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Wilderness Workshop on Redstone to McClure Pass Trail Environmental Assessment (EA) Objections

2023-04-06T19:59:31-06:00

March 14, 2023 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Grant Stevens, Communications Director, grant@wildernessworkshop.org; 319-427-0260 (Cell) CARBONDALE, CO – Yesterday, the objection period closed for the White River National Forest’s (WRNF) final Environmental Assessment (EA) and draft decision notice for a proposed 7-mile section of trail between Redstone and McClure Pass. Wilderness Workshop submitted a 25-page objection outlining our continued concerns with the proposal and the flawed process that lead to the draft decision. Below is a statement from Wilderness Workshop and additional information. “Dealing with the pressure of growing recreation is one of the greatest challenges facing our local land managers. With this proposal, the Forest Service officials [...]

Wilderness Workshop on Redstone to McClure Pass Trail Environmental Assessment (EA) Objections2023-04-06T19:59:31-06:00

Wilderness Workshop and Rocky Mountain Wild file litigation to stop the Berlaimont Estates Access Road

2023-04-13T14:58:06-06:00

Paving wild public lands to facilitate sprawl is unacceptable March 14, 2023 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Grant Stevens, Communications Director, grant@wildernessworkshop.org; 319-427-0260 (Cell) & Matthew Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild Legal Director/Leadership Team, matt@rockymountainwild.org; 303-579-5162 On March 13, 2023, Wilderness Workshop and Rocky Mountain Wild filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Washington D.C., asking for a ruling overturning the White River National Forest’s Record of Decision for the Berlaimont Estates Road Improvement Project. Issued on Friday, March 10, this decision would facilitate a developer’s plan to build 19 new mansions on 680 acres in the middle of the White River National Forest. “Litigation is always a [...]

Wilderness Workshop and Rocky Mountain Wild file litigation to stop the Berlaimont Estates Access Road2023-04-13T14:58:06-06:00

WW and Community Members on the Berlaimont Estates Road Improvement Project Record of Decision

2023-04-06T20:00:12-06:00

March 10, 2023 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Grant Stevens, Communications Director, grant@wildernessworkshop.org; 319-427-0260 (Cell) Today, the White River National Forest released a signed Record of Decision for the Berlaimont Estates Road Improvement Project, which will approve a damaging paved road through sensitive wildlife habitat. The Project facilitates a developer’s plan to build 19 new mansions on 680 acres in the middle of the White River National Forest. The Decision represents the Forest Service’s approval of a year-round access road, paving wild public lands to facilitate sprawl in the backcountry. “Throughout this process, it has become abundantly clear how unreasonable Berlaimont Estates really [...]

WW and Community Members on the Berlaimont Estates Road Improvement Project Record of Decision2023-04-06T20:00:12-06:00

Conservation Groups to Defend Biden Administration Postponement of Oil, Gas Lease Sales

2023-04-06T20:01:31-06:00

Industry doubles down on failed attempt to rewrite the law for oil and gas companies February 8, 2023 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Seventeen groups represented by Earthjustice and the Western Environmental Law Center moved to intervene today to defend the Biden administration’s postponement of several oil and gas lease sales. A September ruling in U.S. District Court in Wyoming affirmed the administration’s ability to postpone lease sales, but the state of Wyoming and industry groups are suing in an attempt to rewrite the law to benefit fossil fuel companies. “For too long BLM has blindly leased public lands to oil and [...]

Conservation Groups to Defend Biden Administration Postponement of Oil, Gas Lease Sales2023-04-06T20:01:31-06:00

Wilderness Workshop on proposed Redstone to McClure Pass Trail Environmental Assessment (EA)

2023-04-10T22:11:43-06:00

January 27, 2023 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Grant Stevens, Communications Director, grant@wildernessworkshop.org; 319-427-0260 (Cell) CARBONDALE, CO – Today, the White River National Forest (WRNF) released the final Environmental Assessment (EA) and draft decision notice for a proposed 7-mile section of trail connecting Redstone with McClure Pass. Wilderness Workshop previously submitted comments regarding the proposal during the scoping period and when the draft EA was released.  In the upcoming days, our team will be closely reviewing the EA in detail. Below is additional information and a statement from Wilderness Workshop WRNF Supervisor Fitzwilliams has acknowledged the recreation challenges facing the WRNF in recent media articles (Aspen [...]

Wilderness Workshop on proposed Redstone to McClure Pass Trail Environmental Assessment (EA)2023-04-10T22:11:43-06:00

Crystal Wild & Scenic Coalition Members on the beginning of the Crystal River Community Engagement and Stakeholder Process

2023-04-06T20:03:58-06:00

CRYSTAL RIVER VALLEY, CO – Earlier today, the Town of Marble, Gunnison County, Pitkin County, the Colorado River District, and American Whitewater, also known as the Wild and Scenic Feasibility Collaborative, announced the selection of Wellstone Collaborative Strategies and P2 Solutions to facilitate and lead a community engagement and stakeholder process that will consider the feasibility of a federal Wild and Scenic River designation for the Crystal River in Gunnison and Pitkin Counties. Wilderness Workshop is a member of the Crystal River Wild & Scenic Coalition, a group of “neighbors, stewards, and enthusiasts of the Crystal River who seek Wild and Scenic status for the Crystal [...]

Crystal Wild & Scenic Coalition Members on the beginning of the Crystal River Community Engagement and Stakeholder Process2023-04-06T20:03:58-06:00

Tens of Thousands Urge Biden Administration to Protect the Thompson Divide

2023-04-06T20:05:18-06:00

Mineral withdrawal would provide interim protections for beloved area January 19, 2023 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  CARBONDALE, CO – Coloradans and supporters from across the U.S. are urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to move forward with a proposed 20-year administrative mineral withdrawal – which would ban future oil and gas leasing and mining –  of 225,000 acres of public lands in Western Colorado known as the Thompson Divide. This call comes after the BLM closed a 90-day public comment period earlier this week; administrative action to protect the Thompson Divide was announced by President Biden the same day [...]

Tens of Thousands Urge Biden Administration to Protect the Thompson Divide2023-04-06T20:05:18-06:00
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