• Background Information
• Other Resources

Learn more about:

• the protection of Greater Dominguez Canyons area; and
• the proposed Whitehouse Expansion of the Sneffels Wilderness area.

Recent Updates

You can read and download all of the following items as Adobe Acrobat PDF files (If you don't have it already, click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader).

• Salazars introduce Dominguez-Escalante NCA (5/22/08 Grand Junction Free Press)
• A strong message to preserve lands (12/14/07 Ouray County News)
• Ranchers eye protection for canyon (11/25/07 Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
• Dominguez legislation likely to come soon (11/25/07 Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
• [Ouray] BOCC backs wilderness expansion (11/7/07 Ouray County News)
• 90 Businesses Support Dominguez Conservation Area Proposal (7/31/07 Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
• Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area: Keep It Real (05/18/07 Grand Junction Free Press)
• BLM favors motorized use for Bangs (Nov/Dec 2005 WCC Clarion) All three proposed management alternatives include trail through heart of 20,000 acre wilderness.
• Supporters beat path to roadless hearing (Nov/Dec 2005 WCC Clarion) Colorado Roadless Areas Review Task Force collects public comment at Delta hearing.

Background Information

WCC members have successfully worked:

• for the creation of what is now the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area in Mesa County in October 2000.
• for the reduction of cross-country, off-road vehicle travel in the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in Montrose County by 95%.
• to rally local support for the protection of the Roan Plateau in Garfield County from the impacts of gas drilling.

[top of page]

Other Resources

• WCC is part of the Save Roan Plateau coalition, working to ensure balanced management of this biological hotspot in light of gas drilling proposals.
• The Colorado Environmental Coalition unites Coloradans to protect our state's environment and quality of life.

[top of page]