Uncompahgre Valley Association is WCC's local community group in Montrose County.

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Recent Updates

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• "Montrose, Ouray Counties feeling gas pains" (May/June 2005 WCC Clarion article) BLM leases mineral rights under thousands of acres.
• "Democracy: The elusive ideal" (Nov/Dec 2005 WCC Clarion article) UVA sponsored a Democracy School in October 2005 which featured presentations from Tom Linzey of the Community Environmental Defense Fund and Richard Grossman of PoCLAD.

Background Information

• UVA formed in 1983 and over the years has been involved in some of WCC's toughest campaigns - from forcing the clean-up of Louisiana Pacific's waferboard plant in Olathe to stopping plans for a low-level radioactive waste dump in the West End of Montrose County. UVA members were also a driving force behind WCC's annual Sustainable Living Fairs held in the mid-1990s.
• UVA members started to tackle growth issues in 1994 when they successfully amended the County Zoning Resolution to improve the commissioners' ability to regulate land use. Since then, members have worked on the proliferation of gravel pits and attempted to limit the size of "big box" retailers within the city limits.
• UVA members are also responsible for keeping Montrose Recycling Center open and for helping to push the idea of curbside recycling into reality.

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