These information meetings let the local BLM folks get a feel for how the public feels, but in fact, meetings have been canceled in southern Nevada due to local public outrage over more proposed land closures. What I've learned in southern Nevada is that the BLM will only consider written SPECIFIC AREA comments. In our area, that means to make an effective comment about the 23 proposed closure areas, I must research all the areas BLM proposes to close I disagree with, and make a specific rebuttal to their proposal in writing, or my comments will be considered irrelevant.
It will be important for those of you attending the Quartzsite area meetings to get exact location information at the meeting so you can write an effective comment on the proposed travel management plan. Your government has spent a lot of time and your tax dollars developing these plans that seem designed to limit access to your public lands... Fight back using their rules or be prepared to lose more public access.
