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Articles: E-bike
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.
Big Cypress ORV riders have been locked out of the Addition Lands for 30 years, with an outdated map in the regulations still blocking the way.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.
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.
The Forest Service’s decades-old Travel Management Rule that decides where you can ride across 380,000 miles of national forest roads is finally getting a revision. BRC backs the Forest Service’s plan to drop the minimization standard, recognize e-bikes, and fix the maps riders can’t trust. And the Forest Service wants to know what routes should be reopened. Comments are due September 23, 2026.
The Bears Ears recreation restrictions were real, they were written down, and almost none of them had been enforced yet. That gap is what lets groups defending the 2025 monument plan claim it never restricted recreation. See what the plan actually said about hiking, OHV, mountain bikes, camping, climbing and dogs across 1.36 million acres of public land.
The Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act, a bill BRC helped write to keep existing roads open, goes before a Senate committee on Wednesday, July 29. The same agenda carries wilderness bills that would permanently ban motorized use across millions of acres. Contact your senators today to support the Outdoor ADA and oppose the new designations.
A new federal recreation monitoring program under the EXPLORE Act will decide how OHV riding, dispersed camping, and snowmobiling get counted on public lands. BRC supports better data but is telling the agencies that visitation counts must never become a standalone excuse for closures or permit systems. Submit your comment before the July 29 deadline.
Oversized national monuments have locked up millions of acres of public land and set the stage for road closures, OHV restrictions, and lost access. A June 2026 court ruling in a case BRC helped bring confirmed these designations can now be challenged and reduced. Take action today and tell Congress, the Administration, and the courts to bring these boundaries back in line with the law.
Nearly 700 miles of OHV, hunting, and backcountry access near Dinosaur National Monument are on the table in the BLM’s Dinosaur North plan, and the conservation alternative would close most of it. BRC backs Alternative D to keep these routes open for Vernal and Roosevelt communities. Add your comment before July 22 and tell the BLM to keep this access open.
The BLM’s Trail Canyon Travel Management Plan near Kanab will decide the future of 473 miles of OHV routes in Kane County, and the most restrictive option closes nearly a third of the network. BRC supports a variation of Alternative D, which keeps 95% of trails open. Submit your comment to the BLM before July 22 and tell them motorized access must stay open.