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...
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Articles: Rock Climbing
Help Us Oppose the Dolores River Canyon National Monument and National Conservation Area
Along the Dolores River in Southern Colorado families camp, raft and recreate. We have recently seen a surge in social media posts promoting the creation of a national monument out of the Dolores River Canyon. Surprisingly, these posts suggest that the motivation for...
Add Your Organization to Our Letter Opposing the Bureau of Land Management Conservation Rule
Proposed changes to FLPMA by the Bureau of Land Management pose a massive threat to our public lands and current uses of these lands. While recreation, mining and grazing are all recognized uses of BLM lands, the rule would designate conservation as a use on par with...
CONTACT YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS: BRC Supports Legislation to Withdraw Proposed BLM Rule “Conservation and Landscape Health”
The Bureau of Land Management recently proposed a new rule to FLPMA to prioritize conservation and landscape health on BLM managed lands. This rule proposes prioritizing conservation on BLM land through a new scheme of selling "conservation leases." This is a backdoor...
More Moab Restrictions: Parachuting, slacklining, skydiving, rapelling and more will be off limits in Hell Roaring and Mineral Canyons
The Bureau of Land Management is at it again with proposed restrictions to rope and aerial use within two of the most popular canyons for this activity in the world. BLM is proposing to restrict even more recreational use within Hell Roaring and Mineral Canyons. These...
Twelve Days of Legal Updates| Day 7: Keep Massacre Rocks Open For Recreation
Massacre Rocks, ID The off-road trails around Massacre Rocks near American Falls, Idaho were a favorite destination of Clark Collins, the late founder of BRC. In 2011, the BLM started a planning process that would close almost all of the routes in this area. In...
American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas: Added, arbitrary layers of conservation to achieve 30X30
The Department of Interior is in the process of creating the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas. From our understanding, the Atlas will be used to track which lands and waters qualify to meet the objectives of the 30X30 initiative and set a road map for...
30X30 In California
The state of California has released a draft strategy for how they will achieve their part of the nation's 30X30 plan. This is an extreme environmental plan to conserve 30% of the nation's land and water by year 2030. Oftentimes people hear "conserve land and water"...
Greater Sage-grouse Land Use Plan Amendments in the Western United States
Greater Sage-grouse, or sometimes referred to as a Sagehen is a large type of grouse that lives in the western United States. In 2015 the BLM and Forest service amended many land use plans in order to accommodate the bird. When these 98 management plans were amended...
30X30 & Protecting America’s Wilderness (PAW) Act, H.R. 803, Isn’t Actually Protecting Opportunities for Americans
Colorado Representative Diana Degette is sponsoring the Protecting America's Wilderness Act, also known as the PAW Act. This proposed legislation includes designating 1.3 million acres of land as Wilderness and over 1,000 miles of river as Wild and Scenic. Many of the...









