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At 08:45 AM 12/9/2009, Lynn White wrote:
> Some argue that RS 2477 applies to the shutting off of roads or 
> trails in Wilderness areas.  This would mean that if there was a 
> trail or primitive road traversing through public land and was used 
> by the general public before the wilderness act it could not be 
> closed off for public use.  I don't know if anyone has challenged 
> this or brought it to the surface.  But it could be something in our 
> favor if we wanted to cross a wilderness using an old mining claim 
> road constructed in 1900.

Catron County (where I live) has been working on the RS 2477 issue 
for some time.  If anyone is interested, I can send (privately) 
documents that we have generated on the issue.  We've declared 
hundreds of miles of RS 2477 roads.
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Lif C. Strand
Local Economic Development
Catron County, New Mexico USA

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