Dec 19, 2022 | Fundraiser, Legal Update, Rock Climbing
Massacre Rocks, ID The off-road trails around Massacre Rocks near American Falls, Idaho were a favorite destination of Clark Collins, the late founder of BRC. In 2011, the BLM started a planning process that would close almost all of the routes in this area. In...
Dec 17, 2022 | Dispersed Camping, Legal Update, Overlanding
Land Management agencies are increasingly working to close public land to open, free dispersed camping. BlueRibbon Coalition has continued to fight for your access to responsible dispersed camping experiences on public land for many years. Here are a couple camp sites...
Dec 16, 2022 | Legal Update, Uncategorized
Today (December 15) BlueRibbon Coalition filed an appeal to the Black Canyon Corridor Plan in Arizona. While BRC and allied groups were able to improve this plan to include several important rock crawling routes, the final plan still closed ~58% of the routes in the...
Dec 14, 2022 | ATV, Dirt Bike, Legal Update, Moab, SXS
This year we have partnered with 11 ATV outfitters who are BRC Members in Moab to challenge oppressive ordinances passed by the local government to put them out of business and restrict motorized access to public roads in Moab. The OHV community in Utah was successful...
Dec 13, 2022 | Arizona, ATV, Dirt Bike, Dispersed Camping, Fight for Every Inch, Legal Update, Overlanding, Uncategorized, USFS
Twelve Days of Legal Updates: Our Twelve Biggest Fights and Twelve Big Reasons to Support BlueRibbon Coalition this Giving Season In September 2022, the Tonto National Forest in Arizona released their final updated plan for the National Forest. The Arizona State...
Dec 12, 2022 | Fill Lake Powell, Legal Update, Motorboat, National Park Service, Nevada, Personal Watercraft, River Raft/Kayak/Canoe, Uncategorized
The National Park Service is requesting comments to address low water levels at Lake Mead in Nevada. The NPS is looking at three options for how they should manage marinas, campgrounds, and recreation infrastructure as they adjust to low lake levels. One should note...