LAND USE: The San Rafael Swindle: 7 Things We’ve Learned 5 Years After Passage of Dingell Act
Land Use Updates April 11, 2024
Editor’s Note: A special edition and excerpt from our friends at the Blue Ribbon Coalition! Recently, 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... Read more
Today, the BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah against President Biden’s unlawful designation of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalanted National Monuments. BRC is joined by a rancher, a miner, and a member of Utah’s Native American community —... Read more
If anyone remembers all the way back to 2007, the name Paragon Adventure Park probably rings a bell. Well this news and acquisition contains that property which is GREAT news for us enthusiasts! Scheduled to open in 2024, Mike Cashman, owner of Mount Zion Offroad in Dover, is thrilled... Read more
Defend Your Ground!
Land Use Updates August 3, 2022
As always, our friends that fight to keep our lands open for all of us to use and enjoy, need our help! The Blue Ribbon Coalition continues to fight many battle for us but fighting to keep our lands open is expensive! Please take a few minutes and check... Read more
Off-roaders Are Opposing Unreasonable Plan
Land Use Updates April 6, 2022
The National Park Service is proposing to implement a day use reservation/fee system for the Tuweep area in the Grand Canyon, which includes the Toroweap overlook. Because of the rugged 4WD roads that access this site, this area is a popular destination for off-roaders who want to enjoy a... Read more
Are We Sharing Responsibly?
Lifestyle February 7, 2022
The last few trips out exploring our great country got me thinking…when we share places or images of an amazing area, what kind of an impact does it have? Are we sharing responsibly? We get asked all the time “Where should we go for an amazing wheeling trip?” We... Read more
BRC Alert – COLORADO – Public Comments Needed to Protect Popular Trails!
Land Use Updates November 30, 2021
Public Comments Needed to Protect Popular Trails, Snowmobile Access, and Dispersed Camping in Colorado’s GMUG National Forest This is a BRC Action Alert. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests (also called the GMUG National Forest) in western Colorado contain outdoor recreation opportunities that are truly world class.... Read more
New Outdoor Recreation Economic Report Shows Off-Road as Important Factor
Land Use Updates December 28, 2020
Editor’s Note: Originally scheduled to be published back in 2018, this story missed it’s schedule, but we feel as if the content is still appropriate and timely, so we are publishing it now with some updated information. Quiet Warrior Racing or QWR (Editor’s Note: wait…what is QWR? Even I... Read more
2021 Land Use and Access Outlook
Land Use Updates December 20, 2020
Where will we be wheeling and exploring in this new year of 2021? Allow me to give you some insight. The mess we call 2020 is now hindsight and 2021 is off to a rough, but better start. But our jeeping, overlanding and adventures for this year are tenuous... Read more
Oil & Gas Could Control Moab Off-Road Trails!
Industry News June 22, 2020
Imagine if a large oil and gas company, not even based in Utah, ended up with control of a large chunk of land in Moab and pursued its development! Due to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, legislation that makes it possible for companies like Prairie Hills Oil and... Read more