Mesa County Wilderness Coalition

Mesa County Wilderness Coalition Website
 sponsored by the
Uncompahgre Group
Rocky Mountain Chapter, Sierra Club
 

Welcome to the Mesa County Wilderness Coalition Website. 

The Mesa County Wilderness Coalition is a coalition of several groups and individuals in  Mesa County, including the Sierra Club Uncompahgre Group, Western Colorado Congress, Concerned Citizens Resource Association, Grand Valley Audubon Society, Colorado Mountain Club - Western Slope Group, and the Colorado Environmental Coalition.   MCWC is dedicated to promoting wilderness in Mesa County and Western Colorado.

Read these myths about Wilderness

Wilderness Resources 
 The Colorado Environmental Coaltion's
Website has a lot of good wilderness resources.  Check out their Wilderness Bibliography

The 1999 Colorado Wilderness Act was introduced in Congress by Rep. Diana DeGette.   You can read the press release issued by the Wilderness Society on the bill, check out a map of the areas proposed for wilderness designation, and read the actual legislation. 

Do you want to learn more about wilderness in your own backyard?   Click on either image to get a description of two areas in Mesa County that BLM is considering for possible wilderness status.

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Bangs Canyon

South Shale Ridge

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For More Information About the Mesa County Wilderness Coalition please contact:

 Pete Kolbenschlag with the Colorado Environmental Coalition at 243-0002 or

Matt Sura with Western Colorado Congress at 245-5602 or

Vicki Mercer with the Sierra Club at 464-0502.

What's Up with Wilderness?

Host the wilderness slide show at your group's meeting or event!

The Colorado Environmental Coalition has a free slideshow on potential wilderness lands of western Colorado.  Learn about these unique and beautiful lands, many less than an hour away from the Grand Valley, and what you can do to protect them for all people and future generations.

INFO:Pete Kolbenschlag, 243-0002, Colorado Environmental Coalition

Last Updated: 03/31/99

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 Uncompahgre  Group, Rocky Mountain Chapter
PO Box 1543, Grand Junction, CO 81502
Email:
mgizzi@mesastate.edu

If you have problems or comments concerning the Uncompahgre Gtoup  site,
 contact Michael Gizzi
[home page], e-mail to: mgizzi@mesastate.edu

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