Updates from our Alliance

July 30, 2018

Stand for Our Public Lands

US Dept of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is coming to Steamboat Springs next week and residents are organizing a big western Colorado “welcome” for him to […]
July 27, 2018

Taxpayers to the Oil & Gas Lobby: Time to Pay Your Back Taxes

With a billboard-sized “tax collection” notice in hand, Western Colorado Alliance held a day-of-action aimed at the oil and gas lobby in Colorado. Western Colorado Alliance […]
July 26, 2018

GMUG Forest offers wilderness webinars

Over the next few months, the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forest will publish draft sections of its new Forest Plan for public review. […]
July 20, 2018

Yes! Building GJ community center is feasible!

by Marty McDaneld, Grand Junction On July 16, a standing room-only crowd heard the recommendations from PLACE for a Community Center for Grand Junction. The study […]
July 20, 2018

Youth Voter Initiative hits the streets

It’s not easy to build a young leaders program. In years past, our organization has worked hard and struggled to engage local youth. Now, we are […]
July 20, 2018

Time to roll up our economic development sleeves

[Note: Learn more about our upcoming event, Building Homegrown Prosperity.] We want life to be simple. We don’t want to have to work three jobs to […]
July 20, 2018

Farm bill impacts more than farmers

The 2018 Farm Bill – which is currently being debated by the US Congress – is much more than an agricultural aid package. In fact, it […]
July 20, 2018

Battlement Mesa awaits ruling on ‘most reckless’ proposal

Battlement Concerned Citizens are enduring a summer of suspense as they await a final decision from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on a […]
July 20, 2018

Hikes help ‘ground-truth’ characteristics of public lands

Western Colorado Alliance and conservation allies around the Western Slope are planning hikes into the beautiful places we’re all working to protect through the Grand Mesa-Uncompaghre-Gunnison […]