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Wilderness Workshop on the Berlaimont Estates Access Road Final EIS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 9, 2021 CARBONDALE, CO – Today, the US Forest Service (USFS) issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Berlaimont Estates Access Road, which is unchanged from the analysis released last year and signals that the agency will approve a damaging [...]
Wilderness Workshop prepared to challenge test drilling for potential dam and reservoir in Homestake Valley decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 7, 2021 CARBONDALE, CO – Citing threats to lynx and cutthroat trout, Wilderness Workshop and partner conservation groups today filed a Notice of Intent to sue the US Forest Service (USFS) over its failure to comply with the Endangered Species Act when [...]
Federal Judge Voids Western Colorado Fracking Plan, Requires New Analysis of Climate Harm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 29, 2021 A federal judge Friday approved the Bureau of Land Management’s request to rescind the Grand Junction resource-management plan following a lawsuit by environmental groups challenging the agency’s failure to analyze its potential harm to the climate. The plan, which the [...]
Federal Judges Block Coal Mining Construction in Sunset Roadless Area
Oct. 29, 2020 Denver, Colo. — The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today blocked further construction for a coal-mine expansion in the Sunset roadless area of Colorado’s Gunnison National Forest. The injunction prevents Mountain Coal, a subsidiary of Arch Resources, from further destruction of the roadless forest at the base of [...]
Missing Lynx: Advocates Challenge Feds’ Refusal to Prepare Recovery Plan
Dec. 1, 2020 Today, a coalition of conservation organizations filed a complaint in federal court challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (the Service’s) decision to forgo recovery planning for threatened Canada lynx. Recovery plans are important tools required by the Endangered Species Act, often referred to as the [...]
Local Volunteers Partner with the Bureau of Land Management to Celebrate National Public Lands Day with Restoration Project at Sutey Ranch
Sept. 29, 2020 Carbondale, Colo. — More than 20 people volunteered on Saturday to restore wildlife habitat at the historic Sutey Ranch in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Volunteers removed old barbed wire fencing and installed bird-nesting boxes on the property, which was acquired by the Bureau of [...]
Colorado Agency Caves to U.S. Forest Service, OKs More Bulldozing of Roadless Forest Mountain Coal Ignored Court Ruling, Forest Service Failed to Act
Sept. 18, 2020 Denver, Colo. — Conservation groups urged a federal court today to halt further construction in a protected roadless area of the Gunnison National Forest. Today’s motion for expedited consideration came after Colorado officials modified an order late yesterday to no longer prevent Mountain Coal Company from [...]
Highway 82 Wildlife Crossings Inventory Project Description
Highway 82 is the artery of the Roaring Fork Valley, serving as a linkage between each of its major towns and the only year-round option for accessing Aspen. It’s an important part of the landscape for those who live here – but its effects extend beyond the human population. [...]
Conservation Groups File Suit Against “Energy Dominance” Plan for Western Colorado
Sept. 15, 2020 Denver, Colo. – Public land conservation groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado today challenging the Trump administration’s land use plan for the Uncompahgre region. The plan opens vast areas of western Colorado, including the North Fork Valley, to oil [...]
Federal Court in Colorado Confirms Thousands of Acres of Thompson Divide Leases Expired
September 2, 2020 Late last week, a Federal District Court in Colorado ruled that thousands of acres of oil and gas leases in the Thompson Divide properly expired nearly a decade ago. This is just one of many leasing related battles that Wilderness Workshop (WW) and the Western Environmental [...]
Part of Hay Park Trail Restored to Wilderness Through Successful Collaboration
Aug. 27, 2020 Carbondale, Colo. — A group of recreation and public land organizations partnered this past weekend to improve the trail system in the Hay Park Area at the base of Mount Sopris. The work was a partnership between the White River National Forest, Wilderness Workshop, Roaring Fork [...]
25 Ways to Explore Public Lands this Summer Wilderness Workshop’s pandemic-friendly hikes, restoration projects and workshops will still get people outdoors
July 6, 2020 Carbondale, Colo. — This summer Wilderness Workshop is hosting 25 opportunities to enjoy the region’s public lands through hikes, restoration projects and workshops, all led by experts. The series also includes Latinx programming through the nonprofit’s Defiende Nuestra Tierra. Some highlights from the series include the [...]
