October 30, 2014 - In late September, just as the aspen trees were starting to reach peak color, Citizens for a Healthy Community's Executive Director Jim Ramey and CHC member Doug Gill took a trip up to the Pilot Knob roadless area, located just 7 miles...
August 27, 2014, We've got two great hiking opportunities coming right up: Saturday, Sept. 6th - Hike Clear Fork in The Thompson Divide. Celebrate National Public Lands day with CHC and our partners from The Thompson Divide Coalition and the Western Slope Conservation Center for a hike up the Clear Fork...
May 1, 2014 - Documents Obtained Through FOIA Requests & Appeals Reveal Extent of Proposed Industrialization of Prized Pilot Knob Roadless Area A few miles northeast of the town of Paonia lies the untouched Pilot Knob Roadless Area. The landscape is dynamic, with rolling oakbrush hills, towering...
January 31, 2014 - Conservationists filed suit today challenging the federal government’s approval of a new natural gas development in the Gunnison National Forest without conducting the legally required analysis of environmental impacts. The plan calls for as many as five gas wells near the Little...
November 13, 2013 - The U.S. Forest Service has decided to proceed with normal review of two drilling proposals in the North Fork watershed. Even worse, both proposals are for inventoried roadless areas, including pristine aspen groves and incredible trails. The Forest Service has decided to proceed...
October 28, 2013 - Citizens for a Healthy Community has filed a second appeal of the U.S. Forest Service's (USFS) plans to allow SG Interests to drill in the Gunnison National Forest. The drilling request is for up to five wells at the 11-90-9#3 proposed well...