Who’s defending Black Ridge Canyons WSA?
18 groups have it in their care
BLM land in Colorado, 75,550 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
The defenders
Nobody has claimed this fight yet
No group in our directory carries Black Ridge Canyons WSA in its work yet. That is not the same as nobody fighting: if you know the group that belongs here, tell us and our editors will look at it.
18 more groups also work this ground
On the ground in Colorado
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The situation
What’s happening to Black Ridge Canyons WSA
The second-largest concentration of natural arches in the world, carved into sandstone cliffs above the Colorado River. Black Ridge Canyons has the scenery of a national park and the protection of a suggestion. Without wilderness designation, the next development proposal will be the one that breaks through.
- 1980Inventoried as wilderness study area
- 2000Adjacent Colorado National Monument expanded
- 2025WSA remains undesignated and vulnerable
Source: BLM · January 1, 2025
No public comment window is open on Black Ridge Canyons WSA right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
Your move
How to stand for Black Ridge Canyons WSA
Black Ridge Canyons WSA has defenders. It needs more.
The work is theirs. The backing is yours.