Glen Canyon Dam has been in the news this last week, and these news stories identify a threat to Glen Canyon Dam that needs to be addressed. EE News, a policy-focused publication that targets the DC Beltway, broke the story. They used the headline, “Reclamation slows...
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Articles: Fill Lake Powell
Glen Canyon Long Term Experimental Management Plan: Options for Protecting Glen Canyon Reach from Invasive Species
The Bureau of Reclamation which manages river operations of the Colorado River that feeds Lake Powell and Lake Mead is accepting public comment on the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Bureau...
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Breaks Visitation Record in 2023
Lake Powell in the winter is a different experience than it is during the hustle and bustle of the summer. While the picture above was taken during the month of December of last year, don’t let the vacant lake deceive you. Today we received the latest visitation data...
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...
Support the Plan to Sustain Lake Powell and Lake Mead
Bureau of Reclamation is accepting public comment for the near term Colorado River Operations. In April of 2023 BOR released its original alternatives and the public provided feedback. Many of our members sent in comments. The BOR ended that public comment period due...
RELEASE: New National Park Service Data Shows Low Water Years Lost $207 Million for Area Surrounding Lake Powell
The National Park Service released their latest economic impact report, which analyzes the economic benefits created by National Parks in the gateway communities that they serve. The low water years at Lake Powell and Lake Mead were nothing short of a wipeout that...
Lake Powell and Lake Mead Operations Being Updated for the Next 20 Years!
The Bureau of Reclamation has announced the scoping period as they update the 2007 Interim Guidelines for the Colorado River Management Operations. The 2007 Interim Guidelines creates the planning direction for the BOR to determine how much water to release...
Lake Mead Low Water Access Plan
The National Park Service for Lake Mead National Recreation Area has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Low Water Access Plan. Hundreds of comments were submitted at the end of 2022 in opposition to several of the proposed concepts which would have...
Defend Your Ground Podcast Special Guest: Former Interior Secretary Bernhardt
Ben Burr:Hey everyone. Welcome to the Defend Your Ground podcast. This is Ben, the executive director of Blue Ribbon Coalition. I'm here with Simone Griffin. And today we have invited a special guest to be on the podcast and we have with former Secretary of the...








