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...
Dec 8, 2023 | Action Alert, Motorboat, Mountain Biking, National Park Service, Natural Asset Companies, Overlanding, Personal Watercraft, River Raft/Kayak/Canoe, Rock Climbing, SXS, USFS, Withdraw the Rule
BlueRibbon Coalition recently engaged on a public rulemaking proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yes, you read that right. You might be asking what a financial regulator has to do with BRC’s mission of protecting recreation access to public land? The...
Dec 7, 2023 | Action Alert, Arizona, ATV, BLM, Dirt Bike, Dispersed Camping, E-bike, Fight for Every Inch, Image, Link, Map, Overlanding, SXS
Gila-San Simon Travel Management Plan- The Safford Field Office, located in the south eastern corner of Arizona is beginning Travel Management Planning. 2,391.5 miles on 951,842 acres. Surrounding Safford, Arizona the project boundaries include areas such as: Gila...
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...
Dec 6, 2023 | Action Alert, BLM, Dirt Bike, Dispersed Camping, E-bike, Fill Lake Powell, Link, Motorboat, Mountain Biking, National Park Service, Overlanding, Personal Watercraft, River Raft/Kayak/Canoe, Rock Climbing, Snowmobile, SXS, USFS
BlueRibbon Coalition recently engaged on a public rule making proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yes, you read that right. You might be asking what a financial regulator has to do with BRC’s mission of protecting recreation access to public land? The...
Dec 1, 2023 | Action Alert, BLM, Map, New Mexico
Bureau of Land Management in New Mexico has proposed the next step, the environmental assessment (EA) to the Gila Lower Box Special Recreation Management Area. In 2022, BRC and it’s members participated in the scoping public comment period. BLM has since...
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...