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Bears Ears National Monument Plan Released to Restrict Use and Access: How You Can Fight Back

Oct 4, 2024

Categories: Action Alert | ATV | BLM | Dirt Bike | Dispersed Camping | E-bike | Fight for Every Inch | National Monument | Off-Roading | Operation Accessible | Overlanding | SXS | USFS | Utah
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For years, BRC has been trusted to run action alerts like this. Thousands of members and supporters have used this system effectively to defend access to public lands. This isn’t about collecting your info — it’s about building the strongest, most transparent record possible to hold agencies accountable.

Why you should submit here, even if you already have elsewhere!

We keep them honest. If everyone only comments through the government/agency site, we have to take their word on how many comments were received. By submitting through BRC, we create an independent record of our community’s response that can’t be buried or under-reported.

We protect your voice. If this fight ends up in court, having our own record of submitted comments means we don’t have to wait a year or more for a government agency to turn over documents. We can move quickly with proof that thousands of you spoke up.

We keep you in the loop. When you comment through our site, we can send you updates on what comes next. If you only use the government/agency site, you’re depending on them to tell you what happens next — and they won’t.

Double coverage matters. Even if you’ve already commented through the government/agency site, submitting through ours makes your voice count twice — once in their system, and once in ours. That way they know the OHV community is watching and tracking every move.

For years, BRC has been trusted to run action alerts like this. Thousands of members and supporters have used this system effectively to defend access to public lands. This isn’t about collecting your info — it’s about building the strongest, most transparent record possible to hold agencies accountable.

The Bureau of Land Management and USFS have released the final Bears Ears National Monument Resource Management Plan. This plan basically gives the broad designations of what can happen and where within the 1.36 million acres encompassed within the monument designation. Recreational target shooting will be prohibited within the entirety of the monument. 591,185 acres are closed to OHV use. Arch Canyon will be on a permit only system with many other popular motorized routes closed to the public, which will restrict camping and wood harvesting.

The plan is currently open for protests for those who previously submitted comments, and BlueRibbon Coalition will be submitting a formal protest.

The Governor of Utah also has the opportunity to provide a Governor’s Consistency Review and submit his recommendation on the plan. We want to encourage the governor to recommend halting the resource management plan and point out that the new proposed restrictions are unacceptable and inconsistent with Utah state policy and local county resource plans. Send an email using the form below encouraging Governor Cox to strongly oppose the proposed plan.

Map of Proposed OHV Closures

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