Lobbied for the service to limit private vehicles in the valley, and provided the first interpretive guides on buses

Gathered 2,700 signatures to stop road-building for tunnel project, preserving wilderness eligibility

A 10-year campaign culminated in the permanent protection of this 82,000-acre area

Led the local campaign to more than double the size of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass and to establish two new wildernesses – over 330,000 acres in all

Partnered with Aspen Ranger District to launch trail and campsite monitoring program; later added air, water and invasive-weed protocols

Dogged advocacy finally secured protection for this 8,000-acre jewel that was left out of the original Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness

Won a pivotal Colorado Supreme Court ruling establishing a compromise that balances ecosystem needs and human demand

Our extensive inventories for the WRNF plan revision teed up 82,000 acres for future wilderness designation

Proposed wilderness designation for dozens of areas

Citizens’ group created to achieve permanent protection of this 220,000-acre area from new leasing and drilling

Capping a 15-year effort, obtained a more wildlife- and watershed-friendly plan governing all roads and trails on the Forest

Helped force a legal settlement with Dept. of Interior to revisit oil shale approvals; Colorado acreage subsequently reduced from 350,000 acres to 35,000 acres

Judge invalidates Bush era management plan that opened the entire Plateau to leasing based on a legal challenge filed by WW and partner groups

BLM reconsiders decision to sell 65 oil and gas leases on the White River National Forest based on years of legal advocacy by WW and partners

After decade-long WW campaign, the Forest Service closed most of the White River National Forest to future oil and gas leasing, including in much of the Thompson Divide

The BLM cancelled 25 illegal oil and gas leases in the Thompson Divide

Alert system informs citizens and provides specific actions about legislation, executive action, or judicial cases that threaten public lands

After two years of advocacy and work we signed an agreement that would result in the City of Aspen moving and downsizing its current water rights to build dams on Castle and Maroon Creeks. This win-win agreement guarantees that no dams will be built in these iconic valleys!