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ShareTrails | American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas: Added, arbitrary layers of conservation to achieve 30X30
The Department of Interior is in the process of creating the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas. From our understanding, the Atlas will be used to track which lands and waters qualify to meet the objectives of the 30X30 initiative and set a road map for future areas that need more designations. Every square inch of
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ShareTrails | Proposed Listings for the Yellow-Legged Frog
The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog as endangered and threatened. This frog is located in California and Oregon. BRC is concerned with the potential listing because agencies have already restricted OSV and motorized use because of the yellow-legged frog. BRC is currently litigating restricted OSV use in the
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ShareTrails | BRC Announces Update to Membership Program
RELEASE – Today BlueRibbon Coalition announced a change in its individual membership plans. Starting February 9, 2022 there will be two annual membership levels. The Basic Membership will be $25 a year and will include a digital subscription to BRC updates and alerts, so that members can stay informed and engaged on ways they can
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ShareTrails | Moab ATV Businesses and BlueRibbon Coalition Celebrate Passage of HB 146 and Announce Challenge to Grand County ATV Business Regulations
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – On March 2, 2022 a group of 13 Moab ATV businesses and the BlueRibbon Coalition filed a Notice of Claim to Grand County to challenge recently enacted restrictions on ATV rental and ATV outfitter and guide service businesses. On March 3, 2022 the same group of claimaints filed a similar
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ShareTrails | Prescribed Burns in Manti-La Sal National Forest
The Manti-La Sal National Forest is a huge forest in central and southern Utah. The Forest Service wants to authorize prescribed burns for up to 48,000 acres within the forest per year. Prescribed burns or controlled burns, across public lands are proposed to improve forest health. Vegetation treatments need to be implemented to maintain forests
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ShareTrails | 30X30 In California
The state of California has released a draft strategy for how they will achieve their part of the nation’s 30X30 plan. This is an extreme environmental plan to conserve 30% of the nation’s land and water by year 2030. Oftentimes people hear “conserve land and water” and don’t understand how that can be a bad
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ShareTrails | Electric Bikes in West Virginia
In the state of West Virginia we are seeing proposed legislation to increase opportunities and access on public lands. One of those bills is Senate Bill 560. This bill addresses the use of electric bicycles or e-bikes, on public lands and trails where human powered bikes are allowed. With increased popularity of e-bikes over the
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ShareTrails | Greater Sage-grouse Land Use Plan Amendments in the Western United States
Originally found on BlueRibbon Coalition/ShareTrails. Greater Sage-grouse, or sometimes referred to as a Sagehen is a large type of grouse that lives in the western United States. In 2015 the BLM and Forest service amended many land use plans in order to accommodate the bird. When these 98 management plans were amended to accommodate the…
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ShareTrails | Help Create a Record of Opposition to the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
Originally found on BlueRibbon Coalition/ShareTrails. The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act is a 23 million acre juggernaut of a wilderness bill. This legislation has been introduced by Representative Maloney (D-NY), and it will designate millions of acres of wilderness and over 1800 miles of wild and scenic rivers in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.…
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ShareTrails | 30X30 & Protecting America’s Wilderness (PAW) Act Isn’t Actually Protecting Opportunities for Americans
Originally found on BlueRibbon Coalition/ShareTrails. Colorado Representative Diana Degette is sponsoring the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act, also known as the PAW Act. This proposed legislation includes designating 1.3 million acres of land as Wilderness and over 1,000 miles of river as Wild and Scenic. Many of the areas being proposed are currently designated as wilderness…