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San Juan Citizens Wild San Juans goals are protecting
large regions of wild habitat and promoting sustainable local communities
with economies benefiting from wildlands and wildlife protection and
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- Challenge destructive projects
- Introduce others to the area
- Strategize on permanent protection
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San Juan National Forest has released its final decision about
permitting coalbed methane wells in the HD Mountains Roadless
Area. As a result of overwhelming public comment, the Forest
Service’s plan safeguards the Ignacio Creek watershed in the heart of the HDs, but still allows rampant drilling on the Fruitland formation outcrop along the flanks of the HDs that would endangers people’s
homes, property, and water supplies. |
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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
Endorsed by: San Juan Citizens Alliance, Sierra Club,
Weminuche Group, Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project, Colorado Environmental
Coalition, Colorado Mountain Club, San Juan Audubon Society.
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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 164,000 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.
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SJCA launched the Dolores River Campaign in
2004 with the dual objectives of improving downstream flows below
McPhee Dam and protecting the landscape of the Dolores River Basin. |
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