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Articles: Nick Pucci
After the 2025 fires that burned nearly 150,000 acres near the North Rim, hazardous trees and fire damage continue to block access across the Kaibab Plateau. The Forest Service is proposing to remove the danger and protect roads and trails from future closures. Back the plan by submitting your comment to the Forest Service before June 20.
The BLM’s High Desert Trail project would formally designate an 810-mile route across western Utah, using roads and trails already open to the public today. BRC supports the designation and the preferred Alternative B, the longer, more scenic route that brings the most economic benefit. Submit a comment by June 16 backing Alternative B and tell the BLM to choose it.
The Department of the Interior just opened a nationwide review of Wilderness Study Areas, the same outdated policy that has locked millions of acres in wilderness-style limbo for decades without a vote from Congress. BRC petitioned for this reform months ago, and now your voice can push it across the line. Submit a comment to the Interior Department supporting WSA reform before the August 14, 2026 deadline.
Millions of Americans rely on roads and motorized routes to reach public lands, and this bill would protect that access by law. BRC worked directly with Congressional offices to shape and advance the Outdoor ADA, now introduced in both chambers. Tell your members of Congress why this legislation matters.
The 2001 Roadless Rule locked up 58.5 million acres of National Forest land, blocking road maintenance, wildfire mitigation, and reasonable access for 25 years. BRC supports H.R. 7695 and S. 140, two bills that would repeal the rule and return management decisions to local forest managers. Contact your members of Congress and ask them to support both bills.
The Caja del Rio Protection Act would create new federal designations across 85,000 New Mexico acres with a built-in mandate to decommission roads not listed on a map that does not yet exist. BRC opposes the bill because these designations have a proven track record of eliminating motorized access over time. Send your comment today and urge your representatives to vote no.
The BLM’s Conservation and Landscape Health Rule is gone, and BRC has been working to kill it since the day it was proposed. Over three years, BRC mobilized members, submitted formal comments, worked with Congress, took meetings at the highest levels of the Administration, met with agency officials and monitored BLM offices for conservation lease applications. This is what sustained advocacy with help from our supporters looks like.
Hundreds of miles of OHV routes in Utah’s San Rafael Swell and San Rafael Desert may be reopened under a new BLM alternative. BRC has been fighting these closures in court since 2025, and now the agency wants to hear from riders. Submit your comment in support of reopening these routes by June 8.
Executive orders dating back to 1972 created the “minimization criteria” that agencies now use to justify closing OHV access across public lands. What started as a balancing tool has become a legal weapon for litigation groups to lock riders out and collect legal fees. Sign the petition and tell Congress to rescind these orders.
The BLM is proposing categorical exclusions that would allow forest thinning and salvage projects to move forward without lengthy environmental reviews. These tools would help land managers treat more acres faster, reduce wildfire risk, and keep road systems open for recreation. Read why BRC supports these proposals and what they mean for public land access.