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Green Business Roundtable

The Green Business Roundtable (GBR) is one of the most innovative and successful lunchtime networking events in Durango. Routinely attended by over 75 business leaders, elected officials, and influential community members, GBR inspires innovative discussions on timely issues affecting our region. GBR is non-partisan.

Speakers for the 2023-2024 Season

September 13th: Helen Katich, Western Colorado Regional Director for Senator Hickenlooper

October 11th: Marty Pool, Sustainability Manager for City of Durango

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Recent San Juan Citizens Alliance News

ECOFLIGHT: Migration Corridors on Wolf Creek Pass

| Lands Protection, Wildlife, Wolf Creek | No Comments
This summer the San Juan Citizens Alliance teamed up with Ecoflight for a flyover of the Southern San Juans. EcoFlight is a nonprofit organization that educates and advocates for the protection of remaining wild lands and wildlife habitat using small aircraft.…

Forests play a role in fighting climate change

| Durango Herald Column, Forest Health | No Comments
A cherished landscape gained a measure of new protection this month when Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order creating a 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park that precludes future oil and gas leasing. The decision culminates…

Chaco Gains Reprieve from New Drilling

| Coal, Durango Herald Column, Energy Transition, Oil & Gas | No Comments
A cherished landscape gained a measure of new protection this month when Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order creating a 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park that precludes future oil and gas leasing. The decision culminates…

PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit Targets Timber Sale Threatening Rare Mature Forests, Wildlife in Colorado

| Forest Health, Lands Protection, Press Release, Wildlife | 3 Comments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 14, 2023 DOLORES, Colo.— Forest advocates sued the U.S. Forest Service today for violating environmental laws when it approved a nearly 23,000-acre timber sale that would cut large, century-old ponderosa pine trees and threaten wildlife in…

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