This important regulation provides the BLM with the modern, science-based tools to manage the nearly 245 million acres it oversees across the West.
News Category: Policy
Advocacy Recap: Runners Speak Out for Roadless Areas
Race directors and runners across the country submitted comments highlighting the importance of the 2001 Roadless Rule.
Advocacy Recap: Runners for Public Lands Submits Comment on USDA Reorganization Plan
Repealing the 2009 endangerment finding would undermine protections that regulate greenhouse gases, threatening the health of public lands and the humans recreating on those lands.
Policy Update: Potential Rollback of the EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Repealing the 2009 endangerment finding would undermine protections that regulate greenhouse gases, threatening the health of public lands and the humans recreating on those lands.
Public lands • policy updates from RPL
Policy updates from Runners for Public Lands on the latest public lands policies, initiatives, and changes to be aware of.
5,000 Fired: Is your race at risk?
Trail running races on national forest lands may be significantly impacted in 2025 by U.S. Forest Service budget and staffing shortfalls.
A message from RPL on the future of public lands
Like many individuals and outdoor advocacy organizations, we are processing the results of the 2024 election and seeking to learn more about what the future will hold.
Advocacy: USFS Hiring Freeze and Budget Crisis
Trail running races on national forest lands may be significantly impacted in 2025 by U.S. Forest Service budget and staffing shortfalls.
Policy: Supreme Court ruling threatens public lands
Advocating for environmental protection is a just, practical, and effective way to protect both the lands we live on and those we live from.
Yes on Measures A and B
An Open Letter to Runners in Ventura County
Yes on Measures A and B
May 19, 2022