(Dept. of Interior) Planners seek public input on a Bureau of Land Management proposal to open a 0.6 mile segment of road providing legal public motorized and mechanized access to the Bullwhacker area of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in South Blaine County. In 2023, the Square Butte Grazing Association and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks finalized a Public Access Land Agreement through a private parcel located along Cow Creek in Blaine County. The Proposed opening of the 0.6 mile road segment would follow the alignment of a primitive, unapproved route that was closed in 2008 and connect the now publicly accessible road crossing private property with 51 miles of existing BLM roads in the Bullwhacker area. No engineered road construction activities are proposed.
During the 30-day public scoping period, open now through February, 2024- BLM staff encourage the public to submit any comments, ideas, issues or concerns that could help shape this project or should be addressed in the projects travel plan amendment environmental assessment analysis.
A description of the proposal and maps of the area are available on the BLM E-planning web site.
