Western CO Oil & Gas Management Plan
Grant Stevens2023-10-19T20:22:02-06:00In August 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released their draft for a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the Colorado River Valley and Grand Junction Resource Management Plans (RMPs); additional information can be found on the BLM's website and in this Denver Post article. The SEIS will revisit oil and gas management decisions for nearly 2 million acres of federal minerals in western Colorado and will specifically analyze the climate impacts of leasing and development on public lands. Background and Process BLM finalized the Colorado River Valley and Grand Junction RMPs in 2015, after nearly decade-long planning processes. These [...]
Wilderness Workshop History
Grant Stevens2023-03-02T23:20:00-07:001967 Aspen Wilderness Workshop Founded 1975 Maroon Valley Bus Service - Lobbied for the service to limit private vehicles in the Maroon Valley and provided the first interpretive guides on buses. 1977 Hunter Creek Diversion - Gathered 2,700 signatures to stop road-building for tunnel project, preserving wilderness eligibility. 1979 Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness - A 10-year campaign culminated in the permanent protection of this 82,000-acre area. 1980 Maroon Bells-Snowmass, Collegiate Peaks & Raggeds - Led the local campaign to more than double the size of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass and to establish two new wilderness areas – over 330,000 [...]
