Aug 28, 2023 | Arizona, Fill Lake Powell, Motorboat, National Park Service, Press Release, Utah
The National Park Service released their latest economic impact report, which analyzes the economic benefits created by National Parks in the gateway communities that they serve. The low water years at Lake Powell and Lake Mead were nothing short of a wipeout that...
Jul 14, 2023 | Action Alert, Arizona, Colorado, Dispersed Camping, Fill Lake Powell, Freedom Echoes, Image, Link, Motorboat, National Park Service, Nevada, Personal Watercraft, River Raft/Kayak/Canoe, Utah
The Bureau of Reclamation has announced the scoping period as they update the 2007 Interim Guidelines for the Colorado River Management Operations. The 2007 Interim Guidelines creates the planning direction for the BOR to determine how much water to release...
Jul 12, 2023 | Action Alert, Arizona, Dispersed Camping, Fill Lake Powell, Motorboat, National Park Service, Nevada, Personal Watercraft, River Raft/Kayak/Canoe
The National Park Service for Lake Mead National Recreation Area has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Low Water Access Plan. Hundreds of comments were submitted at the end of 2022 in opposition to several of the proposed concepts which would have...
Jun 6, 2023 | BLM, Fight for Every Inch, Fill Lake Powell, Press Release
Ben Burr:Hey everyone. Welcome to the Defend Your Ground podcast. This is Ben, the executive director of Blue Ribbon Coalition. I’m here with Simone Griffin. And today we have invited a special guest to be on the podcast and we have with former Secretary of the...
Apr 20, 2023 | Action Alert, Arizona, Fill Lake Powell, Link, Motorboat, National Park Service, Personal Watercraft, River Raft/Kayak/Canoe, Uncategorized, Utah
The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has released its draft supplementary environmental impact statement (SEIS) for short term management of the Colorado River which effects Lake Powell and Lake Mead as well as millions of users. Several documents play a roll in the...
Apr 12, 2023 | Arizona, Fill Lake Powell, Link, National Park Service, Personal Watercraft, Utah
Pocatello, ID – In response to the Bureau of Reclamation’s (BOR) April 11, 2023 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for near-term operations in the Colorado River Basin that are necessitated by water shortages, BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) announces...