The federal court filing follows a ruling by the Interior Board of Land Appeals to deny a stay of the closures earlier this month. SALT LAKE CITY - Today, a coalition of off-road groups took their challenge to the federal government’s arbitrary and illegal closure...
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Articles: Nick Pucci
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 4 Massacre Rocks Closures
When Clark Collins, BRC's visionary founder, passed away his obituary mentioned a closure in an area called Massacre Rocks that was popular for dirt biking and rock climbing. It was this closure that motivated him to start the BlueRibbon Coalition. Since 2011, the...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 5 Kaniksu and Kootenai Over Snow Travel Plans
The Kaniksu and Kootenai National Forests have undergone travel management planning for over snow vehicle (OSV) use. These areas of Montana and Idaho are very popular for snowmobiling and bring a lot of economic value to local communities. The decision for the...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 6 GMUG Objection Process
In October BlueRibbon Coalition submitted an official objection to the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests management plan. More than 3 million acres in Colorado will be affected by this forest plan that will direct management decisions for the next...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 7 National Monument Challenge in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
In August 2022, BlueRibbon Coalition filed a challenge to President Biden's expansion of the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah's District Court. This year we moved forward with this challenge, and we are...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 8 Black Canyon Corridor
A little over a year ago, the Hassayampa Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management completed the travel management plan for the Black Canyon Corridor in Arizona. The plan ended up leaving open many valuable routes - including several technical rock crawling...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 9 Idaho Supreme Court to Review Status of Rollercoaster Trail
Bonner County District Judge Susie Jensen recently upheld the Shoshone Board of County Commissioners' decision to deny a petition for road validation concerning a section of West Fork Pine Creek Road - a main access road for the popular Rollercoaster trail located in...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 10 The Plan to Shut Down 3 Million Acres in Rock Springs, Wyoming
In September, the Bureau of Land Management released a proposal for a new Resource Management Plan for the lands they manage around Rock Springs, Wyoming. In our initial analysis, we knew it was bad, and we published an action alert on the plan shortly after...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 11 Save Our Public Lands from a Wall Street Hostile Takeover
BlueRibbon Coalition recently engaged on a public rulemaking proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yes, you read that right. You might be asking what a financial regulator has to do with BRC’s mission of protecting recreation access to public land? The...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 12 Let’s Support the Plan to Sustain Lake Powell and Lake Mead
This is the first installment of our annual 12 Days of Legal Updates series that we publish in December to give a brief update on our biggest fights. We work on a broad range of issues at BRC that affect recreation access all across the country. Some of our fights get...









