Emergency OHV Closures at
Coral Pink Sand Dunes
July 1998

The BLM will minimize access and close down a popular play area, but will not banish riders from the entire federal portion of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes, a 3,500-acre sandscape consisting of two parts state park (use your browser back button to return to this page) and one part BLM wilderness study area.

Under an emergency closure order, 14,140 acres of plateaus, canyons, and federal sand dunes which comprise most of the Moquith Mountain Wilderness Study Area will be closed to vehicular travel with the exception of eight designated travel routes. About 800 acres of federal sand dunes are included in the closure order, with approximately 700 acres of sand dunes remaining open to OHV use. (Map)

The new restrictions are effective immediately, however BLM rangers intend to start out with an educational approach while new signs and fencing are installed over the next several weeks.

Read the News Release announcing the emergency closure.

Study Federal Register Notice announcing the order.

Understand the background of this issue in the Staff Report complete with extensive photos.

Visit the Coral Pink Sand Dunes through our Photo Story.

See a Map of the temporary closure area.

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