The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) announced Friday that BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) founder Clark Collins will be inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. AMA’s Motorcycle Hall of Fame honors individuals who have made lasting contributions to protecting and promoting the motorcycle lifestyle. In the AMA Hall of Fame Class of 2010, Collins joins championship [...]
Yamaha Program Tops $1.4 Million Promoting Safe, Responsible OHV Riding and Open, Sustainable Riding Access; Partners with Future Farmers of America CYPRESS, Calif. – May 27, 2010 – Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., has contributed more than $80,000 in cash and equipment during the first quarter of 2010 to off-road riding clubs and land stewardship organizations [...]
CYPRESS, Calif. – April 30, 2010 – Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., employees joined members of the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the San Bernardino National Forest Association (SBNFA) by volunteering more than 500 hours to improve off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails and staging areas and plant 2,250 trees in the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF). [...]
The Siuslaw National Forest, located in western Oregon, has announced that a meeting for the Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) Designated Routes Working Group for the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (Oregon Dunes) will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2010, at the North Bend Public Library, located at 1800 Sherman Avenue in North Bend. Working [...]
POCATELLO, ID (April 21)–The BlueRibbon Coalition, a national recreational advocacy group, today applauded a group of 18 lawmakers who sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell challenging the agency’s ability to manage lands as “de-facto” Wilderness. The Coalition, as well as recreationists across Montana and Northern Idaho, has been opposing an attempt [...]
The Fremont-Winema National Forests — located in southern Oregon – are seeking public comment on their recently released Travel Management Plan Environmental Assessment (EA). The Forest Service (FS) is asking for your input during a 30-day public review and comment period, which will end on May 21, 2010. The document evaluates a no-action alternative and [...]
POCATELLO, ID (April 8)–The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) expressed its concerns following the Science Forums the Forest Service held in Washington, DC last week. Heralding science and collaboration as underpinning the making of the new Forest Planning Rule, the agency held the two days of Science Forums stating that information presented at the conference would lay [...]
The Siuslaw National Forest, located in western Oregon, has announced that a field tour and meeting for the Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) Designated Routes Working Group for the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (Oregon Dunes) will be held on Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17, 2010. The April 16 field tour will focus on [...]
POCATELLO, ID (April 8)–The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) expressed its concerns following the Science Forums the Forest Service held in Washington, DC last week. Heralding science and collaboration as underpinning the making of the new Forest Planning Rule, the agency held the two days of Science Forums stating that information presented at the conference would lay [...]
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), El Centro Field Office, has announced the availability of their Draft Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The BLM is asking for your input during a 90-day public comment period, which will end June 24, 2010. The Draft RAMP/EIS outlines future [...]
Minneapolis, March 23, 2010 – For the second year in a row, Off-Road Enthusiast CJ Rena Johnson is on a mission, a mission to cure. Johnson, along with her Pink Polaris RANGER RZR, is visiting private, public, local, state and federal ATV and OHV parks around the country to spread the word and raise money [...]
Team sets industry standard for promoting access in Griffin King of the Hammers race POCATELLO, ID (March 2)–The BlueRibbon Coalition is proud to report huge success in land use at the Griffin King of the Hammers (KOH) race. With two vehicles in the 2010 Griffin King of the Hammers race, Motorsport Fabrication Services (MFS) of [...]
Last week the Governor released his supplemental budget to close a $1.2 billion dollar deficit. The Governor took the unprecedented step to use money from the ATV, Snowmobile and Boating account to transfer out of our dedicated accounts and into the general fund to help erase the deficit. Setting this precedent is dangerous to the [...]
The Coalition for Recreational Trails (CRT), a federation of national and regional trail-related organizations, is pleased to announce its 2010 achievement awards to recognize outstanding trail projects funded by the national Recreational Trails Program (RTP). The awards will be presented in Washington, D.C. during Great Outdoors Week 2010 (June 7-13), as part of the Coalition’s [...]
POCATELLO, ID (February 19) – – The BlueRibbon Coalition, a national recreation access group, today asked Congress to pass legislation that mandates public involvement in any future Presidential National Monument designation. The Coalition says legislation is necessary in light of recently leaked secret plans for 13 million acres of new National Monuments in 11 western [...]
BLUERIBBON COALITION LAND USE UPDATE! The Carson National Forest, located in north central New Mexico, has announced the release of the Environmental Assessment (EA) for Travel Management on the Jicarilla Ranger District. The Forest Service (FS) will be accepting comments on the EA during a 30-day comment period. The purpose of this comment period is [...]
BLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT! The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Cruces District Office, is preparing a new Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the new Prehistoric Trackways National Monument. The establishment of the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument near Las Cruces, New Mexico last year — via the odious Omnibus bill — was a bitter disappointment. [...]
The Prescott National Forest, Located in central Arizona, is revising their Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan).The Forest Service (FS) is asking the public to help identify issues to be addressed as they begin this plan revision. The Forest Plan is the basic document used to provide guidance for all resource management activities [...]
Opportunity for Public Comment Through February 16, 2010 In December, the USDA Forest Service announced that it would rewrite the national forest system land management-planning rule. The planning rule sets priorities and defines the process for the development and revision of site-specific management plans for every national forest or grassland. The Forest Service has issued [...]
SACRAMENTO, CA (January 20) – The BlueRibbon Coalition is working with a coalition of recreational access groups seeking to enter the latest lawsuit challenging motorized recreation on federal lands in California. The lawsuit was filed by the attorneys for the Western Environmental Law Center and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) on behalf of the [...]
POCATELLO, ID (January 14)–A report that is due to Congress from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has sparked a renewed effort by off-highway vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts to completely remove a ban on youth-model off-highway motorcycles and ATVs. The youth-model ban is a result of the CPSC’s interpretation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement [...]
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is helping the state of Tennessee extend the Cumberland Trail corridor another 19 miles, while protecting priority land for the public with the purchase of a key tract in the trail’s development, TPL announced Sunday. The proposed route of the Cumberland Trail is more than 300 miles long. So [...]
POCATELLO, ID (January 5) – A coalition of recreation advocacy groups filed an Amicus Curiae brief in the 10th District Court of Appeals related to the 2001 Roadless Rule this week, marking over a decade of involvement in the controversial issue. The recreation groups include the BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), California Association of 4 Wheel Drive [...]
UKIAH, CA (January 4) – Factory Pipe, manufacturer of world class aftermarket and original equipment exhaust systems, is announcing a $10,000 challenge grant program for 2010 to fund legal efforts to protect recreational access to public lands. Factory Pipe has created the Liberty Legal Fund, in memory of Warren and Corinne Liberty, at the BlueRibbon [...]
With the release by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Clear Creek Management Area (CCMA) Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), OHV organizations including the BlueRibbon Coalition, California Off Road Vehicle Association, California Association of Four Wheel Drive Clubs, American Motorcyclist Association, American Motorcyclist Association District 36, Timekeepers Motorcycle [...]
