The federal court filing follows a ruling by the Interior Board of Land Appeals to deny a stay of the closures earlier this month. SALT LAKE CITY - Today, a coalition of off-road groups took their challenge to the federal government’s arbitrary and illegal closure...
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Articles: Legal Update
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 6 GMUG Objection Process
In October BlueRibbon Coalition submitted an official objection to the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests management plan. More than 3 million acres in Colorado will be affected by this forest plan that will direct management decisions for the next...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 7 National Monument Challenge in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
In August 2022, BlueRibbon Coalition filed a challenge to President Biden's expansion of the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah's District Court. This year we moved forward with this challenge, and we are...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 8 Black Canyon Corridor
A little over a year ago, the Hassayampa Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management completed the travel management plan for the Black Canyon Corridor in Arizona. The plan ended up leaving open many valuable routes - including several technical rock crawling...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 9 Idaho Supreme Court to Review Status of Rollercoaster Trail
Bonner County District Judge Susie Jensen recently upheld the Shoshone Board of County Commissioners' decision to deny a petition for road validation concerning a section of West Fork Pine Creek Road - a main access road for the popular Rollercoaster trail located in...
RELEASE: Coalition of Off-Roaders Challenges Imminent Closure of 317 Miles of Trails Near Moab, UT
Today, the BlueRibbon Coalition, joined by the Colorado Offroad Trail Defenders and Mr. Patrick McKay, challenged a decision by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to close 317 miles of some of the nation’s best off-roading trails near Moab, Utah. If allowed to stand,...
Defund the Bureau of Land Management National Monument Planners
Yesterday BlueRibbon Coalition filed its notice of appeal in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in its challenge to President Biden's expansions of the Grand Staircase Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments. We were disappointed that the District Court in Utah...
RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Will Continue Antiquities Act Challenge
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Last Friday evening, on the heels of the Biden Administration abusing the Antiquities Act to set aside another million-plus acres of Western land, a federal judge in the District of Utah granted the Government’s motion to...
Idaho Trails Legal Update
Donate to the Fight Today the North Idaho TrailBlazers had a big day in court. As part of a partnership that includes the Idaho Recreation Council and BlueRibbon Coalition, we’ve been waiting for this day for several months.NITB is currently involved in a legal action...
San Rafael Desert Route 781: CLOSED
Shortly after the Bureau of Land Management released their decision for the travel plan to increase the miles of open routes in the San Rafael Desert in Utah from roughly 300 miles of routes to roughly 900 miles of routes, we were not surprised to learn that the...








