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Articles: National Monument
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.
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...
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 goals of the 30×30 Plan favored by anti-access organizations. Comments are being accepted through November 10, 2025.
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.
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 potential revocation of monument status, including recent designations like the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla sites in California and monuments that have been clouded in long term controversy like Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.
AUSTIN - Today, BlueRibbon Coalition joined a lawsuit filed by the Texas Public Policy Foundation to challenge the constitutionality of the Biden administration’s creation of the 624,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument in January. This lame duck land grab by the...
BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) is proud to support the recently introduced Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act , a critical step toward restoring balance in the management of public lands. This legislation addresses longstanding concerns about the...
Oppose the Maah Daah Hey National Monument Proposal The Maah Daah Hey National Monument proposal aims to designate nearly 140,000 acres of public land in western North Dakota as a national monument. This sweeping designation would include parts of...
For years BlueRibbon Coalition has been working to oppose and prevent the designation of the proposed Dolores River Canyon National Monument in western Colorado. It will cause significant issues for public access to lands, the local economic stability, and responsible...
UPDATE: On January 27, 2025, President Biden designated this monument. We encourage everyone to contact their members of Congress to ask them to reverse this land grab. If you've already submitted this alert in the past, you should do it again, since many members of...