There is a shift happening on public lands with two main drivers: recreation and renewable energy, solar and wind power. The climate agenda is shifting the priorities of our public lands. There has been a significant increase of solar farms on public land in recent...
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Articles: Utah
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Breaks Visitation Record in 2023
Lake Powell in the winter is a different experience than it is during the hustle and bustle of the summer. While the picture above was taken during the month of December of last year, don’t let the vacant lake deceive you. Today we received the latest visitation data...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 2 – Next Steps for Moab
On December 22, we joined with Colorado Off-road Trail Defenders and Texas Public Policy Institute to take our challenge to the federal government’s arbitrary and illegal closure of over 300 miles of trails near Moab, UT, to federal district court for the...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 3 San Rafael Swell Travel Planning – Looking Ahead
The recent decision to close hundreds of miles of some of the best off-road trails on the planet near Moab was part of a larger ongoing project that will affect many more trails. In 2017 the Department of Interior, wilderness groups, and pro-access groups including...
RELEASE: Coalition of Off-Roaders Asks Federal Court to Halt Closure of Public Trails in Moab, Utah
The federal court filing follows a ruling by the Interior Board of Land Appeals to deny a stay of the closures earlier this month. SALT LAKE CITY - Today, a coalition of off-road groups took their challenge to the federal government’s arbitrary and illegal closure...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 7 National Monument Challenge in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
In August 2022, BlueRibbon Coalition filed a challenge to President Biden's expansion of the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah's District Court. This year we moved forward with this challenge, and we are...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 12 Let’s Support the Plan to Sustain Lake Powell and Lake Mead
This is the first installment of our annual 12 Days of Legal Updates series that we publish in December to give a brief update on our biggest fights. We work on a broad range of issues at BRC that affect recreation access all across the country. Some of our fights get...
RELEASE: Representative John Curtis Introduced Historic Roadways Protection Act in House of Representatives
BIG NEWS! Utah Representative John Curtis introduced the Historic Roadways Protection Act in the House of Representatives this week. We've been encouraging everyone to support this legislation to save our Moab trails since it was introduced in the U.S. Senate on...
Proposed E-bike Trails in Moab
Moab Field Office is accepting public comment through November 20, 2023 regarding the Mud Springs (Spanish Trail) mountain bike and e-bike trails just south of the town of Moab. The preferred alternative will allow class I e-bikes on the routes and keep 28 dispersed...
E-bike Routes Proposed in Southern Utah Near Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Bryce Canyon
Not far from Grand Staircase-Escalanate National Monument and Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County Utah is hoping to add mountain bike, e-bike and singletrack courses for public use. The BLM is accepting public comment until November 13, 2023 for the Garfield...









