"This action provides the legal foundation to streamline and modernize the Travel Management Rule and align Forest Service policy with administration priorities to increase access and protect private and commercial interests, while conserving natural resources."
Those are the words of U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz in his announcement that his agency is set to move forward with a revision of the Travel Management Rule, a set of rules and regulations that govern how the Forest Service manages our nation's public land off-road trails. The emphasis, however, is mine.
