Utah Rep. Blake Moore, R-District 1, joined other lawmakers Tuesday in introducing legislation that would ensure that recreationists have up-to-date digital information about public lands.
“Each year,“ Moore explained, “millions of American venture into the great outdoors without having the most up-to-date data on land access. I am proud to sponsor the ‘MAPLand Act,’ which would address this concern by digitizing tens of thousands of records to ensure that anglers, hikers, bikers, hunters and all others who seek to enjoy our federal lands have access to the information they need to fully experience our country’s natural wonders.”
“The Modernizing Access to our Public Land (MAPLand) Act” would require federal land management agencies to digitize and standardize their mapping records.
Moore believes that will allow outdoor enthusiasts and millions of other federal land users to access essential information about public lands. The proposal is also aimed at helping federal land management agencies identify public lands with limited or non-existent public access and encourage them to take steps to open that land to the public.
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