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 Administration, met with agency officials and monitored BLM offices for conservation lease applications. This is what sustained advocacy with help from our supporters looks like.
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Articles: Withdraw the Rule
BLM Rescinds the Public Lands Rule: A Win for Access, Multiple Use, and the Rule of Law
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 disguised as “conservation.” The rescission aims to ensure lawful and transparent management of public lands, maintaining access for recreational activities.
12 Days of Legal Updates: Our Fight to Withdraw the Public Lands Rule
Earlier this year, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) began the process of rescinding the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule (CLHR)—a sweeping regulation many have called the “Public Lands Rule”, which puts a nice spin on it. BlueRibbon Coalition submitted formal...
Roadless Rule Rescission: A 59-Million-Acre Win for the Grand Reopening of our Public Lands
Roadless Rule Rescission. What does it Mean? What are the consequences? Why did we want it rescinded? What’s Fact vs. Fiction? Find this and a timeline of BRC’s fight to rescind this rule in the article below.
UPDATE: Legislation Introduced Again to Withdraw the BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule
Representatives Celeste Maloy (UT) and Russ Fulcher (ID) reintroduced the WEST Act (Western Economic Security Today Act) to withdraw the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) controversial Conservation and Landscape Health Rule. This legislation aims to...
Amendments BRC Supports in the Department of Interior Appropriations Bill
The United States House is working to pass amendments in the 2024 Department of Interior House Appropriations bill. There are several amendments being voted on that will greatly affect our access to public lands and future recreation. Take a look at the following...
Oppose New Areas of Critical Environmental Concern in Bears Ears National Monument
Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah is updating the resource management plan, the overarching plan that will direct the future of the monument for decades. This plan will show which areas are off limits to certain users including mining, recreation,...
12 Days of Legal Updates: Day 11 Save Our Public Lands from a Wall Street Hostile Takeover
BlueRibbon Coalition recently engaged on a public rulemaking proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yes, you read that right. You might be asking what a financial regulator has to do with BRC’s mission of protecting recreation access to public land? The...
STOP 30X30: BRC attends summit in Texas to oppose locking up 30% of the US land and water by 2030.
September 21-23, 2023 BlueRibbon Coalition Executive Director, Ben Burr, Policy Director, Simone Griffin and board member Mark Maynard attended the Stop 30X30 summit held in Dallas Texas by the American Stewards of Liberty. Attendees gathered to learn and collaborate...
Add Your Organization to Our Letter Opposing the Bureau of Land Management Conservation Rule
Proposed changes to FLPMA by the Bureau of Land Management pose a massive threat to our public lands and current uses of these lands. While recreation, mining and grazing are all recognized uses of BLM lands, the rule would designate conservation as a use on par with...








