As the BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) celebrates its 26th anniversary this year, I want to share my thoughts with you about the organization that I proudly work for and why it deserves your continued support.
I also want to let you know you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who enjoys the fun of public lands more than I do, and that is what drives me to keep working for you. BRC gives me the opportunities to defend our treasured freedoms.
Simply put, BRC is rightfully recognized by the media, government agencies, the Department of Justice, Congress, environmental organizations, and many OHV groups as THE most effective national grassroots champion of responsible motorized recreation on public lands.

Regardless of what state or federal legislative body I am addressing, elected officials and many of their staff, know what BRC stands for and the measures we will take to protect and preserve our collective rights to pursue "happiness" on designated roads, trails, areas and waterways.

Our ground-breaking legal program, founded in 1996, is second to none when it comes to defending recreational access to federal lands. Our legal experts have argued and won precedent settings cases ranging from federal districts courts, to circuit courts including the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

BRC was the national recreation lead group on many seminal land-use issues, including our successful challenge in 2001 to the Clinton-Gore Roadless Initiative. BRC repelled "failure to act" efforts by environmental groups to hamstring land managers and eliminated the "only federal defendant" bar to intervention. Today, BRC is challenging the Forest Service's Planning Rule.

Inclusion of OHV recreation as a congressional-designated prescribed or codified use of public lands was a BRC original legislative concept that was successfully included in a 2006 comprehensive land bill. Today, that idea is being incorporated into numerous such efforts, including the BLM's Clear Creek OHV Area.

With your generous support, BRC will continue to build on our proven track record of effective and strategic navigation of today's complex administrative, legal, and political landscapes. Join or renew and donate today!