Updates from our Alliance

March 30, 2015

Public land seizure bills advance in Denver

KEEP IT PUBLIC Colorado is fortunate to contain 24 million acres of national public lands, most of which are located here on the Western Slope. From […]
March 16, 2015

People’s Lobby Trip a huge success!

Cottage Foods Expansion advances; your action needed on bad public lands bill by Rachel Zatterstrom, WCC Community Organizer Each year, WCC takes a delegation of members […]
February 20, 2015

Hold the Oil & Gas Task Force to Task!

Oil & Gas Task Force deadline is Feb. 27 The clock is ticking for the Governor’s Oil & Gas Task Force, which has been meeting for […]
February 18, 2015

Governor’s oil and gas task force must prove its mettle

By Karen Sjoberg, printed in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Feb 15th  It’s crunch time for the governor’s task force on oil and gas. This is the […]
February 16, 2015

O&G task force failing to protect health

by Leslie Robinson, Grand Valley Citizens Alliance Because of negative experiences western Garfield County residents were encountering with oil-and-gas development, the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance (GVCA) […]
January 22, 2015

146 gas wells proposed near McClure Pass

by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer On January 16, the Bureau of Land Manaagement (BLM) published a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the proposed Bull Mountain […]
January 22, 2015

Comment on aspen/spruce management by Feb 2

by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer The deadline to provide input to the US Forest Service on its plans for “Spruce Beetle Epidemic and Aspen Decline Management […]
January 22, 2015

Update to Cottage Foods Law tops WCC legislative agenda

by Rachel Zatterstrom, WCC Organizer The 2015 Legislative Session is in full swing in Denver and WCC is organizing grassroots voices to participate in the state […]
November 24, 2014

Blue Ribbon team tackles oil & gas

by Frank Smith, WCC Director of Organizing Shortly before the November elections, Governor John Hickenlooper tasked a panel of experts to consider updates to Colorado’s laws […]