On March 17th we participated in the Flaming Gorge Working Meeting to better understand the proposed inflows, outflows and potential releases for the Flaming Gorge dam and the Upper Colorado Basin. We are participating in meetings like these to understand and...
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Articles: Nick Pucci
Proposed Listings for the Yellow-Legged Frog
The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog as endangered and threatened. This frog is located in California and Oregon. BRC is concerned with the potential listing because agencies have already restricted OSV and motorized use...
American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas: Added, arbitrary layers of conservation to achieve 30X30
The Department of Interior is in the process of creating the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas. From our understanding, the Atlas will be used to track which lands and waters qualify to meet the objectives of the 30X30 initiative and set a road map for...
Prescribed Burns in Manti-La Sal National Forest
The Manti-La Sal National Forest is a huge forest in central and southern Utah. The Forest Service wants to authorize prescribed burns for up to 48,000 acres within the forest per year. Prescribed burns or controlled burns, across public lands are proposed to improve...
30X30 In California
The state of California has released a draft strategy for how they will achieve their part of the nation's 30X30 plan. This is an extreme environmental plan to conserve 30% of the nation's land and water by year 2030. Oftentimes people hear "conserve land and water"...
Support Electric Bike Access in West Virginia
In the state of West Virginia we are seeing proposed legislation to increase opportunities and access on public lands. One of those bills is Senate Bill 560. This bill addresses the use of electric bicycles or e-bikes, on public lands and trails where human powered...
Greater Sage-grouse Land Use Plan Amendments in the Western United States
Greater Sage-grouse, or sometimes referred to as a Sagehen is a large type of grouse that lives in the western United States. In 2015 the BLM and Forest service amended many land use plans in order to accommodate the bird. When these 98 management plans were amended...
30X30 & Protecting America’s Wilderness (PAW) Act, H.R. 803, Isn’t Actually Protecting Opportunities for Americans
Colorado Representative Diana Degette is sponsoring the Protecting America's Wilderness Act, also known as the PAW Act. This proposed legislation includes designating 1.3 million acres of land as Wilderness and over 1,000 miles of river as Wild and Scenic. Many of the...
Improvement and Vegetation Projects Proposed in the Salmon-Challis, National Forest in Idaho.
As wildfire and poor management devastates more and more public lands across the nation, there is a dire need for active forest management. There are 6 projects open to public comment within central Idaho in the Salmon-Challis National Forest. Many of the projects are...
Decommissioning Trails in North Superior, Lolo National Forest
The Forest Service in the Lolo National Forest, the Superior North district located East of Missoula and near the town of Superior, is proposing several projects including vegetation and recreation management projects. BRC supports vegetation projects that help...









