Dec 7, 2023 | Action Alert, Arizona, Dispersed Camping, Fill Lake Powell, Nevada, Utah
This is the first installment of our annual 12 Days of Legal Updates series that we publish in December to give a brief update on our biggest fights. We work on a broad range of issues at BRC that affect recreation access all across the country. Some of our fights get...
Dec 6, 2023 | Action Alert, BLM, Dirt Bike, Dispersed Camping, E-bike, Fill Lake Powell, Link, Motorboat, Mountain Biking, National Park Service, Overlanding, Personal Watercraft, River Raft/Kayak/Canoe, Rock Climbing, Snowmobile, SXS, USFS
BlueRibbon Coalition recently engaged on a public rule making proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yes, you read that right. You might be asking what a financial regulator has to do with BRC’s mission of protecting recreation access to public land? The...
Dec 1, 2023 | Action Alert, BLM, Map, New Mexico
Bureau of Land Management in New Mexico has proposed the next step, the environmental assessment (EA) to the Gila Lower Box Special Recreation Management Area. In 2022, BRC and it’s members participated in the scoping public comment period. BLM has since...
Nov 11, 2023 | Action Alert, Dispersed Camping, E-bike, Moab, Utah
Moab Field Office is accepting public comment through November 20, 2023 regarding the Mud Springs (Spanish Trail) mountain bike and e-bike trails just south of the town of Moab. The preferred alternative will allow class I e-bikes on the routes and keep 28 dispersed...
Nov 11, 2023 | Action Alert, BLM, Dispersed Camping, E-bike, Texas
Texas only has a small portion of BLM land – approximately 12,000 acres. This area is designated as a special recreation management area just north of Amarillo. The BLM is accepting public comment through November 13, 2023 to gather public feedback on ebikes on...
Nov 10, 2023 | Action Alert, BLM, E-bike, Image, Link, Utah
Not far from Grand Staircase-Escalanate National Monument and Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County Utah is hoping to add mountain bike, e-bike and singletrack courses for public use. The BLM is accepting public comment until November 13, 2023 for the Garfield...