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" Introduction " Repeal of the Roadless Rule " Americans Unite to Reinstate Protections " Promises Made, Promises Broken " Cutting into America's Last Intact National Forests " Focus on Four States:     "Idaho     "Minnesota     "Oregon     "Alaska " Additional Roadless Area Incursions " Print-Quality Photos " Press Release

Feds Rebuked for Proposed Projects in Colorado's Roadless Areas

Organizations & landowner call for halt of agency actions

On March 31, 2006, environmental organizations and a landowner discussed current projects threatening Colorado's roadless areas despite promises from the Bush Administration. The groups called on Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth to place a moratorium on logging, mining, drilling and road-building in roadless areas. The event focused on threatened roadless areas located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt, San Juan, White River, and Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forests.

• Listen to the press briefing [mp3, 7.58 megs]

Participants

• Brian O'Donnell, Public Lands Director, Trout Unlimited (Durango)
• Janine Fitzgerald, Professor, Fort Lewis College and landowner who farms adjacent to the HD Mountains Roadless Area (Durango)
• Sloan Shoemaker, Executive Director, Wilderness Workshop (Carbondale)
• Scott Chaplin, Trustee, Town of Carbondale
• Matt Garrington, Field Organizer, Environment Colorado (Denver)

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