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 22, 2023 | Action Alert, ATV, BLM, California, Dirt Bike, Dispersed Camping, E-bike, Fight for Every Inch, Image, Link, Overlanding, SXS, Western Phoenix Project
The Redding and Arcata Bureau of Land Management Field offices in northwest California are redoing the Resource Management Plan that will direct future management decisions for BLM managed lands. The entire area includes 14.4 million acres however, BLM only manages...
Dec 20, 2023 | BLM, Colorado, Fight for Every Inch
The San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado has seen a recent and extensive push to support some form of designation which would ultimately lock up public and private lands. Groups and organizations have been holding public meetings with the agenda to get locals to...
Dec 15, 2023 | BLM, Dirt Bike, E-bike, Idaho, Rock Climbing, SXS
When Clark Collins, BRC’s visionary founder, passed away his obituary mentioned a closure in an area called Massacre Rocks that was popular for dirt biking and rock climbing. It was this closure that motivated him to start the BlueRibbon Coalition. Since 2011,...
Dec 14, 2023 | Idaho, Snowmobile, USFS
The Kaniksu and Kootenai National Forests have undergone travel management planning for over snow vehicle (OSV) use. These areas of Montana and Idaho are very popular for snowmobiling and bring a lot of economic value to local communities. The decision for the...
Dec 13, 2023 | Colorado, Legal Update, Mountain Biking, Natural Asset Companies, Off-Roading, Overlanding, Rock Climbing, Snowmobile, SXS, USFS
In October BlueRibbon Coalition submitted an official objection to the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests management plan. More than 3 million acres in Colorado will be affected by this forest plan that will direct management decisions for the next...
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 11, 2023 | Arizona, Legal Update, Lost Trails Guidebook
A little over a year ago, the Hassayampa Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management completed the travel management plan for the Black Canyon Corridor in Arizona. The plan ended up leaving open many valuable routes – including several technical rock crawling...
Dec 10, 2023 | BLM, Dirt Bike, Idaho, Legal Update, Off-Roading, SXS
Bonner County District Judge Susie Jensen recently upheld the Shoshone Board of County Commissioners’ decision to deny a petition for road validation concerning a section of West Fork Pine Creek Road – a main access road for the popular Rollercoaster trail...
Dec 9, 2023 | Action Alert, ATV, BLM, Dirt Bike, Dispersed Camping, E-bike, Motorboat, Mountain Biking, Overlanding, River Raft/Kayak/Canoe, Rock Climbing, Snowmobile, SXS, Wyoming
In September, the Bureau of Land Management released a proposal for a new Resource Management Plan for the lands they manage around Rock Springs, Wyoming. In our initial analysis, we knew it was bad, and we published an action alert on the plan shortly after...