For Immediate Release Pocatello, ID - Today BlueRibbon Coalition announced the release of their plan to Fill Lake Powell.The plan is called Path to 3588, and it discusses the reasonable changes we would need to make in the Colorado River Basin to ensure that the needs...
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Articles: Colorado
Elk Creek Marina Closed at Blue Mesa Reservoir in Colorado
Blue Mesa Reservoir is Colorado's largest body of water and provides many different recreational opportunities located within the Curecanti National Recreation Area. This reservoir normally brings in millions of dollars each year due to recreation. However, in 2021...
Lake Powell Update and the Desalination Research Advancement Act, H.R. 7612
Many new and exciting things are happening as we continue to be involved with Lake Powell and the Colorado Basin. Recently, the Flaming Gorge Operations Plan for the next year has been officially released and you can read that plan here. Below is the graph for the...
A Win for E-bikes in Colorado’s North Fruita Desert Trails System
The BLM in North Fruita, Colorado have issued the following update for the North Fruita Desert Trails Master Plan: This is a victory that we have been working hard towards along with other stakeholders. The Fruita area has seen a lot of proposed changes including...
Fees and Reservations Proposed in Rabbit Valley, Within the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, Colorado
So many visitors are heading to Rabbit Valley near the Western border of Colorado that the Bureau of Land Management will immediately require camping reservations and begin building or revamping campsites. Located west of Fruita in the McInnis Canyons National...
USFS Proposing Restrictions for Vehicle-based Dispersed Camping on National Forest System Lands in Colorado’s Chaffee, Freemont, Saguache, Park, and Lake counties.
Proposals to restrict dispersed camping in Colorado is nothing new however this time, The U.S. Forest Service is singling out vehicle-based camping. BLM land in Chaffee County, just last year proposed many restrictions to camping and recreation use. The issue isn't...
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...
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...
Support Active Management of Forests and Recreation Access in Colorado’s Swan Mountain
Just west of Denver is Swan Mountain where numerous outdoor recreation activities take place. The Forest Service is proposing vegetation projects to help keep the forest healthy. While we generally support vegetation projects BlueRibbon is always concerned with the...









