KCST Radio - The Forest Service 10-C Travel Management Plan Chat

These 4 audio clips feature Central Coast Ranger Pam Gardner and Sharon Stewart, both with the U.S. Forest Service, talking about the Oregon Dunes Recreation Area.  The agency recently completed the public portion of a rulemaking process called the "designated routes" project. The ODNRA has been operating for years under the principal that all areas are open for off-highway riding unless specifically closed to vehicles.  A rules change on a national level means they must now identify specific areas that are both open and closed to riding. Most of the historical areas will remain open for riding, but portions going through vegetated areas will have specific routes posted. Gardner and Stewart talked about the dunes and the rules process.