Dec 27, 2023 | 10,000+ Project, ATV, BLM, Dirt Bike, Dispersed Camping, E-bike, Legal Update, Mountain Biking, Off-Roading, Overlanding, SXS, Utah
The recent decision to close hundreds of miles of some of the best off-road trails on the planet near Moab was part of a larger ongoing project that will affect many more trails. In 2017 the Department of Interior, wilderness groups, and pro-access groups including...
Dec 22, 2023 | 10,000+ Project, BLM, Dirt Bike, Dispersed Camping, E-bike, Fight for Every Inch, Legal Update, Lost Trails Guidebook, Moab, Mountain Biking, Off-Roading, Overlanding, Press Release, Save Moab, SXS, Utah
The federal court filing follows a ruling by the Interior Board of Land Appeals to deny a stay of the closures earlier this month. SALT LAKE CITY – Today, a coalition of off-road groups took their challenge to the federal government’s arbitrary and illegal...
Dec 12, 2023 | California, Legal Update, National Monument, Utah
In August 2022, BlueRibbon Coalition filed a challenge to President Biden’s expansion of the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah’s District Court. This year we moved forward with this challenge, and we...
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...
Nov 16, 2023 | Moab, Press Release, Save Moab, Utah
BIG NEWS! Utah Representative John Curtis introduced the Historic Roadways Protection Act in the House of Representatives this week. We’ve been encouraging everyone to support this legislation to save our Moab trails since it was introduced in the U.S....
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...