Access to Colorado's Roadless Areas
Threatened by Radical Environmentalists!
URGENT ACTION ALERT IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED

Pocatello, ID (2/24/2007) -BRC members and supporters, along with representatives of the Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition (COHVCO), participated in the efforts of the Colorado Roadless Areas Review Task Force to craft recommendations on how to manage Colorado's 4.4 million acres of "Roadless" lands.

We participated in good faith, side by side with representatives of local governments, environmental groups, other recreational users and business groups, in order to craft a true collaborative compromise on the contentious Roadless issue in Colorado.

Sadly, or should I say - predictably - Colorado's radical environmental groups are attempting to destroy all the good work that has been accomplished and use their political power to push Governor Ritter to support their agenda - collaboration and cooperation be damned!

You can read about their efforts in an Associated Press story by Judith Kohler: Ritter seeks interim protection for Colorado's roadless areas

This crowd in Colorado talks big about collaboration and inclusive decision making. Now we see how seriously they are about living up to their agreements.

Indeed, earlier this week, BRC received a copy of a mass-mail alert from these groups encouraging Governor Ritter to scrap the recommendations made by the Task Force in favor of the top-down, one size fits all "Clinton Rule." We estimate the Governor received hundreds of emails.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
Colorado state legislators who support the collaborative process, and who are willing to live up to their agreements, have proposed a resolution urging Governor Ritter not meddle with the compromise agreement.

Please email your state legislators and the governor and let them know you want him to live up to the agreements worked out in the Colorado Roadless Task Force compromise. Please take just a minute to send an email asking key Colorado legislators not to meddle with the Task Force's compromise.

Click here to send an email to State Senator Jim Isgar (D-Hesperus), State Representative Kathleen Curry (D-Gunnison) and Governor Bill Ritter (D-CO).

If you'd rather call, their numbers are:
State Senator Jim Isgar (D-Hesperus) 303-866-4884 office
State Representative Kathleen Curry (D-Gunnison) 303-866-2945 office
Governor Bill Ritter (D-CO) 303-866-2471 office

Thanks in advance for your action. As always, if you have any comments or questions please give me a call.

Brian Hawthorne
BlueRibbon Coalition
brbrian@sharetrails.org