All Entries in the "West - Access Issues" Category

Clear Creek Management Area has been closed by the BLM, but your comments may help it reopen

In just Two Minutes you can help stop the continued closure of this vital California recreational area. Please ACT NOW there only a few days left to get your comments in by the 3/5/10 deadline.
The Clear Creek Management Area has been closed by the BLM as a result of an EPA report. This report does [...]

Coronado National Forest Plan Revision Meetings Announced

BLUERIBBON COALITION LANDUSE UPDATE!
Coronado National Forest Plan Revision Meetings Announced
Attention Arizona Recreationists!
The Coronado National Forest, located in southeast Arizona, is revising their Land and Resource Management Plan. The Forest Service (FS) is asking the public to review the initial “working draft” of this Revised Forest Plan at a series of open houses to be held [...]

Colorado OHV recreation threatened

Colorado OHV recreation threatened

Wilderness bill puts Colorado OHV recreation in the crosshairs!
Take Action! 

Contact your Representative to Oppose H.R. 4289!

H.R. 4289, the Colorado Wilderness Act of 2009, introduced by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), will designate 34 areas totaling 850,000 acres as Wilderness, including 72,397 in Handies Peak, 20,025 in Browns Canyon and 38,594 at Redcloud Peak. This [...]

BLM Invites Public Review of OHV Grant Applications

The public is invited to comment on the 2010 applications the Bureau of Land Management has submitted to the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division (OHMVR).  The public review and comment period will run from Tuesday, March 2 through Monday, April 1, 2010.
The OHV grant applications are [...]

BLM Seeks Desert District Advisory Council Nominations

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) California Desert District is soliciting nominations for five Southern Californians to serve on its District Advisory Council for the 2010-2012 three-year term, which would begin immediately upon confirmation by the Secretary of Interior.
The five positions to be filled include one representative each for renewable resources, [...]

CAPITOL LAND USE RALLY – FEBRUARY 23 2010

 
BLUERIBBON COALITION PARTNER ALERT!
CAPITOL LAND USE RALLY – FEBRUARY 23 2010
Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber,
BRC just received an email from Mike Swenson, Executive Director of the Utah Shared Access Alliance (USA-ALL), regarding the rally at the Utah State Capitol being held next week.
I have pasted his emails below; please take a couple of minutes to [...]

Board of Supervisors vote to formalize the alignment of the world-famous Rubicon Trail

Placerville, CA January 26, 2010: El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted to formalize the alignment of the world-famous Rubicon Trail. This decision includes a handful of important bypasses around some of the more difficult sections of trail, providing trail users the option of taking a less difficult route around the [...]

Rubicon Trail Users Oppose Plan Recommended by El Dorado County Department of Transportation

Friends of the Rubicon fighting for Little Sluice and trail bypasses
January 20, 2010 – Placerville, CA – Friends of the Rubicon (FOTR) asks for user support to change the future of the Rubicon Trail in El Dorado County. El Dorado County Department of Transportation (DOT) will present staff recommendations at [...]

BLM holds public meetings on Clear Creek Management Area – Hundred of Off-Roaders Attend

Public meetings held the past two weeks by the Bureau of Land Management on the future of Clear Creek Management Area drew hundreds of people to Coalinga, Hollister and Santa Clara.
Last night’s public meeting began with an open house where the public could gather information, talk with BLM specialists, and provide written comments on [...]

BLM Seeks Public Comment on the Las Vegas Resource Management Plan Revision & EIS

BLUERIBBON COALITION LANDUSE UPDATE!
Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber,
BLM Seeks Public Comment on the Las Vegas Resource Management Plan Revision & EIS
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District, Las Vegas and Pahrump Field Offices, are seeking public comments to identify issues and concerns that should be analyzed in a revision of the Las [...]