Tag: Route Designation
AZ-Tonto National Forest to Host Travel Management Planning Open Houses
THIS IS FOR YOU AZ FOLKS!!! BLUERIBBON COALITION LANDUSE UPDATE! Tonto National Forest to Host Travel Management Planning Open Houses Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, The Tonto National Forest, located in central Arizona, is proposing changes to their motorized vehicle travel system. During the month of November, six public open houses are scheduled to explain […]
Alaska-Denali State Park Trail Management Plan Meetings Scheduled
BLUERIBBON COALITION LANDUSE UPDATE! Denali State Park Trail Management Plan Meetings Scheduled Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (DPOR), has initiated a planning process to create Denali State Park’s first Trail Management Plan. The park encompasses about 324,270 acres, the majority of which […]
AZ-BLM Seeks Comments on Gila Unit Travel Management Plan
Listen up AZ peeps, this effects us!!! BLUERIBBON COALITION LANDUSE UPDATE! BLM Seeks Comments on Gila Unit Travel Management Plan Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Safford Field Office, located in southeastern Arizona, is seeking public input during a comment period for route designations on the Gila Unit Travel Management […]
Gila National Forest Proposing Hundreds of Miles of OHV Trail Closures
In addition to hundreds of miles of OHV trail closures, the Gila National Forest is proposing the closure of ALL single-track motorcycle trails! I was checking the info on the New Mexico Off-Highway Vehicle Alliance website (NMOHVA.org) as we were putting together this action alert. Something the gang at NMOHVA wrote caught my eye: We know […]
COLORADO ROADLESS COMMENTS NEEDED – DEADLINE OCTOBER 3, 2009
COLORADO ROADLESS COMMENTS NEEDED – DEADLINE OCTOBER 3, 2009 SITUATION: New regulations formulated during the Bush Administration allow each State to help formulate management rules for the Inventoried Roadless Areas on National Forest lands within that state. Eager to put an end to the long-running controversy, as well as protect the public from insect outbreak […]
Tester Wilderness Bill: Example of how broken public land management is today
-by Brian Hawthorne, BlueRibbon Coalition Jon Tester, a U.S. Senator from Montana, is holding meetings on legislation he calls the “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act.” It’s a Wilderness bill dressed up as a compromise between preservation, forest health and recreation. The stated purpose of which is: To sustain the economic development and recreational use of […]
Tell President Obama the Importance of Keeping Trails Open
The National Off-Road Association (NORA) is choosing to Take Action against President Barack Obama and his administration. NORA believes that the Obama Administration is unaware of the connection between keeping Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) trails open and job sustainability/preservation. Our intention is to highlight the economic importance of motorized recreation with the need to keep OHV […]
Calls Needed To Stop Massive New Closures Proposed By Wilderness Extremists in Colorado
This is a HIGH PRORITY update. CALLS NEEDED TO STOP MASSIVE NEW CLOSURES PROPOSED BY WILDERNESS EXTREMISTS SITUATION: Flush with funding from wealthy donors and foundations in Washington D.C., a group called the Wilderness Workshop is pushing for 600,000 acres of new Wilderness in Colorado by next year. HOW THIS WILL AFFECT YOU: Mountain bike, […]
Holding the Forest Service Accountable
By Don Amador, BlueRibbon Coalition My Dad gave me his 3 timeless axioms for a successful and happy life when I was but a youngster and those are: 1- Be a man of your word 2- Be to work on time 3- Don’t let people pour water down your neck and tell you it is […]
Del Albright Launches New Simple Land Use Help Website
Great information to get you started and useful tips…check it out The question we get asked most often in land use and access is “how do I save my trails?” We now offer the simple answer to this question. There are dozens of websites and organizations offering help to this dilemma in different ways, but […]