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...
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Articles: Fill Lake Powell
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...
Support Bureau of Reclamation’s Plan to Save Lake Powell and Lake Mead: Lake Powell Short Term Proposals for 2023-2026
The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has released its draft supplementary environmental impact statement (SEIS) for short term management of the Colorado River which effects Lake Powell and Lake Mead as well as millions of users. Several documents play a roll in the...
RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Responds to Bureau of Reclamation’s Colorado River Plan
Pocatello, ID – In response to the Bureau of Reclamation’s (BOR) April 11 , 2023 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for near-term operations in the Colorado River Basin that are necessitated by water shortages, BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC)...
Water Releases From Glen Canyon Dam to Protect Humpback Chub: Something Fishy is Going On
The Bureau of Reclamation is accepting public comment until March 10, 2023 on potential flow releases out of Glen Canyon Dam to the Colorado River. Submit a comment below to let BOR know we do not support any experimental releases that have a weak basis in science....
<strong>Will the Six State Plan to Save the Colorado River Work?</strong>
On January 30, six of the seven Colorado River basin states jointly released a proposal to the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) in response to that agency’s January 31 deadline to avoid facing possible preemptive federal intervention. Technically, it’s a...








