Updates from our Alliance

November 6, 2012

JOB OPENING

Western Colorado Congress is hiring a full-time COMMUNITY ORGANIZER to help protect and enhance our quality of life on the Western Slope!  The position is based […]
October 26, 2012

MountainFilm in Montrose on Nov. 9

Telluride’s MountainFilm on Tour will come to the Montrose Pavilion on Friday, November 9, as a “celebration of community, adventure and the mystery of the human […]
August 29, 2012

GVCA & WCC sue Garfield County Commissioners over secret oil shale meeting

Sign our petition to the Garfield County Commissioners! Garfield County residents from the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance (GVCA) and Western Colorado Congress filed a lawsuit against […]
August 28, 2012

Senator monitors Cottage Foods implementation

by Monica Wiitanen, WCC Director at Large In early July, Colorado State Senator Gail Schwartz (D-District 5) met with cottage foods producers in Delta County.  She […]
August 28, 2012

Court rules in favor of GJ Riverfront

by Frank Smith, WCC Director of Organizing Mesa County residents could see a greener, cleaner Colorado Riverbank through Grand Junction.  As a result of a recent […]
August 13, 2012

Uranium Mill Hearing on Nov 7 in Nucla

When a Denver District Court invalidated the radioactive materials license for the proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill in western Montrose County on June 13, it set […]
August 13, 2012

Uranium Development Not Economical

Pete Winn, a geologist with 30 years of work experience analyzing financial viability of projects for the uranium mining industry, elaborated on the bleak economic outlook […]
July 10, 2012

Reviving the Uncompahgre Plateau

Seven WCC members attended an overnight field trip hosted by the Uncompahgre Plateau (UP) Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project on June 15-16, 2012.  They camped at […]
June 27, 2012

Pushing a National Clean Energy Agenda

Fed up with the undue influence of the energy companies, utilities, lobbyists and other interests that are making it impossible for Washington to move forward decisively […]