Events for May 2024

November 29, 2018

Kelso Mesa up on roadless chopping block

by Jim Riddell, Grand Junction What comes to mind when you think of Roadless Areas? My first thought is: uninterrupted, undivided, undisturbed. Then my next thought […]
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. […]
April 6, 2018

Deadline extended to June 2: Comment to protect your forests!

Draft Forest Plan will impact wilderness, wildlife and the places you love! Let the Forest Service know you support the Citizens’ Proposal for the GMUG Forests […]
February 9, 2016

WCC paves the way for collaboration on 120,000 acre spruce beetle plan

Spruce beetle and aspen treatment plan released for final review  After two and a half years of negotiations, the Forest Service released its final proposal to treat over […]
August 24, 2015

WCC searches for middle ground on spruce & aspen plan

by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer This July, members of WCC’s Public Lands Committee burned the midnight oil reading through a 700-page Forest Service plan for how […]
July 23, 2015

Comment today on 120,000 acre forest treatment

Tell the Forest Service to scale back this massive forest treatment proposal It could be coming to a forest near you: a 10-year-long project to log, burn or […]
June 17, 2015

Massive forest treatment plan proposed

Public presentations scheduled in Montrose, Ouray and Grand Junction The Forest Service has released its long-awaited draft plan to manage spruce beetle and aspen decline impacts […]