Please go to this link clik on the Forum then go to the map and mark all your favorate places to ride or visit. We all need to do this its how they are tracking our use and the more we use the more we keep..
http://www.blm.gov/or/plans/wopr/index.php
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Thanks for the link


Ryan

The part that affects us most appears to be in on easy to read PDF.
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol3/appendices/V3_Appendix_J.pdf

But I went ahead and glanced throught most of the proposal.  Might have missed a few, but here are some notes I pulled up from a quick glance.   Notes from me are in italics.

This is what happens when I have a day off and get stuck waiting for someone to stop by to pick stuff up... :p

Questions from Chapter 1:

Off-highway vehicle management (particularly in the Medford District). How should the BLM administer federal lands to meet the demand for off-highway vehicle use while protecting other resources?

Common to all implementations:

Management for Land, Realty, Access and Transportation:

Roads that are not needed for long-term management (of Zone 3 land) would be
decommissioned. Roads would be temporarily closed or travel would be
restricted for administrative and resource purposes.

I'm not sure what all roads this would cover.  Someone more familiar with the area would know better.

Management Objective for Wildlife:

# Roads would be closed to motorized vehicles within the designated deer and elk winter range to achieve a maximum level of 1.5 miles of open road per square mile of federal land between November 1 and April 15. Administrative use of all roads would occur, as needed, on a year-round basis. See Map 13 (Bald eagle, deer, and elk habitat management areas).

# Roads would be closed to motorized vehicles, except for administrative purposes, between November 1 and April 15 in the Klamath Winter Range, which includes the deer-season road closure areas of South Gerber, Willow Valley, Harpold Ridge, Bryant Mountain, North Bryant, Windy Ridge, and Lorella. See Map 13 (Bald eagle, deer, and elk habitat management areas).

Map 13
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_2_Map_13.jpg

Maps and Tables

Maps:
Map 10 - Off-highway vehicle designations
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_2_Map_10.jpg
Map 11 - Off-highway vehicle emphasis areas
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_2_Map_11.jpg
Map 19 - Backcountry byways
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_2_Map_19.jpg
Map 26 - Proposed off-highway vehicle designations
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_2_Map_26.jpg

Take a look at the difference between 10 and 26.

Table 52 - Distric-specific off-highway vehicle area designations.  Before and after.
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_2_Table_53.jpg

Then Table 54 (3 parts) showing the distric specific closures by the numbers.
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_Table_54.jpg
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_2_Table_54_1.jpg
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_2_Table_54_2.jpg

Table 55 - Distric-specific off-highway vehicle emphasis areas (ORV Parks?)
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_2_Table_55.jpg

Table 56 - Distric-specific potential off-highway vehicle emphasis areas (New ORV Parks?)
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol1/chtp2/images/Ch_2_Table_56.jpg

Chapter 4
Under all action alternatives, 2.4 million acres (93%) of BLM-administered lands in the planning area would be designated as limited-to-designated-roads-and-trails for off-highway vehicle use. This is an increase from 1.1 million acres under the No Action Alternative. For the action alternatives, this change would reduce the amount of area open to off-highway vehicle use from 330,000 acres to 77 acres, and reduce the amount of area designated as limited-to-existing-roads-and-trails from 950,000 acres to 0 acres.

Under all action alternatives, there would also be an increase of 14,200 acres (less than 1% of the total land base) in areas that are closed to off-highway vehicle use compared to the No Action Alternative.

The closures are in the Elk high areas.  They are also working on splitting up Non-motorized and Motorized activities so they land only counts for one or the other. "patial segregation of these activities would reduce encounters, thereby improving the overall experience for visitors. This is also true of areas that are managed specifically for off-highway vehicle opportunities (e.g., designated trail systems and off-highway vehicle emphasis areas), which would also result in fewer visitor conflicts by deemphasizing nonmotorized recreation activities in these areas."

In fact, the entire Chapter 4 rectreational bit is a good read.  You should at least check out the V3_Appendix_J.pdf
http://207.5.88.161/explorers/vol3/appendices/V3_Appendix_J.pdf

The Summary of the alternative plans are SHOCKING! Basically, this is the end of motorized travel on BLM land...

-Eric

Yea...

For the action alternatives, this change would reduce the amount of area open to off-highway vehicle use from 330,000 acres to 77 acres, and reduce the amount of area designated as limited-to-existing-roads-and-trails from 950,000 acres to 0 acres.

Does that mean they plan on closing the roads down and turn it into a wilderness area?