In 1996 President Clinton designated 1.9 million acres in Southern Utah as the Grand Staircase-Escalanate National Monument (GSENM). In 2017, President Trump reduced the size of the monument and then in 2021 President Biden re-expanded the monument. With each new...
Win a $74k+ Custom Side-by-Side & Trailer Package - Click Here
Articles: Utah
RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Sues to Overturn Biden Monument Designations
SALT LAKE CITY – Today, the BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah against President Biden’s unlawful designation of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. BRC is joined...
Lost Trails #15 & #16 | San Rafael Swell, UT | BLM Routes SS4554 & SS4556 | Dispersed Camping & Canyon Overlook
Overview: The San Rafael Swell (located just South of Price, UT) is home to some of the most spectacular deserts trails of the Intermountain West. This area is home to breathtaking sandstone cliffs and sweeping sands. Along the outskirts of the San Rafael Swell TMA,...
Lost Trails Guidebook #14 | San Rafael Swell, UT | Copper Globe Area | Scenic View | BLM Route SS4555
Overview: Utah's San Rafael Swell (just east of Green River, UT and south of Price) is home to some of the most spectacular deserts trails of the Intermountain West. This area is home to breathtaking sandstone cliffs and sweeping sands. Along the outskirts of the San...
Fill Lake Powell Action Alert: Tell the Bureau of Reclamation to Support the Path to 3588 Plan to Fill Lake Powell
Read Our Full Analysis Recently the Bureau of Reclamation which oversees Lake Powell and the other reservoirs within the Colorado River Basin hosted two public meetings to inform the public of future plans to address the future management plans for the Colorado River....
RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Announces “Path to 3588” Plan to Fill Lake Powell
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...
BLM Looking to Close 195 Miles of Routes in the San Rafael Desert
The BLM recently announced that they would be analyzing 195 miles of routes - Again - in the San Rafael Desert. We’ve been following this issue for several years, so let us give you a quick refresher. In 2020 BLM released a final Travel Management Plan for this area....
Defend Your Ground ep. 2: Fighting to Keep 10,000 Miles of OHV Routes Open in Utah
In this Episode of the Defend Your Ground Podcast, our Executive Director, Ben Burr, and UTV Utah's Bud Bruening discuss the legal fight to keep 10,000 miles of OHV routes open in Utah. Highlights include BRC's recent appeal of unjustified closures of routes in the...
Defend Your Ground Episode 1: Don’t Let Moab BLM Cancel Dispersed Camping
We are excited to announce that we have launched the Defend Your Ground Podcast as one more way that we can keep you informed of the work we are doing. Speak up to Protect Dispersed Camping Around Moab In our first episode we discuss the BLM plans to close/restrict...
Lost Trails Guidebook #13 | San Rafael Swell, UT | BLM Route SS4065 | Abandoned Mine & Dispersed Campsite
Overview: Utah's San Rafael Swell (just east of Green River, UT and south of Price) is home to some of the most spectacular deserts trails of the Intermountain West. This area is home to breathtaking sandstone cliffs and remote landscapes. Located within the swell,...









