Bureau of Reclamation is accepting public comment for the near term Colorado River Operations. In April of 2023 BOR released its original alternatives and the public provided feedback. Many of our members sent in comments. The BOR ended that public comment period due...
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Articles: California
Chumash Marine Sanctuary-Restricting more than meets the eye
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has proposed moving forward with designating the Chumash Marine Sanctuary in California. This sanctuary is being sold as a way to protect valuable ocean waters and species through this designation. From an...
Mojave Trails National Monument
UPDATE: The comment period has been extended through July 5, 2023 The Mojave Trails National Monument has started scoping for the monument management plan. The Mojave Trails National Monument was designated in 2016 and encompasses 1.6 million acres in California 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...
Forest Service Proposed Rule to Prioritize Conservation Instead of Management
Just days after the BLM announced their proposed supplementary rule which would prioritize conservation, the US Forest Service released a proposed rule that also has the same deadline, June 20, 2023 for public comment. Please join with BRC and others and submit a...
Oversight for the Sierra and Sequoia National Forests
Throughout the past few years BlueRibbon Coalition along with other organizations such as Cal4Wheel have participated throughout the NEPA process for the updated forest management plans. Objections were submitted on the updated management plans due to the loss of...
Red Rock Canyon State Park in California to Turn Motorized Trails into Non-Motorized
The California Park and Recreation Commission has been analyzing and updating the General Management Plan for Red Rock Canyon State Park. They have released the draft plan and final EIS and will be voting on the plan March 3, 2023. Draft, Red Rock Canyon State Park...
Will the Six State Plan to Save the Colorado River Work?
On January 30, six of the seven Colorado River basin states jointly released a proposal to the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) in response to that agency’s January 31 deadline to avoid facing possible preemptive federal intervention. Technically, it’s a...
Three New National Monuments and Expansion Proposed in California
Several national monuments are being proposed in California to lock up millions of acres of public land. These areas are already substantially protected through numerous laws. Wilderness, National Forests, National Parks and other designations are already in place...
Twelve Days of Legal Updates| Day 5:STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST, CA
Legal Challenge to Stanislaus National Forest Snowmobile Plan We are partners with the Sierra Snowmobile Foundation in the most important legal challenge to affect snowmobiling since our fights to keep Yellowstone open for snowmobiles. This case continues to work its...








