With the release of the travel plan for the San Rafael Swell, which announced the closure of 665 miles of routes for motorized recreation, there have now been over 1,000 miles of routes closed in the state of Utah in the last four years. These closures are a result of...
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Biden’s Monument Adds Fuel to the Fires Burning in California
This week President Biden traveled to California to designate the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments. While he had planned to announce the monuments at a ceremony in Palm Springs, this dog and pony show was canceled due to forecasted severe weather. This...
RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Opposes BLM’s Closure of 665 Miles of Routes and Numerous Campsites in San Rafael Swell
SALT LAKE CITY – Today the Bureau of Land Management released its final decision for the San Rafael Swell. The plan was released at 3:12 p.m. on New Years Eve, and it announced the closure of 665 miles of off-road routes in one of Utah’s most popular landscapes...
Stopping the Sell-off of Public Lands
As we brace ourselves for the onslaught of messages from anti-access groups that opening public lands up for oil and gas leasing is a "sell-off" of our public lands, we want to remind everyone that we've had to fight hard during the last 18 months to stop the largest...
The Future of the 30 x 30 Land Grab
One of the first executive orders signed by Joe Biden was Executive Order 14008, which called for federal agencies to lock up 30% of our nation’s lands by 2030. It would be difficult to find an organization that has closed tracked all the different ways that agencies...
The Fight for More Single Track
In 2023 BlueRibbon Coalition filed an administrative appeal of the complete closure of an area called Massacre Rocks in eastern Idaho. As part of our appeal we included this history from our organization: BlueRibbon Coalition was founded in 1987 by Clark Collins, who...
The Final Act of the Antiquities Act
It could happen any day now that President Biden will designate several new national monuments during the waning days of his lame duck presidency. We are currently tracking 10 national monument proposals that combined are larger than five million acres. To designate...
The Future of Filming on Public Land
12 Days of Legal Updates - Day 2 - 2024 Nathan Riddle loved sharing the stories of America’s public lands. As a BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) member, Nathan’s videos highlighted the importance of motorized access to remote areas, often capturing breathtaking scenery and...
The Unraveling of Chevron Deference
12 Days of Legal Updates - Day 1 - 2024 During the summer of 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States released their decision for the case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned a legal precedent referred to as Chevron Deference. Prior to this...
Oppose the Caja del Rio National Monument in New Mexico
A coalition of environmental organizations and local leaders in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, is calling on the federal government to designate the Caja del Rio region as a national monument. This area, which spans 100,000 acres in parts of the Santa Fe National Forest...









