FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 28, 2019 Denver, CO – In response to the ongoing decline over recent decades in the elk population in the Roaring Fork and Eagle valleys, Rocky Mountain Wild has published a report titled Evaluating Landscape Connectivity and H...
Category: Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE: Rocky Mountain Wild Applauds Governor Polis’s Efforts to Improve Colorado’s Important Wildlife Corridors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2019 Denver, CO – Today, Governor Jared Polis signed an Executive Order that will make things easier for wildlife on the move in Colorado. Focused on Colorado’s iconic populations of ungulate species, such as deer, elk, mo...
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation Groups Challenge Forest Service Again Over Approval of Village at Wolf Creek
For Immediate Release: May 28, 2019 Denver, CO – Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today seeking to invalidate the Rio Grande National Forest’s approval of the massive Village at Wolf Creek development by providing expanded access across National Forest ...
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation Groups Cheer Latest Court Decision Rejecting Village at Wolf Creek Land Exchange
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 12, 2018 A federal appeals court Tuesday dismissed the latest attempt from the would-be developers of the Village at Wolf Creek to reinstate a land exchange rejected by a federal judge last year. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of A...
Lawsuit Challenges Oil and Gas Lease Sales on Public Lands in Colorado & Utah
Development of the Leases Threatens Public Health and Nearby Dinosaur National Monument FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 27, 2018 Media Contacts: Matthew Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild, (303) 579-5162, matt@rockymountainwild.org Diana Dascalu-Joffe, Center for B...
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation Advocates Promise Continued Scrutiny of Village at Wolf Creek, Vow to Challenge Latest Attempt to Avoid Public Review
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20, 2018 The Rio Grande National Forest announced its intention July 19, 2018 to circumvent a federal court ruling that invalidated prior approvals for the controversial Village at Wolf Creek real estate development. The Village a...
Colorado County and Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Again Over Southwest Colorado Oil and Gas Leases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2018 San Miguel County, Rocky Mountain Wild, the San Juan Citizens’ Alliance, and Conservation Colorado filed another lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over the agency’s decision to ...
PRESS RELEASE: Developers attempt another end run around public on Village at Wolf Creek
The developers of the controversial Village at Wolf Creek recently demanded the Forest Service simply ignore recent court decisions and instead approve road construction to begin the proposed real estate development. In a January 12, 2018 letter to the Forest ...
PRESS RELEASE: Forest Service Declines to Appeal Decision Nullifying Wolf Creek Land Exchange
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2018 Denver, CO – The United States Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service has declined to appeal an Order issued last May by Senior Judge Richard P. Matsch setting aside decisions approving a land exchange that would pro...
PRESS RELEASE: Colorado Judge Rules Against Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill License
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2018 Contacts: Travis Stills, Energy & Conservation Law, stills@frontier.net, 970-375-9271 Lexi Tuddenham, Sheep Mountain Alliance, lexi@sheepmountainalliance.org, 617-285-4715 Matt Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild, matt@roc...