BLM parcels 14 and 26 are close to perpetual public access deal

Teton County is one signature away from locking in long-term public control of BLM parcels 14 and 26 along the Snake River corridor. In a July 14 Parks and Recreation Department Report, staff say they have received the Decision Offer Letter and Certificate of Eligibility and that once those papers go back to the Pinedale Bureau of Land Management office, the agency can issue perpetual rights of way and start the final state-office paperwork.

For people who care about trailheads, river access, and keeping small but important recreation parcels in public hands, this is the administrative step to watch. The county's tracked history on these parcels shows the transfer is moving under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, which keeps the up-front acquisition cost low but leaves Teton County with the long-term job of managing and maintaining the land. Earlier county discussions about BLM parcel transfers pointed to parcels 14 and 26 as among the few that could move through that administrative route instead of Congress City Council Meeting Agenda Packet.