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• Challenge destructive projects
• Introduce others to the area
• Strategize on permanent protection

Northern San Juan Mountains Wilderness
Local governments and concerned citizens are advocating wilderness protection for Sheep Mountain, expanded Mt. Sneffels, and BLM lands in Disappointment Valley and the Dolores River. Write Rep. Salazar today! More>

Wild San Juans Goals
The Alliance’s Wild San Juans goals are:

• To protect large regions of wild habitat;
• Secure the landscape corridors that interconnect them;
• Return native species like lynx, wolverine, and grizzly;
• Promote sustainable local communities with economies benefiting from wildlands and wildlife protection and restoration.

The Canyons of the Ancients National Monument encompasses 164,000 acres containing upwards of 20,000 archeological sites. With monument designation comes the creation of a Resource Management Plan that will guide the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the next ten to fifteen years. Citizen involvement is necessary to ensure a plan that is effective in safeguarding the irreplaceable archaeological sites and natural habitats.

What’s so special about this place?
Canyons of the Ancients contains the highest known density of cultural resources in the entire Nation, from cliff dwellings and towers, great kivas and shrines, to villages, rock art sites and agricultural fields. Considered together these sites hold evidence of different cultures spanning thousands of years.

The Monument spans 165,000 acres in Southwest Colorado, roughly 3 miles west of Cortez, 12 miles west of Mesa Verde, and 45 miles west of Durango. Crucial habitat for the Mesa Verde nightsnake, long-nose leopard lizard, and the twin-spotted spiny lizard is also found in the Monument, not to mention other species such as peregrine falcons, golden eagles, American kestrels, red-tailed hawks, and northern harriers.