The Recreational Aviation Foundation has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with the Bureau of Land Management, establishing a framework of cooperation between the two.
“This renewal has been years in the making,” said RAF Chairman John McKenna, who signed the document on Feb. 26, 2026. “It is a huge stride toward fulfilling the RAF mission and ensuring our continued successful cooperation with this major federal land manager.”
The original MOU was negotiated in part by RAF Arizona Liaison Mark Spencer and was signed by the RAF and BLM in February 2015.
In brief, the MOU outlines BLM/RAF collaboration to “preserve, maintain, and improve existing backcountry airstrips on BLM-managed lands, and mutual efforts to support safe and responsible recreational aviation,” RAF officials explained.
Key in executing the MOU are RAF State Liaisons, who will be included in the early planning stages whenever aviation access might be affected, and to initiate appropriate airstrip maintenance and improvement projects, according to RAF officials.
The new agreement is in effect for the next five years and is renewable upon mutual consent.
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