Articles: Action Alert
The National Park Service’s North Rim recovery plan for Grand Canyon National Park would turn Fire Point Road into a hiking trail inside the park, and all three concepts include it. The plan also explores whether to retain, reduce or eliminate commercial stock use and limits winter recreation to non-motorized use. Sign the petition before comments close November 6 at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time.
Minnesota riders have a rare chance to gain access to ATV mileage that already exists on the ground. The Woods and Wheels ATV Club and Becker County are proposing the Ice Cracking ATV Trail, and BRC is backing them. Comment in favor with the Minnesota DNR by Nov. 13.
Presidents have closed millions of acres to motorized use through national monument designations, with no vote in Congress. The LANDs Act (H.R. 10669) would limit new monuments to 640 acres and send larger withdrawals to Congress. Tell your members of Congress to support it.
The Forest Service can pick any skyline for its headquarters, but its real one is a courthouse in San Francisco. A federal judge there blocked the move to Salt Lake City, and BRC’s NEPA Jail Tracker shows how the Ninth Circuit has become the de facto manager of our forests while the Equal Access to Justice Act pays the plaintiffs’ lawyers when they win. Tell your members of Congress to support the FEES Act.
Big Cypress ORV riders have been locked out of the Addition Lands for 30 years, with an outdated map in the regulations still blocking the way. A proposed NPS rule would fix that and let the Superintendent set a designated trail network using existing historic trails. BRC supports it, and comments are due December 1, so use our action alert to send yours.
New Jersey’s largest block of public land, Wharton State Forest, is down to 233 miles of open roads out of roughly 510 mapped. H.R. 8924 would add 23 river segments to a federal study that can bring permits, quotas, and added review for the crossings that reach the water. BRC breaks down what the bill does and why a state with this little public land cannot afford another layer of closures.
The 2025 Bears Ears Management Plan closes 591,185 acres to OHV use, caps group sizes, and bans most motorized events, and Congress now has a way to overturn it. BRC overwhelmingly supports the Congressional Review Act resolution that would void the plan and block BLM from reissuing it. Use BRC’s action alert to tell your members of Congress to vote yes.
The Brian Head Resort expansion on the Dixie National Forest would cut the only snowmobile route to the backcountry beyond town, a route that carries up to 150 machines a day. BRC is asking the Forest Service to add an alternative that keeps riders out of Brian Head Town and still reaches Dry Lakes. Comment by October 29 and tell the Forest Service to keep snowmobile access open.
The A River Runs Through It Act promises 70 miles of OHV loop trail and permanent snowmobile access in return for 100,000 acres of new Montana wilderness. History says the wilderness is guaranteed and the access is not. Tell Rep. Zinke you oppose another false compromise.
Opening an existing path to e-bikes in a national park can take years of environmental review, even when no new trail gets built. A new NPS proposal would cut that process for roads, parking areas, and already-improved surfaces, and BRC supports going further by allowing Class 1 e-bikes on every designated mountain bike trail. Submit a comment to NPS before November 2.