The Travel Management Plan/Rule was designed to keep roads open for the public…who owns the lands. What it has morphed into is a restrictive tool to keep us out.
Plumas News has a good article on how this was created and where it is today:
http://www.plumasnews.com/usfs-travel-management-rule-continues-controversial/#comment-2718
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http://www.plumasnews.com/usfs-travel-management-rule-continues-controversial/#comment-2718