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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...
Lake Powell, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and the areas surrounding Page, Arizona will likely continue to require focused attention from our team. Like Moab, this area regularly draws the attention of those who want to limit access to this area. There has...
Oppose the Maah Daah Hey National Monument Proposal The Maah Daah Hey National Monument proposal aims to designate nearly 140,000 acres of public land in western North Dakota as a national monument. This sweeping designation would include parts of...
We weren’t planning on covering the EXPLORE Act in the 12 Days of Legal Updates series, because it wasn’t clear if it would survive the lame duck session of Congress. This is a substantial piece of legislation that passed the House of Representatives unanimously...
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...
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 last several years we have seen a concerted effort to restrict access to our public lands. As a result, we are in some pretty big fights that attract a lot of attention. We are in court to challenge the abuse of the Antiquities Act. Our lawsuit to reopen the...
One of our most notable fights to protect motorized access to public lands for disabled Americans was a legal challenge to the closure of a small beach in the King Range National Conservation Area. Back in 1999, BlueRibbon Coalition joined a lawsuit pertaining to the...
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...
Last year the Roller Coaster Trail in Northern Idaho was part of our 12 Days of Legal Updates series, and the challenge led by Idaho Recreation Council related to right-of-ways over private property is still pending before the Idaho Supreme Court. In just the last few...