Episode 240 features BRC Director Ben Burr

Conversations with Big Rich

Blue Ribbon Coalition Executive Director Ben Burr gives the low-down on what BRC needs right now and shows us how we can be successful in our land use fight. It’s a fascinating take on what is going on in the real world. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.

4:16 – my ancestors settled the Moab area; the Burr Trail is named for them

8:01 – I was always an advisor on these issues, I had pretty deep life experience working on public lands

17:13 – If you would have said I’m going to go from restaurants to politics, I would have been like, how am I going to get there?

25:16 – that’s the operating system running things now, it positioned lawyers to be the key players in this movement, especially on the environmental side

30:19 – and so, it is time to install an operating system that works to the benefit of outdoor recreation users

37:21 – you say exclusionist, I say elitist, it’s a very elitist movement

47:21 – SUWA wants concentrated recreation in just a few areas

53:20 – Call to Action – join BRC, a change in the public land system is going to happen because a bunch of people rise up and demand it

1:01:15 – if everybody who owned an off-road vehicle joined BRC, I’d be bigger than the Sierra club, it’s a $300 million organization – the math maths out on that

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