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Contact: Richard Mylott, richard@wildernessworkshop.org This week, the Trump Administration announced a proposed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rulemaking that would drastically weaken the public's involvement in land use planning and gut protections for conservation across 245 million acres of Western public lands. The rule would stifle the voices of local communities by significantly shortening public comment periods and cutting out robust environmental analysis. These changes would make it easier for the BLM to fast-track the sale, transfer, or use of public lands for oil and gas drilling, mining, data centers, and other industrial or commercial development, all while shutting out [...]

All of us at Wilderness Workshop are deeply saddened by the passing of Connie Harvey, who founded Wilderness Workshop in 1967 along with Joy Caudill and Dottie Fox. Wilderness Workshop's Executive Director, Will Roush, shared these reflections on Connie’s contributions to protecting Colorado’s public lands: "Connie Harvey was a force of and for nature. And that’s an understatement. Her passion for wilderness and the natural world was fierce, and luckily for all of us who call western Colorado home, her advocacy was fiercer. From her decades of work inspiring and corralling legions of activists to advocate for the designation of the [...]

The State of Colorado, local elected officials, and thousands of public comments highlight widespread opposition to parcels proposed in December oil and gas lease sale    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  November 10, 2026    Contacts:  Richard Mylott, richard@wildernessworkshop.org Jim Ramey, The Wilderness Society, jramey@tws.org   Brien Webster, Conservation Colorado, brien@conservationco.org    RIFLE, Colo. — A broad coalition of western conservation organizations, local communities, and state agencies today marked the close of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) formal protest period on the December 2026 oil and gas lease sale by delivering a clear, united message: Colorado’s iconic Roan Plateau must remain protected from [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2026 Contacts: Jim Ramey, Colorado State Director, The Wilderness Society, jramey@tws.org, 720-647-9667 Brien Webster, Senior Public Lands Campaign Manager, Conservation Colorado, brien@conservationco.org, 719-322-7050 Rich Mylott, Communications Manager, Wilderness Workshop, Richard@wildernessworkshop.org, 720-581-8244 DENVER — A new poll released by the Keep it Public Colorado coalition finds large majorities of Coloradans oppose large scale selloff of our public lands and instead want public lands to be protected. The poll, conducted by Magellan Strategies, examined Coloradans’ views on public lands management, permanent land protections, public lands selloff, agency cuts and more. Key findings include: Coloradans across the board [...]

Contact: Michael Gorman, michael@wildernessworkshop.org Wilderness Workshop is monitoring details surrounding the GAME Act, a proposed land-exchange bill that would transfer approximately 2,158 acres of public Bureau of Land Management land near Consolidated Reservoir outside Glenwood Springs into private ownership associated with Out of Bounds Ranch. In exchange, the bill would transfer roughly 2,100 of private acreage near the communities of Rifle and Meeker into public hands. Statement from Michael Gorman, Campaign Director Public lands belong to the American people. They should be managed for our shared benefit, not handed over to the ultra-wealthy for private use. We are extremely concerned [...]

Read the responses here Contact: Richard Mylott, richard@wildernessworkshop.org, 720-581-8244 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2026 CARBONDALE, Colo. — A nonpartisan voter education survey conducted by Wilderness Workshop reveals cross-party consensus among western slope county commissioner candidates regarding the critical importance and values of Colorado’s federal public lands. The 100% response rate from all eight candidates seeking to represent Eagle, Garfield, and Pitkin counties highlights common ground in keeping public lands public, accessible, and adequately funded for present and future generations. While there were some shared themes across questionnaires, candidates also articulated their own [...]

Across the ideological spectrum, nearly all Third District voters support keeping public lands in public hands, and strong majorities back conservation-focused policies and pending public lands bills FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  October 1, 2026 Contacts:  Jim Ramey, Colorado State Director, The Wilderness Society, jramey@tws.org, 720-647-9667 Brien Webster, Senior Public Lands Campaign Manager, Conservation Colorado, brien@conservationco.org, 719-322-7050 Rich Mylott, Communications Manager, Wilderness Workshop, Richard@wildernessworkshop.org, 720-581-8244 Grand Junction, Colo. — A new poll of Colorado's Third Congressional District finds voters across western and southern Colorado standing firmly against efforts to sell off America's public lands, with support for conservation across party lines by wide [...]

Contact: Richard Mylott, richard@wildernessworkshop.org In September 2026, after requests from Wilderness Workshop, local community members, and partners, the U.S. Forest Service agreed to open a public comment period on a proposed special use permit that would transfer management responsibilities for the Maroon Bells Scenic Area to Pitkin County.  Statement from Will Roush, Executive Director Wilderness Workshop appreciates the White River National Forest’s decision to provide formal notice and invite public comment as it considers whether to issue the permit and transfer management of the Maroon Bells to Pitkin County. The Bells—and all public lands—deserve no less.  The fact that the White [...]