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Colorado’s roadless forests need your help!

On December 26, 2007, directed by the Bush administration, the Forest Service announced its intent to begin a national rulemaking that would weaken existing protections for 4.4 million acres of Colorado's wild national forest roadless areas.

 

National forest roadless areas protect our clean drinking water supplies, hunting grounds, recreation lands, wildlife habitat, and our Colorado heritage. Our roadless forests, places like Herman Gulch, the Sourdough Trail, and Pagoda Peak - summer range to the largest elk herd in North America, provide quiet places for contemplation and natural escape that are the defining spirit of the Rocky Mountains.

 

These areas currently enjoy protection under the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, but under the Bush administration proposal they would be removed from this protection and be subject to weaker provisions than other national forest roadless areas across the nation. Under the proposed Colorado rules, the door could be opened to mining, logging, and road construction, as well as other special interests.

 

Please let the Forest Service know that you want all of Colorado's roadless areas protected by the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Ask them not to weaken the current protections. With your help, we can keep these areas as they are today.

 

The U.S. Forest Service is no longer accepting comments at this stage in the rulemaking process. There will be more opportunities to comment to the Forest Service once the Draft Rule is released. Please check back later for more information on participating in the Colorado roadless rulemaking process.