The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) today issued a statement opposing the designation of the Moon as a National Monument under the Antiquities Act, announced in a proclamation signed by President Donald J. Trump. While BRC recognizes the Moon’s undeniable scientific,...
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Articles: National Monument
PRESS RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Supports Congressional Review Act Resolution to Restore Public Access at Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
Resolution in Congress would overturn the GSENM travel management plan that closed more than 1.2 million acres to motorized recreation and raised broader concerns about presidential abuse of the Antiquities Act.
Help Reopen 1.2 Million Acres of Public Land – Support Congressional Review of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Resource Management Plan
In their final days the outgoing administration finalized a Resource Management Plan for 1.87 million–acres of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument that dramatically restricts long-standing recreation and traditional uses. Congress is now pursuing a Congr…
12 Days of Legal Updates: Rebalancing Public Land Restrictions for Access
Earlier this year, we shared an infographic which illustrated how unbalanced public land restrictions have become. There are 640 million acres of public lands, and when you add up the acreage amounts of all the restrictive land designations, our multiple use lands...
The Dolores River National Conservation Area: Not a Compromise, Just Another Closure in Disguise
While positioned as a compromise since anti-access organizations could not designate it as a national monument, the Dolores River National Conservation Area will restrict multiple use activities, especially motorized recreation. Tell your representatives not to support …
12 Days of Legal Updates: Our Fight to Stop Antiquities Act Abuse
For far too long presidents have been abusing the Antiquities Act to bypass congress and lock up millions of acres of public land. Below we review BlueRibbon Coalition’s efforts to stop the abuse & how national monument designations adversely affect recreation.
Historic Roadways Protection Act Moving Forward: Congressional Committees Consider Several Public Lands Bills
On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET, the Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee will receive testimony on a broad slate of pending bills that could significantly reshape public-land management, forest health policy, mineral...
Support Withdrawing “Conservation and Landscape Health” Rule That Sells Public Lands to Highest Bidder in Name of Environmentalism
The BLM is proposing to rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule. This rule prioritized “conservation” on BLM land through a new scheme of selling “conservation leases.” It is a backdoor attempt to sell out our public land to the highest bidder to achieve …
Save Access to Grand Staircase-Escalante by Telling Congress to Fund the 2020 RMP, Not the 2025 Land Grab
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 resou…
BlueRibbon Coalition Backs Legal Opinion Affirming Presidential Authority Over National Monuments
The U.S. Department of Justice released a May 27 legal opinion asserting that the President holds the authority to shrink or abolish national monuments designated by predecessors—reversing a restraint held in place since 1938. This opinion opens the door to potentia…








