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ShareTrails | Weekly Newsletter – Issue 62
Preview – ISSUE 62: Grandview Travel Management Plan: Input needed on proposal to close 65% of routes in Idaho area Weekly Newsletter Issue 62 | Mar 16, 2024 Grandview Travel Management Plan: Input needed on proposal to close 65% of routes in Idaho area The Owyhee region of southwestern Idaho is accepting public comment for…
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ShareTrails | The San Rafael Swindle: 7 Things We have Learned 5 Years After the Passage of the Dingell Act
Earlier this week, anti-access wilderness groups celebrated the five year anniversary of the passage of the Dingell Act. This law was passed by Congress and signed into law on March 12, 2019. In Utah this law is often referred to as the the Emery County Wilderness Bill that designated 663,000 acres of Wilderness in Utah
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ShareTrails | Oppose the Sell Off of Our Public Lands and National Parks to Wall Street
In October, BlueRibbon Coalition has been engaged on a public rule making proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yes, you read that right. You might be asking what the SEC has to do with BRC’s mission of protecting recreation access to public land? The short answer is that there are serious plans in development
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ShareTrails | RELEASE: Representative John Curtis Introduced Historic Roadways Protection Act in House of Representatives
BIG NEWS! Utah Representative John Curtis introduced the Historic Roadways Protection Act in the House of Representatives this week. We’ve been encouraging everyone to support this legislation to save our Moab trails since it was introduced in the U.S. Senate on October 26. The next step was to get a member of the House of Representatives
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ShareTrails | Lawsuit Over Pine Creek Road in Oregon Heats Up: County Claims Public Right of Way
A 2 1/2 mile road that crosses private land is being disputed in courts in Western Oregon. Pine Creek Road which is located in Baker County has been used for generations in the Elkhorn Mountain Range. This is used by both Oregon and Idaho residents. A private property owner purchased the land in 2020 and
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ShareTrails | Ashley National Forest Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project
The United States Forest Service is proposing a hazardous fuels reduction treatment in the Ashley National Forest area. The goal is to reduce the risks of large, hazardous wildfires. Treatments would include the thinning of shrubs and trees and prescribed burns. Active fire prevention and management practices are vital to keeping our forests healthy, maintaining
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ShareTrails | Vegetation Improvement Projects Proposed in BLM Managed Public Lands in Coeur d-Alene, Idaho| High and Dry Forest Health Treatment | Support Active Fire Management
As wildfire and poor management devastates more and more public lands across the nation, there is a dire need for active forest management. The newly proposed High and Dry Forest Health Treatment project proposed by the BLM is a turn for the better; the project proposes to implement active and responsible fire management practices and
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ShareTrails | Jackson Hole World Championship Snowmobile Hill Climb Features BlueRibbon Coalition Outreach
Again, this year the Jackson Snow Devils provided BRC a booth at the Jackson Hole World Championship Snowmobile Hill Climb. The booth was located between the Advocates for Multi-use of Public Lands (AMPL) booth and the Wyoming State Snowmobile Association (WSSA) booth at the Hill Climb event. We also connected with the Pink Ribbon Riders,
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ShareTrails | USFS Proposing Restrictions for Vehicle-based Dispersed Camping on National Forest System Lands in Colorado’s Chaffee, Freemont, Saguache, Park, and Lake counties.
Proposals to restrict dispersed camping in Colorado is nothing new however this time, The U.S. Forest Service is singling out vehicle-based camping. BLM land in Chaffee County, just last year proposed many restrictions to camping and recreation use. The issue isn’t people accessing public lands, it’s high value, private property owners not wanting anyone on
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ShareTrails | Lost Trails #4 & #5 | San Rafael Desert, UT | Horse Bench | BLM Route 781 |
Overview: The horse bench area, located in the San Rafael Desert south of Green River, UT, contains a series of trails that traverse vast tracts of remote, open desert landscape and end at one of the most spectacular dispersed campsites this desert has to offer. The trails included in this article are at risk of