Recreation Coalition Files Brief in Ongoing Roadless Lawsuit
Contacts
Brian Hawthorne, BRC Public Lands Policy Director
Phone: 208-237-1008 (x102) | Fax: 208-237-9424
Email: brbrian@sharetrails.org | Webpage: http://www.sharetrails.org/staff/#BrianH
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 Clubs (“CA4WDC”), United Four Wheel Drive Associations (UFWDA) and the American Council of Snowmobile Associations (ACSA).
Environmental activists are appealing a 2008 decision by U.S. District Court of Wyoming Judge Clarence Brimmer declaring the Clinton era Roadless Rule illegal. That ruling came in a case brought by the State of Wyoming in 2007, which paralleled an earlier complaint filed by Wyoming in 2001. Brimmer’s 2008 decision minced few words, concluding the 2001 Rule “was driven by political haste and evidenced pro forma compliance with” environmental laws, using descriptors such as “flagrant” and “cavalier” in characterizing the “unequivocal” violations.
Categories: Access Tags: blueribbon coalition, brc, forest service, national forest, recreation, recreational access, roadless, roadless rule, sharetrails, wilderness
BRC Alert: Important Idaho Land Use Update and Alert
BlueRibbon Coalition Alert
The looming deadline for comments on the Salmon-Challis National Forest Travel Plan gives us a chance to blast a quick update on some important Idaho land use issues.
Comment Deadline November 25, 2008
A really important action alert on the Salmon-Challis NF Travel Plan is at the bottom of this email. Above that, we have a section giving a quick update on some of the land use issues BRC is tracking in Idaho. In each update, we’ve included a suggestion on what you can do to help.
Please take a minute to review this alert before the holiday. Also, everyone at BRC would be very grateful if you would forward this alert to family and riding pals. If you are already a BRC member, please ask them to join BRC and help us protect Idaho’s trails.
Read more…
Categories: Access Tags: atv, blm, blueribbon coalition, brc, campsites, fairfield, forest, idaho, ketchum, krassel, land use, minidoka, motorcycle, ohv, orv, owyhee, payette, public access, recreation, salmon challis, sawtooth, sportsmen, travel plan, wilderness
Deadline for Clearwater National Forest Travel Plan Comment Period is set for 02.29.08
Time is running out to make your voice heard.
The comment period deadline on the draft winter and summer Travel Plan for the Clearwater National Forest is set for February 29, 2008. This is the first time a National Forest in Region 1 has attempted site-specific implementation of their new (and unlawful) de-facto Wilderness policy. COMMENTS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED!
All you need to do is send an email to make your comments.
An example email and additional details are listed at UPDATE! NEW COMMENT DEADLINE ON U.S. FOREST SERVICE ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT AN UNLAWFUL “DE-FACTO WILDERNESS” POLICY.
NOTE: It is highly recommended that you write your own version of the letter and submit it via US Mail. Apparently, this has more influence than a mass emailing of the same letter.
PLEASE SEND YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE THE DEADLINE.
Categories: Access Tags: clearwater, forest service, idaho, land use, montana, national forest, travel plan, wilderness
Survival Tips: How to Be Found When You’re Lost
Here is another article on what you should do (and not do) to survive when you get lost in the wilderness. The article was written by Dan A. Nelson of Puyallup and appeared in the Seattle Times. Even though the article’s focus is for the hiker, the principles apply to remote vehicular travel also. Winter is upon us and it’s even more critical to be prepared.
Read the article at How to Be Found When You’re Lost.
On a related topic, Dan wrote another article of interest titled High-tech Solutions to Getting Found where he discusses high-tech gadgets that may help you in a rescue situation.
Categories: On The Web Tags: hiking, survival, wilderness
Assembling a Wilderness Survival Kit
For those of us who travel in the wilderness on a regular basis, the idea of equipping oneself with a survival kit seems trivial. Survivalists are sure to have a survival kit on hand at all times and are prepared to use it. This is because the experienced survivor knows the unexpected can happen without a moments notice.
Categories: On The Web Tags: survival, wilderness
Trip Report: Washington Cascades Overland Tour 2007 – Day One (08.10.07)
Today was going to be a very long day. Not only would I be attempting to reach my destination in Packwood, I would also have to include the drive from my home in the middle of Washington state to the southern border near Oregon to start the tour of the Washington Cascade Mountains. My goal was to complete the drive from the Oregon border to the British Columbia in four days.
Categories: Adventures Tags: adventure, babyshoe pass, babyshoe ridge, bear creek, big lava bed, camp, campground, camping, carson, cascade mountains, cascades, columbia river, dualsport, expedition, fishing, forest, forlorn lakes, gifford pinchot, goose lake, huckleberries, indian heaven, lake, lewis river, lookout, meadows, motorcycle, mt adams, mt hood, national forest, oregon, overland, packwood, red mountain, routes, sawtooth berry fields, south prairie, steamboat lake, suv, tour, triangle pass, trip, twin buttes, twin falls, washington, washington cascades, wilderness, wind river
What to do if you are lost in the wilderness: Survival Guide
A survival guide for what to do if you are lost in the wilderness. The focus of this guide is the four basic needs which can be the difference between life and death: Warmth, Water, Shelter, and Food.
Categories: On The Web Tags: emergency, survival, wilderness
