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The 2001 Roadless Rule locked up 58.5 million acres of National Forest land, blocking road maintenance, wildfire mitigation, and reasonable access for 25 years. BRC supports H.R. 7695 and S. 140, two bills that would repeal the rule and return management decisions to lo…
The BLM comment period closes TODAY, June 8. Once it shuts, these closures get one step closer to permanent. Add your comments before midnight on June 8th.
The Caja del Rio Protection Act would create new federal designations across 85,000 New Mexico acres with a built-in mandate to decommission roads not listed on a map that does not yet exist. BRC opposes the bill because these designations have a proven track record of …
The BLM’s Conservation and Landscape Health Rule is gone, and BRC has been working to kill it since the day it was proposed. Over three years, BRC mobilized members, submitted formal comments, worked with Congress, took meetings at the highest levels of the Administrati…
The Bureau of Land Management has finalized the rescission of the 2024 “Public Lands Rule,” restoring the 1976 multiple-use mandate. This decision follows opposition from the BlueRibbon Coalition, which argued the rule exceeded legal authority and favored privatization …
Hundreds of miles of OHV routes in Utah’s San Rafael Swell and San Rafael Desert may be reopened under a new BLM alternative. BRC has been fighting these closures in court since 2025, and now the agency wants to hear from riders. Submit your comment in support of reopen…
The legal fight over 2,200 miles of closed OHV routes in the Western Mojave has moved to the Ninth Circuit, and BRC filed to intervene to represent the voice of riders. If this precedent stands, it will not stay in California. Learn how this differs from our previous le…
Filing Seeks to Secure OHV User Representation as Federal Government Appeals Order That Closed 2,200 Miles of Motorized Routes
Executive orders dating back to 1972 created the “minimization criteria” that agencies now use to justify closing OHV access across public lands. What started as a balancing tool has become a legal weapon for litigation groups to lock riders out and collect legal fees. …
Today, BlueRibbon Coalition filed a Motion for Leave to Intervene in the federal lawsuit that triggered sweeping closures across the West Mojave OHV route network. This is a direct legal action to get a seat at the table and protect your access. Read more about why it m…