Just put an announcement on our Club's website along with the above link for our members to sign. I'll also forward it to our clubs's association.
BLM closing around 1/3rd of the trail miles near Moab
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Just put an announcement on our Club's website along with the above link for our members to sign. I'll also forward it to our clubs's association.
From the BlueRibbon Coalition:
Moab update for our @followers:
We received word that the Department of Interior appeals board denied the petition to stay the trail closures in Moab. They also denied the petition to stay from the State of Utah. This means the trails are now officially closed, and we encourage everyone to no longer use closed trails. This doesn’t mean the fight is over.
Our appeal is still pending, and there is still a lot of work ahead. If we prevail in our appeal, the BLM will be required to reopen the closed routes. We will keep you updated on the progress of the appeal.
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Just once (and maybe again once I saw it) I'd like to see a state really buck up to the feds, like send in their own personnel to open any gates and remove any closed signs, and post state law enforcement to stop BLM personnel from preventing access.
I realize there are legal considerations that I don't know the ins and outs of, and maybe the legal basis isn't there for this particular occasion but the feds overstep on a daily basis so there should be no shortage of opportunities.
What sucks is they have all the states on the dole so doing something like that carries the risk of losing funding on something completely unrelated as a retaliation.