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Articles: Dispersed Camping
The GORP Act will severely restrict recreation opportunities in the Gunnison Basin of western Colorado. BRC opposes the bill as it violates the multiple-use mandate, reduces local management of public lands and harms communities. Urge your representatives to oppose the bill via the form below.
This is a series on Roadless Rule misinformation. Read: Part 1 Here | Part 2 Here Almost every time we see restrictions enacted on public lands that are designed force one-size-fits-all management, we see a chorus of anti-access advocates reassure us that these...
This is a series on Roadless Rule misinformation. Read: Part 1 Here | Part 3 Here On September 2, 2025, the Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia rules that the Trump Administration could pull back $20 billion in funds that were awarded to non-profits to fight...
UPDATE: The BLM has released a new environmental assessment for the Beas Lewis Flat campground. While we appreciate the BLM scaling back the plan, after watching them close over 600 miles of public access routes in the area, this plan is still too restrictive. We provide our recommendations below and need your help to save dispersed camping outside of Capitol Reef NP. Comments are needed by September 17th!
More than a decade after the off-road community’s fight to save Johnson Valley, the U.S. Military’s new Special Use Airspace proposal once again threatens California’s premier OHV Area. Below BRC summarizes our opposition to the current proposal and changes we require. We need your comments by September 15th via the form below to help save Johnson Valley.
Since 2001, BlueRibbon Coalition, along with various states, have been fighting the implementation of the Roadless Rule, which essentially designated 59 million acres of national forests as de facto wilderness through a regulation instead of an act of Congress. The USDA has proposed to rescind the rule and are now accepting comments. BRC strongly supports its rescission. Add your support below by September 19th!
The Bridger-Teton National Forest is beginning the process to revise its management plan. With the recent Congressional Acts and Executive Orders that call to protect and expand recreation, we have a generational opportunity expand access within one of the most popular national forests in the States. We present our recommendations and need your support for their consideration via the form below.
After closing 612 miles of routes near Capitol Reef National Park that led to countless free, dispersed campsites, the Bureau of Land Management is now proposing to build a large developed campground. While BRC is not opposed to developed campgrounds, they should be in addition to— not instead of— dispersed camping experiences. BLM is taking public comments on the plan, so let’s make our voices heard via the form below.
The 11th-hour approval of a rushed 2025 update to plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument dramatically restricted motorized access and dispersed camping. Congress has proposed to only fund the 2020 version of the plan which still protects natural resources while maintaining multiple-use access. Urge your representatives to support this proposal via the form below.
With 700,000 acres of public land already approved for sale, including another 31 million acres fast-tracked for disposal, the Western Solar Plan, approved in 2024, represents one of the largest privatizations of public land in history. We are calling on Congress to rescind this plan, which adversely affects recreation, and need your voice for support in the form below.