Lake Powell, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and the areas surrounding Page, Arizona will likely continue to require focused attention from our team. Like Moab, this area regularly draws the attention of those who want to limit access to this area. There has...
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Articles: Legal Update
Exploring the EXPLORE Act
We weren’t planning on covering the EXPLORE Act in the 12 Days of Legal Updates series, because it wasn’t clear if it would survive the lame duck session of Congress. This is a substantial piece of legislation that passed the House of Representatives unanimously...
2024 Impact Report – How BRC Members Made a Difference
The last several years we have seen a concerted effort to restrict access to our public lands. As a result, we are in some pretty big fights that attract a lot of attention. We are in court to challenge the abuse of the Antiquities Act. Our lawsuit to reopen the...
Motorized Justice for Disabled Americans
One of our most notable fights to protect motorized access to public lands for disabled Americans was a legal challenge to the closure of a small beach in the King Range National Conservation Area. Back in 1999, BlueRibbon Coalition joined a lawsuit pertaining to the...
The Unraveling of Chevron Deference
12 Days of Legal Updates - Day 1 - 2024 During the summer of 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States released their decision for the case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned a legal precedent referred to as Chevron Deference. Prior to this...
Breaking News! Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Deference
Message from our Vice President Shannon Welch: Today marks a historic moment for public land access: the Supreme Court has overturned Chevron Deference. This monumental decision could reshape the landscape of public land management and significantly impact our access...
RELEASE – Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in Favor of BlueRibbon Coalition to Protect Filming on Public Lands
POCATALLO, ID – JUNE 25, 2024 –BlueRibbon Coalition, a leading advocate for public access to outdoor recreation on public lands, recently secured a preliminary injunction, stopping the Federal Government from enforcing its “commercial filming” permit-and-fee scheme...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 1 BRC Plans to Hire Staff Attorney and Grow Legal Program
During the past year, BlueRibbon Coalition has engaged in hundreds of administrative actions that affect access to outdoor recreation experiences on public lands. We are proud of the work of our policy team, and we believe that showing up is making a big difference....
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 2 – Next Steps for Moab
On December 22, we joined with Colorado Off-road Trail Defenders and Texas Public Policy Institute to take our challenge to the federal government’s arbitrary and illegal closure of over 300 miles of trails near Moab, UT, to federal district court for the...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 3 San Rafael Swell Travel Planning – Looking Ahead
The recent decision to close hundreds of miles of some of the best off-road trails on the planet near Moab was part of a larger ongoing project that will affect many more trails. In 2017 the Department of Interior, wilderness groups, and pro-access groups including...









