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Conservation groups are pushing the Red Rock Wilderness Act which would designate even 8 million acres in throughout Utah as Wilderness. Utah already has extensive miles of land managed as Wilderness, wilderness study areas or land with wilderness characteristics....
The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog as endangered and threatened. This frog is located in California and Oregon. BRC is concerned with the potential listing because agencies have already restricted OSV and motorized use...
The Manti-La Sal National Forest is a huge forest in central and southern Utah. The Forest Service wants to authorize prescribed burns for up to 48,000 acres within the forest per year. Prescribed burns or controlled burns, across public lands are proposed to improve...
Greater Sage-grouse, or sometimes referred to as a Sagehen is a large type of grouse that lives in the western United States. In 2015 the BLM and Forest service amended many land use plans in order to accommodate the bird. When these 98 management plans were amended...
Colorado Representative Diana Degette is sponsoring the Protecting America's Wilderness Act, also known as the PAW Act. This proposed legislation includes designating 1.3 million acres of land as Wilderness and over 1,000 miles of river as Wild and Scenic. Many of the...
The Forest Service in the Lolo National Forest, the Superior North district located East of Missoula and near the town of Superior, is proposing several projects including vegetation and recreation management projects. BRC supports vegetation projects that help...
The Stanislaus National Forest in Northern California is accepting public comment for its proposed Social and Ecological Resilience Across the Landscape (SERAL) project. This forest is almost the size of Rhode Island. In August of 2021 the entire forest was closed to...
The Ashley National Forest located primarily in Utah but partially in Wyoming has not updated their management plan since 1986. The USFS has released the draft Environmental Impact Statement and the draft is open for public comment. This is the second stage in the...
Three projects are being proposed in Idaho after forest fire devastated the areas. All three projects include timber salvage which would benefit the local economies and provide local jobs. Salvage projects are also necessary for reopening roads that are closed for...
Just west of Denver is Swan Mountain where numerous outdoor recreation activities take place. The Forest Service is proposing vegetation projects to help keep the forest healthy. While we generally support vegetation projects BlueRibbon is always concerned with the...