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...
Mar 29, 2023 | 10,000+ Project, Legal Update, Lost Trails Guidebook, Utah
Shortly after the Bureau of Land Management released their decision for the travel plan to increase the miles of open routes in the San Rafael Desert in Utah from roughly 300 miles of routes to roughly 900 miles of routes, we were not surprised to learn that the...
Mar 16, 2023 | Fight for Every Inch, Legal Update, Press Release, Uncategorized, Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – Last week, the BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), filed a motion for summary judgment in its challenge to President Biden’s unlawful proclamations expanding the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. This lawsuit—which has been...
Jan 12, 2023 | Press Release, Uncategorized
Pocatello, ID – Today BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) announced the release of the printed version of the Lost Trails Guidebook. The first volume of the Lost Trails Guidebook features 30 trails in Utah that are at risk of closure as part of an ongoing planning...
Dec 29, 2022 | 10,000+ Project, BLM, Dispersed Camping, Fight for Every Inch, Legal Update, Lost Trails Guidebook, Moab, SXS, Utah
This fall the Bureau of Land Management released a draft plan to close over 420 miles of world-class off-road routes near Moab in the area called Labyrinth Rims and Gemini Bridges. This was one of the most absurd proposals we’ve seen to close public land that is...
Dec 24, 2022 | Legal Update, Oregon, Uncategorized
WHO WILL BUILD THE ROADS? Instead of building roads the Bureau of Land Management is indefinitely blocking homeowners from accessing their homes in Oregon. South Fork Walla Walla had experienced significant flooding. Portions of an access road that had been used...