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Ash Meadows National Conservation Area Could Restrict OHV Access on 186,000 Acres in Nevada

Ash Meadows National Conservation Area Could Restrict OHV Access on 186,000 Acres in Nevada

Sep 10, 2026

The Amargosa Conservancy wants 186,000 acres of BLM land around Ash Meadows locked up as a National Conservation Area, and a second group is already campaigning for a full national monument on the same ground. NCAs restrict motorized travel from the day they are created, as riders found at Steens Mountain and Beaver Dam Wash, and agencies keep tightening for decades after. Tell your elected officials to oppose the designation before a bill is written.

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A dirt road curves through a thinned conifer stand in the Umatilla National Forest, with cut stumps, scattered logs, and a green understory of ferns and small white wildflowers.

54 North Project Would Thin 40,000 Acres and Restore Huckleberry in the Umatilla National Forest – Comment by Sept. 25

Sep 9, 2026

The Umatilla National Forest wants to thin, treat, and reintroduce prescribed fire across roughly 40,000 acres of the North Fork John Day Ranger District, and it will use 156 miles of existing forest road to do the work. A working road system and a fire-resilient forest go together, and this project proves it. Submit a comment in support of the 54 North Project before the September 25 deadline.

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Los Padres Wildfire Risk Reduction Project Stalls as Timber, Plaskett Fires Burn Big Sur

Los Padres Wildfire Risk Reduction Project Stalls as Timber, Plaskett Fires Burn Big Sur

Sep 1, 2026

The Timber and Plaskett fires are burning across the Big Sur country of the Los Padres National Forest, the same ground the Wildfire Risk Reduction Project was written to defend with fuel breaks near communities. For three years Los Padres ForestWatch has worked to cut that plan by 83 percent and force it back into years of new review, and the community-protection work still is not built. Read BRC’s full report in the NEPA Jail tracker and help us hold anti-management campaigns accountable.

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Giant Sequoias Burned After a Lawsuit Stalled Sequoia Salvage Logging

Giant Sequoias Burned After a Lawsuit Stalled Sequoia Salvage Logging

Aug 29, 2026

Environmental groups took a small Sequoia salvage sale all the way to the Supreme Court, lost on standing, and still got the delay they wanted, so the dead timber never came out. Then the Castle and Windy fires ran through those groves and killed up to a fifth of the world’s giant sequoias. BRC’s NEPA Jail tracker follows this pattern across the West, and your donation helps fund the work.

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Moab BLM Airstrip Plan Would Keep 10 Backcountry Strips Open, Anti-Access Orgs Are Trying to Close Them

Moab BLM Airstrip Plan Would Keep 10 Backcountry Strips Open, Anti-Access Orgs Are Trying to Close Them

Aug 27, 2026

The BLM wants to formally designate ten backcountry airstrips in southeast Utah, the same dirt strips that have been around since the 1950’s and allowed search and rescue teams into canyon country when someone gets hurt. Anti-access groups have flooded the record with over 2,500 comments to shut them down. Tell the BLM you support keeping these airstrips open before comments close September 3.

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Forest Service Travel Management Rule

The Travel Management Rule Is Overdue for a Fix. The Forest Service Just Proposed One. Take Action & Add Your Comments

Aug 21, 2026

The Forest Service’s decades-old Travel Management Rule that decides where you can ride across 380,000 miles of national forest roads is finally getting a revision. BRC backs the Forest Service’s plan to drop the minimization standard, recognize e-bikes, and fix the maps riders can’t trust. And the Forest Service wants to know what routes should be reopened. Comments are due September 23, 2026.

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Oceano Dunes Coastal Commission

Tell NOAA: The California Coastal Commission Overstepped at Oceano Dunes

Aug 21, 2026

California’s Coastal Commission spent years layering permit conditions at Oceano Dunes until they became the foundation for phasing out OHV recreation entirely. Now NOAA is reviewing whether the agency overstepped its authority, and riders have a direct chance to weigh in. Submit your comment through BRC’s tool before August 22 and tell NOAA the Commission has not honored public access.

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