Glen Canyon Dam has been in the news this last week, and these news stories identify a threat to Glen Canyon Dam that needs to be addressed. EE News, a policy-focused publication that targets the DC Beltway, broke the story. They used the headline, “Reclamation slows flows through Glen Canyon...
Weekly Newsletter Issue 67 | Apr 20, 2024
BRC Staff Are Building the Movement
We know that in order to confront the torrent of proposed closures and changes in land management that are restricting our access, that we have to have your help. For this reason...
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...
There is a shift happening on public lands with two main drivers: recreation and renewable energy, solar and wind power. The climate agenda is shifting the priorities of our public lands.
There has been a significant increase of solar farms on public land in recent years. Currently, a Western...
Public land and waters on the East Coast is a rarity therefore any proposal on the East coast that closes the already limited access of public lands needs to be strongly opposed. The Wharton State Forest in New Jersey encompasses 122,880 acres. It is the largest state park in the state of New...
Bureau of Reclamation which manages river operations of the Colorado river that feeds Lake Powell and Lake Mead are accepting public comment on the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) is worried...