[okie01]

You can think of a good reason to keep these roads open, great, dip into your wallet and buy them from the feds. They’d be glad to give up the maintenance and headaches.

Great idea. Then, let's buy the National Forests, too.

Failing that, the federal government remains responsible for fire-fighting and allowing access.

[oldbrowser]

Great idea. Then, let's buy the National Forests, too.

We already own those parks. The feds nationalized them to maintain them for our benefit. They never paid New Mexico for them. And now they are keeping us out because they can't afford to keep the up?

When did the government get so thrifty?
There is virtually no upkeep to the old roads; it will cost a more to build fences and signs to keep the off-roaders and campers out. Then the only people using the area will be the illegals and drug smugglers.

The area around Columbus N.M. used to be a primary route for drug smugglers. It was called the Columbus Air Force because there were so many light planes landing on the roads at night to drop off loads of drugs to waiting vehicles. Now they are proposing to lock out our law enforcement too?