BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) is proud to support the recently introduced Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act, a critical step toward restoring balance in the management of public lands. This legislation addresses longstanding concerns about the misuse of the Antiquities Act, which has often been wielded to designate massive swaths of public land as national monuments without meaningful input from local communities, recreational users, or other stakeholders.
For decades, we’ve witnessed the Antiquities Act being utilized in ways that impose sweeping restrictions on public land use, disproportionately affecting recreation access, rural economies, and the ability to manage these lands responsibly. We have seen national monuments restrict camping, off-roading, overlanding, e-biking, climbing, BASE jumping, grazing, small mining claims, target shooting and many other forms of recreation. This one-size-fits-all approach has undermined multiple-use principles and marginalized voices from those most directly impacted.
Aside from their significant impacts to local communities, abusive monument designations are made through an abuse of presidential power that makes a mockery of representative government. The Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act seeks to curtail the unchecked authority of the executive branch, ensuring that any monument designations are designated by our elected representatives in Congress. While this legislation won’t address the abuse of the Antiquities Act that has already occurred, this legislation is necessary to prevent future abuse and overreach by the executive branch.
BRC stands firm in supporting any efforts that restore meaningful limits to the Antiquities Act, empower local communities and stakeholders, and protect access to our treasured public lands. But we can’t do it alone — we need your voice.
We urge you to take action today. Use the action alert tool below to send a message to your representatives, urging them to support the Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act. Together, we can push back against government overreach and ensure public lands remain accessible for recreation and multiple use for generations to come.
Let’s make our voices heard. Take action today!
Please support off-road recreation
Please take it to the president to abolish the 1906 Antiquity Act and make it the job of Congress
I want to access my public lands and not have them closed down.
As A former National Park Service Ranger , naturalist and long time conservationist, I see a need to stop the political motivated massive creation of National monuments to appease or favor small vocal minorities.. By creating more and larger lands to be managed by the USFS, NPS and BLM, you are really impacting these service’s by reducing the funds to manage existing Parks and Monuments. This drastically deprives ALL current units of both limited manpower and funds. You can not to more or better with less. Furthur, based on historical experience, of mine and others, these conservation, special interest groups, which are a highly vocal minority, will never be appeased. Each “victory” for them is nothing more than Segway for raising donations and energizing their self-importance.
It is my observations and experience that it is all about power, and financing their staffs, using “Conservation” , for their own selfish best interests… NOT the Publics As such, no matter what or how much they get, it is NEVER going to be enough. Please stop their influence which has become and industry rather than a movement
Daniel Smith, USNPS, ret. ( SEKI, CAVE, MORA, R0MO HAVO)
It is critical to protect parks and wildlife on our public lands. There are many sites that have already been challenged by fires, reduced water access and other new environmental threats.
Respectfully,
Barb Price
We have witnessed total abuse from Washington declaring monument after monument, while we lose more access to PUBLIC LANDS. This is no longer acceptable.
Backing you 100%!
There too many restrictions being made for the use of public lande. America belongs to the people and they should not be restricted from using it for their recreation and enjoyment
As I’m finally able to travel in my retirement years, it distresses me that you are acting to close access to so much of our beautiful wilderness.