Who can give me the synopsis of RS2477 and how it works, when it is applied, what areas it applies to etc? Are there other laws that protect old roads?
For example (a current example I crossed this past week), an old road existed from the days of covered wagons, mine claims, etc. Then was used for motorized vehicles up until the mid 1960's when a new road was surveyed and created. This old road was then abandoned, but probably used as a hunting access road for many years after than. The old road can still be seen and potentially followed again in full sized 4x4. It is occasionally followed by ATV's. The forest service has in the past few years posted it as "no motorized vehicles". Who makes the call to have that old road closed? Does RS2477 cover this type of topic?
For example (a current example I crossed this past week), an old road existed from the days of covered wagons, mine claims, etc. Then was used for motorized vehicles up until the mid 1960's when a new road was surveyed and created. This old road was then abandoned, but probably used as a hunting access road for many years after than. The old road can still be seen and potentially followed again in full sized 4x4. It is occasionally followed by ATV's. The forest service has in the past few years posted it as "no motorized vehicles". Who makes the call to have that old road closed? Does RS2477 cover this type of topic?
