FLH works collaboratively with our FLMA partners, States, local governments, non-profit organizations, and others to conduct research and analyze state-of-the-practice transportation applications relative to activities to and within Federal Lands.

Unit Plans address areas of critical concern for the transportation system that are identified in the long range transportation planning process. Transportation planning is critically important at the unit level. The FLMA has flexibility to determine the best means of addressing this need. Unit plans include the following:

• New comprehensive management plans (General Management Plan, Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Forest Plan) with an integrated transportation element;
• Addendum or update to a comprehensive management plan with an integrated transportation element; or
• Comprehensive transportation study that includes an assessment of needs

Current Studies

• Development of Safety and Traffic Data Collection System and Analysis Framework for Federal Lands Highway
• The Future of E-Bikes on Public Lands Research Study
• Oregon Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) Statewide Needs Assessment
• Improving Access to Federal Lands in Nevada
• ANCSA 17b Guidebook Development

Completed Studies

• Wrangell -St. Elias National Park & Preserve Strategic Transportation Study for the Nabesna District – Phase 1 Gravel Material Source Assessment
• Rural Virtual Public Involvement: Synthesis and Tools
• Ashton-Flagg Ranch Road Corridor Study Phase 1 Existing Conditions Assessment
• NPS Alaska Region, Sitka National Historic Park Road Safety Audit
• Oregon Route 224 Corridor Study: Phase 1 Existing Conditions Assessment
• Lake Lowell Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Access Plan
• Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forests Transportation System Alternatives Study
• Mt. Hood National Forest, Washington Multimodal Transportation Plan
• Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii Alternative Transportation Study
• National Key Deer Refuge, Florida Transportation Study
• Felsenthal/Overflow National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas Transportation Study
• Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Maryland Widening Feasibility Study
• Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts
• Kenai Fjords National Park: Exit Glacier Area Summer Transportation Feasibility Study
• Building Resiliency through Maintenance Activities, Low-volume Roads, and Public Lands Roadways
• Building Tribal Transportation Resilience to Climate Change
• Development of Safety and Traffic Data Collection System and Analysis Framework for Federal Lands
• Making Transportation Planning Applicable in Tribal Communities Research Study