Public Lands

HCCA worked with a broad group of conservation organizations to submit comments opposing the rescission of BLM's Public Lands Rule.

Jon Hare, HCCA Advocacy Director, sat down with BLISTER to discuss all things GORP in their latest podcast. Listen here today!

The recent news about public lands has been an outrage. This week, the majority party in the United States House of Representatives used...

Contact: jon@hccacb.org , 970.349.7104 x1 For years now, our concern for the future of the federal agencies managing public lands and...

The Trump Administration’s mass firings have left our public lands, parks, and forests severely understaffed and vulnerable. Last week,...

July 8, 2024 – For Immediate Release Contact – Jon Hare, Advocacy Director 970-349-7104 The Forest Supervisor for the Grand Mesa,...

July 2, 2024 – For Immediate Release For more information and questions contact: Jon Hare, Advocacy Director at High Country Conservation...

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

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...

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

We want to keep you apprised of a  couple of positive developments  at the West Elk coal mine in Gunnison County. First, as you may...