Wolf Creek Pass – So Much More Than Just Dead Trees

Wolf Creek Pass – So Much More Than Just Dead Trees

For more than a decade Rocky Mountain Wild and a coalition of other conservation organizations have been fighting to stop the development of the “Village at Wolf Creek.”  This proposed development would build roads, homes, condos, retail stores, and energ...

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Wild Connections: Mapping Potential Wilderness Areas

Wild Connections: Mapping Potential Wilderness Areas

Up the East Gulch from its confluence with the Arkansas River, a few miles east of Texas Creek in Fremont County, is Echo Canyon. Further up the gulch, Table Mountain looms to the southwest, past Bull Ridge. Surrounding this mountain, gulch and canyon are 32,0...

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2014 Activist in the Trenches Award Presented to Allison Jones of the Wild Utah Project

Jasper Carlton pioneered the assertive, science based advocacy that is the hallmark of Rocky Mountain Wild. Each year, the Jasper Carlton Activist in the Trenches Award recognizes a dedicated, unsung activist, who is passionate and uncompromising in defense of...

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Draft Boundary for South Park Master Leasing Plan

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Colorado will begin this fall (2014) working with conservation groups and other agencies (including Denver Water) to create a Master Leasing Plan for the South Park area in Colorado.  These plans are intended to take i...

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In 2014, we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act!

On September 3, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Wilderness Act. This historic bill established the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). In Colorado, 3.6 million acres have been protected as wilderness in the last 50 years. Each ...

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