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Weekly Newsletter Issue 66 | Apr 13, 2024   Sage Grouse Proposals Threaten Restrictions Across Millions of Acres We're not the only ones who love exploring primitive, backcountry dirt roads! There has been a long debate over the Sage Grouse with...

There has been a long debate over the Sage Grouse with environmental advocates pushing to have the species listed under the Endangered Species Act. In order to prevent an endangered species listing, a Sage Grouse Land Use Plan was developed. The Bureau of Land Management created this plan in...

Comments are accepted until April 29, 2024. Read further about the proposals. The proposals come in response to increased visitation numbers. Five management plans. Tres Rios Field Office (FO) and Gunnison Field Office. The reason for the proposed changes according to the BLM are to, protect...

Weekly Newsletter Issue 65 | Apr 6, 2024   The San Rafael Swindle: 7 Things We've Learned 5 Years After Passage of Dingell Act Recently, anti-access wilderness groups celebrated the five year anniversary of the passage of the Dingell Act. This law was passed...

The Bureau of Land Management in Clark County, Nevada has released the draft plan and environmental impact statement for the Rough Hat Solar Project. Public comments are being accepted on the proposal through April 11, 2024. This is one of many proposals we are seeing throughout the western...

Weekly Newsletter Issue 64 | Mar 29, 2024   Bears Ears OHV Closure Plan Released Located in the rural corner of Southeastern Utah, the Bears Ears National Monument has been a point of controversy for nearly a decade. In 2016 President Obama initially abused...

The Colorado River Valley Field Office, Grand Junction Field Office and Kremmling Field Office all completed resource management plans for their field offices in 2015. The Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area (NCA) completed the resource management plan in 2017. All of these field...

Weekly Newsletter Issue 63 | Mar 23, 2024   The Latest from the Court On Wednesday of this week we received notice that the Federal District Court in Salt Lake City denied our motion for preliminary injunction in our challenge to the Moab trail closures. We...

Earlier this week, anti-access wilderness groups celebrated the five year anniversary of the passage of the Dingell Act. This law was passed by Congress and signed into law on March 12, 2019. In Utah this law is often referred to as the the Emery County Wilderness Bill that designated 663,000...

Weekly Newsletter Issue 62 | Mar 16, 2024   Grandview Travel Management Plan: Input needed on proposal to close 65% of routes in Idaho area The Owyhee region of southwestern Idaho is accepting public comment for their final travel management plan of the area...

Located in the rural corner of Southeastern Utah, the Bears Ears National Monument has been a point of controversy for nearly a decade. In 2016 President Obama initially used the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate 1.3 million acres as a national monument completely bypassing Congress and...

The Owyhee region of southwestern Idaho is accepting public comment for their final travel management plan of the area. The Grandview travel area hosts 1,365 miles of open OHV routes year round along with one backcountry airstrip. These routes give way to numerous permitted motorcycle races...

Weekly Newsletter Issue 61 | Mar 9, 2024   2 Million Acres at Risk in Montana's Lolo National Forest The United States Forest Service is updating the Lolo National Forest Plan. This plan will dictate how the 2 millions acres in central Montana are managed for...

The United States Forest Service is updating the Lolo National Forest Plan. This plan will dictate how the 2 millions acres in central Montana are managed for the next several decades. All other plans will follow this overarching land management plan – such as travel management planning to...

Ensuring recreational access to public lands in the western United States is a critical endeavor that requires collective effort and support. Joining and donating to both the Utah Public Lands Alliance (UPLA) and the BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) represents a powerful commitment to the preservation...