Price BLM FO

In comparing OHV Area Designations on maps 2-13, 2-14, 2-15 and 2-16 (Options A, B, C, & D), I am concerned that all the area south of Interstate-70 is shown as limited to Designated Routes only. However, on the OHV Route Designation maps 2-54, 2-55, and 2-56 (again Options A/B, C, & D), no routes are actually shown --- which leads me to believe that the intent is to close off any access. My wife and I are in our 70's, and she in particular is unable to walk more than a very short distance from our truck to collect agate, petrified wood, onyx, minerals, etc to make into jewelry in our "Rockhounding" hobby. And as Dr. Jim Kirkland, Utah State Paleontologist, will certainly agree, it is knowledgeable amateur paleontologists like myself that bring to his attention most of the new fossil finds in Utah. Please include in your final RMP access possibilities for personal, non-commercial rock and fossil collecting. Shutting us out by incorporating "non WSA lands with wilderness characteristics" in this region which has been extensively explored and covered with trails and roads is doing us a disservice.

Sincerely, Evan E. Day
509 N. Highland Blvd.
Brigham City, UT 84302
Member: Golden Spike Gem and Mineral Society (Ogden Utah), Timpanogos Gem and Mineral Society (Provo, UT), Beehive Gem Society (Ogden UT), Utah Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies, American Federation of Mineralogical Societies

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