Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§8425 Motorized and Nonmotorized Access

Title 16 › Chapter 103— EXPANDING PUBLIC LANDS OUTDOOR RECREATION EXPERIENCES › Subchapter I— OUTDOOR RECREATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE › Part B— Public Recreation on Federal Recreational Lands and Waters › § 8425

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management must try to publish GIS-compatible, printed maps for their lands by set deadlines. By January 4, 2030 (within 5 years after January 4, 2025) each BLM district needs a ground-transportation map for public or agency use and each National Forest unit needs a motor-vehicle use map. By January 4, 2035 (within 10 years after January 4, 2025) places where over-snow vehicles are used must have over-snow vehicle-use maps. Maps must be reviewed and, if needed, updated through public notice and comment at least every 20 years after they are adopted or last reviewed. The agencies must also try to create more motorized and nonmotorized access where appropriate and allowed. Missing the map deadlines does not stop lawful or authorized uses on those lands.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §8425

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary concerned shall seek to have, not later than 5 years after January 4, 2025, in a printed and publicly available format that is compliant with the format for geographic information systems—

(1)for each district administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, a ground transportation linear feature map authorized for public use or administrative use; and

(2)for each unit of the National Forest System, a motor vehicle use map, in accordance with existing law.

(b)The Secretary concerned shall seek to have, not later than 10 years after January 4, 2025, in a printed and publicly available format that is compliant with the format for geographic information systems, an over-snow vehicle-use map for each unit of Federal recreational lands and waters administered by the Chief of the Forest Service or Director of the Bureau of Land Management on which over-snow vehicle-use occurs, in accordance with existing law.

(c)Not later than 20 years after the date on which the Secretary concerned adopted or reviewed, through public notice and comment, a map described in subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary concerned shall seek to review, through public notice and comment, and update, as necessary, the applicable map.

(d)The Secretaries shall seek to create additional opportunities, as appropriate, and in accordance with existing law, for motorized and nonmotorized access and opportunities on Federal recreational lands and waters administered by the Chief of the Forest Service or the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.

(e)Nothing in this section prohibits a lawful use, including authorized motorized or nonmotorized uses, on Federal recreational lands and waters administered by the Chief of the Forest Service or the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, if the Secretary concerned fails to meet a timeline established under this section.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 8425

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60