reduce user conflicts. 

f. Trails will take advantage of scenic and interpretive opportunities. e opportunities. 

3. Designate a system of non-motorized trails in both the main Tumalo Block and the 

area south of Tumalo Reservoir. 

4. Work with Deschutes National Forest, Deschutes County and others to provide 

regional trail link opportunities between Bend and Sisters, and between Tumalo and 

Cline BuĴes. 

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