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Important Wilderness Meeting Announcement – Montana Rep. Denny Rehberg holds important meeting on massive new Wilderness in Montana

| April 18, 2012
Important Wilderness Meeting Announcement – Montana Rep. Denny Rehberg holds important meeting on massive new Wilderness in Montana

The BlueRibbon Coalition just received word from our partners in Montana that Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today announced his intention to hold a public listening session to discuss the implications of the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act, introduced by Senator Max Baucus and cosponsored by Senator Jon Tester. The bill would expand Montana’s already abundant […]

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Attention all OHV enthusiasts in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa and Illinois

| April 5, 2012
Attention all OHV enthusiasts in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa and Illinois

We just received an email from John Schnorr, Executive Director Wisconsin Off-Highway Vehicle Association (WOHVA), asking us to pass along information on an important market survey being conducted by Ripon College. Ripon College is conducting a market survey to determine the feasibility of establishing a large off-road vehicle park in Forest County in northern Wisconsin. […]

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Recreation Group Urges Common Sense Approach To Grouse Management

| March 27, 2012
Recreation Group Urges Common Sense Approach To Grouse Management

POCATELLO, ID (March 26)–The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), a national trail-based recreation group, submitted formal scoping comments on the proposed BLM’s 2010 Sage Grouse Planning Strategy. BRC believes this planning effort has the potential to significantly impact motorized recreation in the 11 states where the Grouse currently occurs. The formal public comment period ended on March […]

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Colorado Stay The Trail Custom License Plates

| December 7, 2011
Colorado Stay The Trail Custom License Plates

The license plates will provide funding and create awareness for Stay The Trail’s off-highway vehicle (OHV) educational and ethics programs. The programs highlight responsible OHV use on public lands in an effort to provide a sustainable recreational experience for OHV users and to keep trails and roads open to public access. Requirements: One-time fee of […]

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Recreation Groups Respond To Roadless Rule Decision

| October 25, 2011
Recreation Groups Respond To Roadless Rule Decision

Recreation access advocates expressed disappointment with the recent decision of the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstating the 2001 Roadless Rule.  That decision was issued on October 21, 2011 by a three-judge panel over eighteen months after the case was argued.  Their 120-page opinion disagreed with the Wyoming district court, emphasizing the procedural low […]

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Take Back Utah Parade & Rally Saturday August 20, 2011

| August 18, 2011
Take Back Utah Parade & Rally Saturday August 20, 2011

For up to the minute details including parade route, event location, vendor booth sign-up, start times, etc. visit TBU’s website athttp://www.takebackutah.org Date: Saturday Aug. 20, 2011 Location: State Fair Park and Utah Capitol Building Rally Starts at: 9:30 AM Parade starts at: approx 10:30 AM (staging begins at 6:00 AM) We want to formally invite you to […]

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Glade Run Rec OHVing

| July 19, 2011
Glade Run Rec OHVing

Time to rally the masses, we need lots of letters to the BLM, requesting that the Glade remain open to all OHVing, Glade Rec Area wide. Comments need to be positive, intelligent and civil. We need to make it known that areas of the Glade shouldn’t be closed to motorized users and allowed for only […]

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Idaho Legal Action Update

| October 13, 2010 | 0 Comments
Idaho Legal Action Update

BLUERIBBON COALITION LEGAL ACTION UPDATE! IDAHO LEGAL ACTION UPDATE Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, There is good reason to send this Idaho Legal Action Update Alert. Much is happening in Idaho–some good, some threatening, and all of it potentially affecting your recreational access.    Lawsuits have odd, and sometime very long, life spans. A lawsuit can […]

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BLUERIBBON COALITION IDAHO LANDUSE UPDATE!

| October 5, 2010 | 0 Comments
BLUERIBBON COALITION IDAHO LANDUSE UPDATE!

Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, Phil Taylor, a reporter for E&E Publishing, a Washington D.C. based natural resource news source, wrote an article on Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson’s CIEDRA Wilderness bill. Taylor’s excellent article was also picked up by the New York Times (See links below for the article). Taylor reports about how successful the Idaho Recreation […]

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Idaho BLM Seeks Comment on Draft Resource Management Plan and EIS

| September 20, 2010 | 0 Comments
Idaho BLM Seeks Comment on Draft Resource Management Plan and EIS

BLUERIBBON COALITION LANDUSE UPDATE! Idaho BLM Seeks Comment on Draft Resource Management Plan and EIS Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Jarbidge Field Office has announced the release of their Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a 90-day public comment period, which will end […]

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