Gila-San Simon Travel Management Plan- The Safford Field Office, located in the south eastern corner of Arizona is beginning Travel Management Planning. 2,391.5 miles on 951,842 acres. Surrounding Safford, Arizona the project boundaries include areas such as: Gila...
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Articles: Dispersed Camping
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...
Oppose the Sell Off of Our Public Lands and National Parks to Wall Street
BlueRibbon Coalition recently engaged on a public rule making 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...
Proposed E-bike Trails in Moab
Moab Field Office is accepting public comment through November 20, 2023 regarding the Mud Springs (Spanish Trail) mountain bike and e-bike trails just south of the town of Moab. The preferred alternative will allow class I e-bikes on the routes and keep 28 dispersed...
Support Expanded Outdoor Recreation Access and E-bike Use on the Only BLM Land in Texas
Texas only has a small portion of BLM land - approximately 12,000 acres. This area is designated as a special recreation management area just north of Amarillo. The BLM is accepting public comment through November 13, 2023 to gather public feedback on ebikes on all...
1306 Miles of Roads and Trails Saved in the Owyhees
While everyone was focused on the terrible closures in Moab, the Bruneau Field Office of the BLM in Idaho released their final plan for the Canyonlands East area near the Owyhees. This area includes the eastern reaches of the Owyhee Canyonlands south of Boise. In a...
Cottonwood Travel Management – Plan Will Affect Access Near Bridger, Montana
BLM has started scoping for the Cottonwood Travel Management Plan in Southern Montana near Bridger. An initial route evaluation has been completed. 320 miles of routes are being analyzed and BRC wants to ensure that the route report is accurate and that the...
RELEASE: Coalition of Off-Roaders Challenges Imminent Closure of 317 Miles of Trails Near Moab, UT
Today, the BlueRibbon Coalition, joined by the Colorado Offroad Trail Defenders and Mr. Patrick McKay, challenged a decision by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to close 317 miles of some of the nation’s best off-roading trails near Moab, Utah. If allowed to stand,...
RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Supports the Historic Roadways Protection Act
Add Your Voice in Support: UPDATE- On January 13, 2025 Senator Mike Lee (UT) and Representative Mike Kennedy (UT) re-introduced the Historic Roadways Protection Act in the new Congress. on December 31st, 2024 the BLM released its decision for the San Rafael Swell...
Millions of Acres Proposed as New Conservation Area in Montana
Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a 5.8 million acre conservation area in southern Montana along the Idaho border. Comments are accepted until November 27, 2023. The Missouri Headwaters Conservation area, if approved will attempt to acquire private lands within...









