BOISE, Idaho — The Blue Ribbon Coalition (BRC) today welcomed the Department of the Interior's June 10 announcement of a nationwide review and 60-day public comment period on wilderness study area (WSA) and lands with wilderness characteristics (LWC)...
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Articles: Nick Pucci
San Rafael Swell: BLM May Reopen Hundreds of Miles of OHV Routes – Add Your Voice
The BLM comment period closes TODAY, June 8. Once it shuts, these closures get one step closer to permanent. Add your comments before midnight on June 8th.
Forest Service Welcomes OHV Users for National Trails Day on Saturday, June 6
The motorized community does the work to keep trails open, and the Forest Service wants to see that effort on National Trails Day. BRC met with Forest Service leadership this week and came away knowing the agency believes off-roaders belong on public lands. Get out this…
BLM Rescinds the Public Lands Rule: A Win for Access, Multiple Use, and the Rule of Law
The Bureau of Land Management has finalized the rescission of the 2024 “Public Lands Rule,” restoring the 1976 multiple-use mandate. This decision follows opposition from the BlueRibbon Coalition, which argued the rule exceeded legal authority and favored privatization …
BRC Files Intervention in Ninth Circuit Appeal of WEMO Closures
The legal fight over 2,200 miles of closed OHV routes in the Western Mojave has moved to the Ninth Circuit, and BRC filed to intervene to represent the voice of riders. If this precedent stands, it will not stay in California. Learn how this differs from our previous le…
PRESS RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Files Motion to Intervene in Ninth Circuit Appeal of Western Mojave OHV Closure
Filing Seeks to Secure OHV User Representation as Federal Government Appeals Order That Closed 2,200 Miles of Motorized Routes
Grand Staircase-Escalante CRA: What Critics Are Getting Wrong & Urge Your Reps to Support the CRA
The 2025 Grand Staircase management plan includes some of the largest restrictions on motorized access BRC has ever seen, and opponents are calling Congressional review of it “undemocratic.” BRC breaks down why that argument falls apart and what the plan actually does t…
Death to Free, Dispersed Camping By A Thousand Cuts
Agencies are quietly eliminating free, dispersed camping across the West. The SR9 decision outside Zion is the most recent example of a strategy designed to end it permanently. Here’s how they do it and what you can do about it.
Johnson Valley Update: Airspace EA Finalized and What It Means for Public Access & King of the Hammers
The off-road community showed up and we made a difference. When the Marine Corps proposed changes to airspace over Johnson Valley, we made it clear this is a world-class OHV area, and any changes must protect access, safety, and the future of events like King of the...
PRESS RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Supports Congressional Review Act Resolution to Restore Public Access at Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
Resolution in Congress would overturn the GSENM travel management plan that closed more than 1.2 million acres to motorized recreation and raised broader concerns about presidential abuse of the Antiquities Act.









