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September 27, 2012 1:38 PM
(Staff Column)
(BRC Executive Director)
GARTA Group
One of the really cool things that has happened on this trip is that time and again the timing has often worked out that I can join in on existing club activities that folks already have going on. I think that is mostly because enthusiasts and members of BRC are generally busy about doing club activities, from trail rides to work days.
September 27, 2012 11:07 AM
ARIZONA- Comments Needed on OHV Trail Project on Coconino National Forest ACTION REQUESTED BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, The Coconino National Forest's Flagstaff Ranger District has completed the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Kelly Motorized Trail project, and is seeking public input. The project will...
September 21, 2012 4:49 PM
(press release)
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ASHEVILLE, NC (September 21, 2012) -- The United States effectively walked away from its substantial investment in a sizable portion of the Nantahala National Forest as a result of a recent ruling in the U.S. Western District of North Carolina rejecting four-wheel drive enthusiast efforts to re-open some portion of the Upper Tellico OHV System....
September 19, 2012 10:53 AM
PARK SERVICE REOPENS COMMENT PERIOD ON DRAFT SEIS  Your Help Needed Again to Com
PARK SERVICE REOPENS COMMENT PERIOD ON DRAFT SEIS-Your Help Needed Again to Comment on the Yellowstone Draft Winter Use Plan/SEIS. SITUATION The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a Draft Winter Use Plan and Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft Plan/SEIS) for Yellowstone National Park. The purpose of the Winter Use Plan...
September 17, 2012 11:17 AM
WYOMING-Shoshone NF Draft Forest Plan/DEIS Meetings Reminder-Field Trips Planned
The Shoshone National Forest released their Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Draft Land Management Plan for a 90-day comment period back on August 3, 2012. The public is invited to participate in reviewing these documents and to provide comments. Comments must be postmarked or emailed no later than November 1, 2012. These documents...
September 10, 2012 4:28 PM
CALIFORNIA-Partner Alert-CORVA  Looking for Volunteers Dear BRC Members and Supporters in California, We wanted to pass along the latest from the folks over at the California Off-Road Vehicle Association (CORVA). They are looking for volunteers to help out at the Sand Super Sport Show in Costa Mesa. We've pasted their email below. Please take...
September 10, 2012 9:22 AM
(press release)
Formal Public Tour with OHV Commission of Carnegie SVRA and Tesla Property.
OAKLAND, CA (September 10, 2012)--The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), a national trail-based recreation group, is concerned about various public disclosure-related deficiencies in the East Bay Regional Park District's (EBRPD) current planning process. BRC filed a comment letter on September 8, 2012 with EBRPD highlighting the agency's overreaching...
September 6, 2012 10:50 AM
Extreme Environmental Groups Collaborate with East Bay Region Park District to I
As many of you know, extreme environmental groups have been collaborating with the East Bay Region Park District to impose their closure-agenda on proposed new OHV use on the 2,000 acre Tesla property purchased with OHV Trust Fund monies in the late 1990s. It's time for the OHV community to stand up and fight back! BRC has been investigating the...
September 5, 2012 3:55 PM
Everyone really needs to check out the latest editorial penned by Brian Hawthorne, BRC's public lands guy. Leading Environmentalist Asks OHV Users: "When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife?" The title itself ought to catch your interest, but Hawthorne's op-ed is no joke. He exposes the concept of "social sustainability" of recreational uses on...
September 5, 2012 12:52 PM
(Announcement)
UPDATE! Voting for the 2012 BRC Board of Directors Election has ended. To view the results of the election, click here.

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