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January 27, 2012 3:10 PM
The latest email update from the American Council of Snowmobile Associations (ASCA) is a reminder for tax-exempt organizations. Like ASCA, many BRC member clubs are tax exempt so we thought we would pass it along. We've pasted the information below. Please take a minute to read it over. Be sure your organization is up to date!! You can assist...
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January 27, 2012 11:47 AM
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Yuma Field Office will hold an open house on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, to update the public on the La Posa Travel Management Plan (TMP). The open house will be held at the Quartzsite Improvement Association (QIA) building located at 235 East Ironwood Street; Quartzsite, Arizona, from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m....
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January 26, 2012 12:38 PM
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced the release of the final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for a new Forest Planning Rule. The Planning Rule is a set of regulations which governs how the U.S. Forest Service develops individual Forest Plans. Forest Plans provide a broad management framework which often guides...
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January 25, 2012 3:54 PM
On January 9, 2012, BRC blasted a national land use update on the sage grouse issue and promised you an action alert. We are working hard assessing impacts to recreation and comment suggestions. We will have an update out soon. You ask; Hey BRC.... What about the meetings!!! Oh yeah! A lot of advocates are asking about the public meetings. ...
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January 24, 2012 2:15 PM
Our partners over at the New Mexico Off Highway Vehicle Alliance (NMOHVA), just sent us a their latest Access Alert on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office's upcoming workshops. There is more information in the Access Alert, which is pasted below. The folks over at NMOHVA are doing outstanding work in the fight for access...
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January 24, 2012 10:55 AM
The Coronado National Forest, located in southeastern Arizona, is considering changes to the designated road system. Now that travel analysis plans and proposed actions have been developed, the Forest Service is inviting public input and collaboration on the next phase of the travel management process. To ensure interested stakeholders and the...
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January 19, 2012 1:02 PM
(media)
DENVER, CO (January 19)--Recreation advocates today filed papers to join a lawsuit about motorized vehicle access to the Rico-West Dolores area in southwest Colorado managed by the San Juan National Forest. The lawsuit, filed in December 2011 by the Colorado Chapter of the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, seeks to have specific trails...
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January 19, 2012 11:33 AM
(Staff Column)
(BRC Special Projects Consultant)
It's not too late to join the ongoing celebration of International Snowmobile Safety Week. There are over 10 million people across the United States and Canada who enjoy snowmobiling as a fun and exciting sport. Each January, riders and the industry take time from their busy schedules (between work and having fun) to focus on safety.
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January 18, 2012 4:33 PM
BRC just received an email from Mike Swenson, Executive Director of the Utah Shared Access Alliance (USA-ALL), with a quick note about an upcoming conference call with Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey that is open to the public. We've pasted USA-ALL's email below. Please take a minute to read the notice and then pass it along to...
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January 17, 2012 1:39 PM
(media)
BOISE, ID (January 17)--The BlueRibbon Coalition today filed papers seeking to enter a lawsuit threatening snowmobiling on lands throughout the National Forest System. The suit claims that numerous Idaho Forests have illegally relied on a "snowmobile exemption" in the 2005 Forest Service Travel Management Rule in allowing continuing snowmobile...
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