When President Obama first designated the Bears Ears National Monument in Southeastern Utah near Blanding and south of Moab, through abuse of the Antiquities Act, School Land Trust parcels were within the boundaries of the expansive monument. As the boundaries have...
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Articles: Utah
Lake Powell and Lake Mead Operations Being Updated for the Next 20 Years!
The Bureau of Reclamation has announced the scoping period as they update the 2007 Interim Guidelines for the Colorado River Management Operations. The 2007 Interim Guidelines creates the planning direction for the BOR to determine how much water to release...
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...
Support Bureau of Reclamation’s Plan to Save Lake Powell and Lake Mead: Lake Powell Short Term Proposals for 2023-2026
The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has released its draft supplementary environmental impact statement (SEIS) for short term management of the Colorado River which effects Lake Powell and Lake Mead as well as millions of users. Several documents play a roll in the...
RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Responds to Bureau of Reclamation’s Colorado River Plan
Pocatello, ID – In response to the Bureau of Reclamation’s (BOR) April 11 , 2023 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for near-term operations in the Colorado River Basin that are necessitated by water shortages, BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC)...
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...
The Fight for Dispersed Camping Near Moab Continues
In 2022 the BLM released a draft environmental assessment for dispersed camping around Moab, Utah in several special recreation management areas. The BLM just opened up a second round of comments on the draft plan for dispersed camping in the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini...
Stop the Sale of Sand Mountain!
Located near St. George, Utah among the red rocks and red sand, Sand Mountain, by Sand Hollow State Park hosts year round recreational opportunities for people around the world. Bureau of Land Management is considering a land swap. However, if this land exchange...
RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Files Motion for Summary Judgment in Case Challenging President Biden’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Designations
SALT LAKE CITY – Last week, the BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), filed a motion for summary judgment in its challenge to President Biden’s unlawful proclamations expanding the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. This lawsuit—which has been...









