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Moab Partnership

The Moab Partnership

What is the Moab Partnership?

The Moab partnership is an effort by BRC and other recreational access groups to defend responsibly managed recreational uses at the BLM,s Moab Field Office. By joining the Partnership, you help fund legal and NEPA analysis of the BLM's planning documents.

How does the Moab Partnership work?

Partners make a pledge of $10.00 per month for one year using BRC's secure website (www.sharetrails.org) or make a one-time Partnership donation of $120.00. Your donation is placed in a restricted account to be used for efforts related to the BLM's Moab and Monticello Field Office planning processes.

What does the Moab Partnership do for me?

By becoming a Moab Partner you give groups like BRC the tools to aggressively participate in the BLM's planning process. Review of the environmental analysis guards against arbitrary and unfair closures, but also helps defend against anti-access lawsuits.

Moab BLM is proposing drastic changes from traditional public land management:
BLM is proposing huge changes from what is currently allowed. Much of the proposed management is decidedly "Park-like." While some of the changes are needed, and BRC will be supporting the BLM on many of these, others are arbitrary and unnecessary.

Beginning sometime this summer, the BLM will move to a critically important stage in the process: the release of the Draft Plans and Draft EIS. There will be a limited public review and comment period in which all of the various stakeholder groups as well as the general public can submit comments and suggestions to the BLM.

Anti recreation groups such as the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) have staff to review the environmental analysis to find flaws that will nudge the final decision their way. Indeed, many stakeholders are paying for professional review of these documents in order to protect their interests. The OHV community must do this as well.
As always, funds for such an effort are limited. In order to raise funds for this important effort, BRC is initiating the "Moab Partnership" program.

BRC's Moab Partners will receive the Moab Update, a special quarterly newsletter dedicated to the latest news on BLM's planning process.

The Moab Update will keep you informed about how your donation is being used and is the best way to keep informed about potential changes in the Moab area.








In addition, BRC's Moab Partners receive a limited edition "Moab Partner" T-Shirt and sticker combo.

How To Get Involved

A lot of folks seem to think the public involvement process is a total sham and participating in the NEPA process is just a waste of time. Nothing could be further from the truth!
Your input to the BLM about their plans is critical to keeping recreational opportunities open.
Our job is to help you understand the BLM's planning process and let you know about meetings and comment periods. BRC's Action Alert webpage should be your first stop. Subscribe to our Alert list to receive updates and info. http://www.sharetrails.org/alerts/
The Moab BLM's Planning webpage is way above average and it has loads of really useful information. BLM has also made preliminary travel maps available http://www.blm.gov/rmp/ut/moab/
Join OHV groups that represent your interests!



Message From BRC's Public Lands Guys:
There is a lot riding on this planning document. Your access to these lands depends directly on how the plan is written, and how that language will hold up under the inevitable attack from Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) and other anti-recreation groups.
The Draft Resource Management Plan and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement will be released for only a short comment period. Several phone-book-sized volumes will have to be reviewed. Detailed comments will need to be formulated and submitted by the deadline. We need your help!
BRC and local recreational user groups will be able to sweat the details on a lot of the recreation oriented management direction. But this book has other chapters. Issues such as the establishment of "Areas with a Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC's) and "management for Wilderness Characteristics" will affect recreation uses. BRC needs the financial resources for professional NEPA and legal analysis. Please join our Moab Partnership today!