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Welcome to Sheep Mountain Alliance |
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 Sheep Mountain Alliance is a grassroots citizen organization dedicated to the preservation of the natural environment in the Telluride Region and Southwest Colorado. To this end, Sheep Mountain Alliance will provide education for and protection of regional ecosystems, wildlife habitats and watersheds.
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SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS |
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BREAKING NEWS: A hearing for The San Juan Mountains Wilderness Bill has been scheduled in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for March 22nd.
This is a crucial step forward for this widely supported, regionally created land conservation proposal for wild lands in San Miguel, San Juan and Ouray Counties. This bill has strong support from Colorado Senators Udall and Bennet. After hosting several "listening sessions" around the region, Congressman Scott Tipton has yet to indicate his intention for the bill. He needs to hear from you today!
Contact the Congressman with your support.
Phone: 970-241-2499
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One of the last free flowing rivers in the west, the San Miguel is experiencing increasing threats from the mining industry and potential development. SMA is involved in several conservation efforts along the San Miguel River.
WILD & SCENIC SUITABILITY: See the BLM RMP section for more information on the Wild & Scenic Suitability Recommendations.
INSTREAM FLOW: On September 13th the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) approved an instream flow filing for the lower San Miguel River from Calamity Draw (below Naturita) to the confluence with the Dolores River. These appropriations are based on studies by the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW), Forest Service and BLM scientists to protect several elements of riparian habitat along the lower San Miguel River. “This segment of the San Miguel River has been identified as being an outstanding population of three fish that are species of concern,” according to CDOW. SMA rallied strong support for the initial approval of this filing which was challenged by Montrose County and Southwest Water Conservation District. SMA again rallied support and took legal action to defend the CWCB decision.
WATER RIGHTS: SMA has filed opposition to several Montrose County water rights applications. We feel that these applications are based on the desire of Montrose County to turn the West End of Montrose and San Miguel Counties into an industrial zone severely diminishing the natural flows of the San Miguel River, threatening water quality, endangering the threatened Colorado River Fish and riparian habitat, as well as recreational and agricultural opportunities for the entire region. |
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STATE MILL APPROVAL WAS FLAWED
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has substantiated concerns that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) did not meet federal requirements for a fair public hearing process when it issued a radioactive materials license to Energy Fuels Inc. to operate the proposed Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill.
Read the press release.
On March 8, 2012, the NRC notified Sheep Mountain Alliance attorney Jeffrey C. Parsons that "CDPHE did not provide an opportunity for a public hearing or notice for public comment on the Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill proposed license."
Read the NRC's letter.
Read the NRC's letter to CDPHE.
Denver Post: Feds: Colorado bungled public review of proposed uranium mill near Nucla
The Watch: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Substantiates Concerns on Mill
Colorado Independent: Nuclear Regulatory Commission claims Colorado botched licensing of uranium mill
Summit Voice: Federal regulators say Colorado health officials botched licensing and hearing process for proposed uranium mill
The CDPHE granted the radioactive materials license for the Piñon Ridge Mill on Jan. 5, 2011, authorizing the first new uranium mill to be built in the United States in a generation. The radioactive processing facility and tailings complex is proposed for an 800-acre site in Paradox Valley between the San Miguel and Dolores Rivers.
Visit our ACTION PAGE and contact Governor Hickenlooper today.
Please sign our petition to Gov. Hickenlooper to Stop the Piñon Ridge Mill.
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DOE URANIUM LEASING PROGRAM |
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October 19, BREAKING NEWS: SMA and our conservation partners won a sweeping legal victory on Oct. 18 when a federal judge ordered a halt to the Department of Energy’s Uranium Leasing Program. The court issued an injunction to suspend all drilling, mining, exploration, and existing and future uranium leasing over a 42-square-mile area on the Western Slope.
Read the press release.
Read the court ruling.
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