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USDA Accepting Comments on Roadless Rule Rescission – Support this Win for Public Land Access

Aug 29, 2025

Since 2001, BlueRibbon Coalition, along with various states, have been fighting the implementation of the Roadless Rule, which essentially designated 59 million acres of national forests as de facto wilderness through a regulation instead of an act of Congress. The USDA has proposed to rescind the rule and are now accepting comments. BRC strongly supports its rescission. Add your support below by September 19th!

Wallowa Mountains, Oregon — Oregon’s Alps with Glacial Valleys, High Trails, and Alpine Lakes

Support an Open-Access, Active Management Alternative in Oregon’s Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision

Aug 25, 2025

For the first time in 35 years, USFS is updating the management plans for the Blue Mountains region in Oregon and Washington. Initial plans propose to stop issuing recreation residence tract permits, consider over 700,000 acres for Roadless Areas, and only maintain a fraction of the already-established roads. Your voice is needed to ensure that we protect recreation access to this popular forest.

Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity: Help Expand Recreational Access in Bridger-Teton National Forest

Aug 15, 2025

The Bridger-Teton National Forest is beginning the process to revise its management plan. With the recent Congressional Acts and Executive Orders that call to protect and expand recreation, we have a generational opportunity expand access within one of the most popular national forests in the States. We present our recommendations and need your support for their consideration via the form below.

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Save Access to Grand Staircase-Escalante by Telling Congress to Fund the 2020 RMP, Not the 2025 Land Grab

Aug 5, 2025

The 11th-hour approval of a rushed 2025 update to plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument dramatically restricted motorized access and dispersed camping. Congress has proposed to only fund the 2020 version of the plan which still protects natural resources while maintaining multiple-use access. Urge your representatives to support this proposal via the form below.

Western Solar Plan: 31 Million Acres of Public Land Fast-Tracked For Sale

Jul 31, 2025

With 700,000 acres of public land already approved for sale, including another 31 million acres fast-tracked for disposal, the Western Solar Plan, approved in 2024, represents one of the largest privatizations of public land in history. We are calling on Congress to rescind this plan, which adversely affects recreation, and need your voice for support in the form below.

Save Moab Update: Tell the BLM to Comply with the EXPLORE Act and Reopen Trails

Jul 24, 2025

Since the closure of over 317 miles of trails in Moab in 2023, BRC continues our legal challenge in federal court. With the passage of the EXPLORE Act and new executive orders, BRC believe the BLM is no longer in compliance. We need your voice in the form below to petition the BLM to comply with new orders and reopen trails.

Tell the BLM to Keep Rollercoaster Trail Technically Challenging for Off-Roaders

Jul 15, 2025

We previously informed you of the North Idaho Trailblazers fight and recent win to keep one of the most popular trails in northern Idaho, the West Fork Pink Creek Trail, open. While that fight is still ongoing, there is an update from the BLM that could affect how the most beloved and technically challenging section of the trail, called the Rollercoaster, is maintained. We’re thrilled to see BLM offering an alternative to keep and maintain this section— but we need your voice to ensure this alternative is chosen. We’ve made it very easy to add your comments with the form below. Comments are due August 13th! Details and form below.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ATV UTV

Off-Roaders Are Not Villains – Setting the Washington Post Article Straight

Jul 11, 2025

After our collective win on the reopening of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to UTV’s and ATV’s, we were contacted by a reporter from the Washington Post wanting to cover the story. We had no illusions that a national news outlet would set aside the heavy bias...

Help save North Idaho Trailblazers Trail

Defend Access to the Westfork Pinecreek/Rollercoaster Trail – Tell Shoshone County Not to Vacate This Historic Road!

Jul 7, 2025

Even after an Idaho Supreme Court ruling affirming the road’s public status, The Westfork Pinecreek Trail, a popular off-road trail near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, faces restricted access due to a private landowner illegally gating a public road. The North Idaho Trailblazers are urging the public to use the form at the end of this article to contact Shoshone County Commissioners, demanding they maintain the road’s public status to preserve access for future off-road enthusiasts.

Taos Canyon USFS Route Closures New Mexico

Taos Canyon Forest Restoration Proposal Could Close Hundreds of Miles of Routes

Jun 26, 2025

The U.S. Forest Service has released a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Taos Canyon Wildfire Resilience and Habitat Improvement Project in the Carson National Forest of New Mexico. In 2024 BRC sounded the alarm on the potential impacts...

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