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Roads to oblivion no more?
I’ve written about Revised Statute 2477 before, a contentious federal law long since repealed whose legacy lingers on public lands throughout the West. Roads claimed by counties to have been used prior to the statute’s repeal may find themselves under county control with the Bureau of Land Management’s blessing, perhaps even if they cross wildernesses or national monuments.
A precedent may soon be set in the long debate over RS 2477, as the High Country News reported on its Web site September 25. The BLM may decide to return Bald Knoll Road to Kane County, Utah, perhaps setting the stage for other counties in Utah, Colorado and elsewhere in the nation to reclaim federally-controlled roads.
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