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Earlier in April, Gunnison Country celebrated when the US Department of Interior signed the historic Mt. Emmons–Thompson Divide Mineral Withdrawal to remove the opportunity for new mining or oil and gas operations on over 220,000 acres of federal land in Western Colorado managed by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).  This is definitely a great reason for all of us who love public lands to celebrate, yet at High Country Conservation Advocat

On March 19th, the Town of Mt. Crested Butte voted to pass an outdoor landscaping code ordinance that will help our community grow with...

For more information contact: Julie Nania, Red Lady Program Director at High Country Conservation Advocates, Julie@hccacb.org,  (509)...

The push to end mining around Red Lady and the Thompson Divide gains momentum. Senator Bennet honors the Crested Butte community and...

Thank you to our partners who came together to make this project possible: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) US Fish &...

Following an epic winter in the Gunnison Valley, we are excited for the arrival of summer and all the glorious flowers that surely await...

At midnight on April 1, my soul sister and race partner Laura Yale and I will depart to Aspen in the regalia of the Red Ladies as we ski in this year’s Elk Mountains Grand Traverse. Mother nature permitting, we will ski 40 miles through the night and climb 6,800 vertical feet over the Continental Divide. We’ll battle weather, blisters, and our own physical limits. But most importantly, we are skiing to protect Mt. Emmons - also known as Red Lady - in our home town of Crested

Read Comments See attached documents to the comments below: Attachment A: HCCA LEX Comments Attachment B: Acid Mine Drainage Attachment...

In early October Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland initiated an administrative withdrawal  process for the Thompson Divide and lands...

My name is Andi, and I am a second-year law student who has been a legal intern at HCCA since June 2022. I am a fourth-generation...

In early October Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland initiated an administrative withdrawal  process for the Thompson Divide and lands...

78% of land in Gunnison County is public land owned and managed by the federal government. (1) For example, the United States Forest...

A fundraiser to benefit HCCA's Save Red Lady campaign Click the buttons below to purchase your $20 ticket! November 26th in Crested Butte...

Did you miss Paul Andersen's inspirational presentation, "Crested Butte and the Sacred Bond of Community" at our annual meeting? Want to...

This morning, October 12th, 2022, President Biden announced that he has initiated a mineral withdrawal of the Thompson Divide area and...

In response to the historic and current environmental racism occurring in Colorado, the Colorado Legislature passed the Environmental...

Nobody should have to experience the negative environmental impacts from industrial, governmental, and commercial activities, let alone...

The term infrastructure often brings up images of man-made structures in urban areas. However, infrastructure also includes natural...

Beginning in the Continental Divide within Rocky Mountain National Park, the Colorado River supports seven states, parts of Mexico, and...