Public Comment
April 5, 2019: CoNPS Comments on Amendments to the Clean Water Act
On April 5, 2019 CoNPS wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency strongly opposing the removal of wetlands, fens, small headwater streams, and ephemeral/intermittent drainage waters from EPA regulation through the clean water act. The letter follows...
CoNPS Comments on Monarch Pass Proposal
The US Forest Service requested comment on a forest management plan to treat forests on Monarch and Marshall Passes. Below is the comment which was written for CoNPS by Conservation Committee volunteer Gay Austin and signed by Mo Ewing, Chair of the committee....
CoNPS Comments on BLM December Oil and Gas Sale
The BLM December 2018 Oil and Gas Lease Sale was totally chaotic. In August, the BLM offered about 222,000 acres of lands for leasing. But a federal judge intervened, saying that the BLM didn't consider the impact on sage grouse habitat. On October 19, the BLM...
CoNPS Opposes Village at Wolf Creek
On August 31, 2018, Mo Ewing, the Chairman of the CoNPS Conservation Committee wrote a letter to the U.S. Forest Service opposing the granting of access to the developers of the proposed Village at Wolf Creek. The letter read as follows: Colorado Native Plant...
Conservation Committee August 2018 Update
CoNPS Conservation Committee 2018 Update – August 6, 2018 CoNPS Comment Letters Written: January 27: Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre & Gunnison National Forest (GMUG) - Draft Forest Assessment Identifying and Assessing at-Risk Species. April 6: BLM - Environmental...
CoNPS Signs Letter of Support for SCC
On July 1, 2018, CoNPS signed a letter of support for the preservation of South Canyon near Gunnison which is in danger of being developed. The South Canyon Coalition is in the process of trying to convince the City Council to buy the property to protect it from...
CoNPS on Grand Mesa, Uncompagre, Gunnison Forests Plan
On June 1, 2018, a team of CoNPS volunteers sent a letter to the Forest Plan Revision team of the Grand Mesa, Uncompagre and Gunnison Nationa Forest Service commenting on scoping process for the Forest Service plan. The comment team included extensive work by Brad...
CoNPS signs on to opposition to the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (H.R. 2
Alaska Wilderness League * Allegheny Defense Project Alpine Lakes Protection Society * Appalachian Voices * Arise for Social Justice Bark * Beaver Valley Preservation Alliance * California Native Plant Society Cascade Forest Conservancy * Cascadia Wildlands Center for...
May 4, 2018: CoNPS Opposes Forest Provisions in Federal Farm Bill (H.R. 2)
CoNPS joined The Wilderness Society, Defenders of Wildlife, The Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Northwest, Earthjustice, League of Conservation Voters, National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, Southern Environmental Law Center, and the...
4/6/18: CoNPS Comments on BLM Sept 2018 Oil & Gas Lease Sale
On April 6, 2018 CoNPS made comment on the BLM September 2018 Oil & Gas Lease Sale, in which some of the oil and gas lease sites bordered Great Sand Dunes National Park. Many thanks to Anne Bensard, Heidi Gerstung and Kristi Gladem for working on this project....