BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) is pleased to announce a significant victory for off-highway vehicle (OHV) access in the Mt. Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington. After months of engagement—including comments during public comment periods, the submission of a...
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Support the Bipartisan “Fix Our Forests Act” to Restore Effective Forest Management
Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) restores forest health, increases resiliency to catastrophic wildfires, and protects communities by expediting environmental analyses, reducing frivolous lawsuits, and increasing the pace and scale of forest restoration projects. It’s a bipartisan effort, so urge your representatives to support this bill via our action alert form below.
The Public Lands Rule is a Public Lands Sell-off
In recent weeks, we learned that a Chinese tech billionaire Jack Ma bought 28,000 acres of what has been described as "wilderness land." He had to set up a shell company to buy the property, and it sounds like he will be managing it with heavy...
GORP Act to Threaten 730,000 Acres of Public Land in western Colorado
The GORP Act will severely restrict recreation opportunities in the Gunnison Basin of western Colorado. BRC opposes the bill as it violates the multiple-use mandate, reduces local management of public lands and harms communities. Urge your representatives to oppose the bill via the form below.
Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act Re-introduced in Congress
The Outdoor Americans with Disability Act aims to ensure Americans with limitations can access and enjoy our public lands. BRC has worked closely with Congress to ensure our community and their needs are addressed. Find details about the Act below and fill out the form to urge your representatives to support this legislation.
Will Santa Barbara Be the Next Palisades?
The biggest fear tactic we have seen in the discourse around the proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule is to suggest that rescinding the rule will lead to logging companies coming in and clearcutting our forests. Long before the Roadless Rule was enacted the USFS...
Support Withdrawing “Conservation and Landscape Health” Rule That Sells Public Lands to Highest Bidder in Name of Environmentalism
The BLM is proposing to rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule. This rule prioritized “conservation” on BLM land through a new scheme of selling “conservation leases.” It is a backdoor attempt to sell out our public land to the highest bidder to achieve goals of the 30×30 Plan favored by anti-access organizations. Comments are being accepted through November 10, 2025.
The Roadless Rule and Water Quality – Debunking Roadless Rule Misinformation Part 4
We recently filed an objection to the US Forest Service's Carbon River Landscape Analysis, which proposes logging projects in the Evans Creek OHV Area of the Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest. As is often the case in projects like this, there was an analysis of of...
Do Forests Restricted by Roadless Rule Still Allow Recreation? Debunking Roadless Rule Misinformation – Part 3
This is a series on Roadless Rule misinformation. Read: Part 1 Here | Part 2 Here Almost every time we see restrictions enacted on public lands that are designed force one-size-fits-all management, we see a chorus of anti-access advocates reassure us that these...
Can the Forest Service Afford to Maintain Roads? Debunking Roadless Rule Misinformation – Part 2
This is a series on Roadless Rule misinformation. Read: Part 1 Here | Part 3 Here On September 2, 2025, the Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia rules that the Trump Administration could pull back $20 billion in funds that were awarded to non-profits to fight...









