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Colorado
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Who’s defending Colorado?

7 public places under threat in Colorado

11 groups have them in their care

The defenders

The groups doing the most work here

11 groups are on the record for Colorado, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. The other one is likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, with no source tying it to this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.

On the ground

Also in the fight

Legal · San Francisco, CA

Earthjustice

Represented San Juan Citizens Alliance and partners in a 2002 settlement that added archaeological and wildlife oversight to a seismic survey and deferred new oil and gas leasing in the monument pending the management plan EIS.

Fighting for Canyons of the Ancients4 live federal cases across all their work

698 staff + 33 volunteers81¢ to the workFounded 1971

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Likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, no source ties them to this fight

16 more work on Colorado

On the ground in Colorado

Colorado Mountain ClubThey work only in ColoradoRecreationColorado Wild Public LandsThey work only in ColoradoCoalitionHigh Country NewsThey work only in ColoradoMediaMesa Verde FoundationThey work only in ColoradoFriends GroupRocky Mountain ConservancyThey work only in ColoradoFriends GroupSan Juan Mountains AssociationThey work only in ColoradoFriends GroupVolunteers for Outdoor ColoradoThey work only in ColoradoStewardshipBlack Canyon Audubon SocietyThey work only in ColoradoFriends Group

The national muscle

Friends of the Earth2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyNational Wildlife Refuge Association2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyWilderness Watch2 live federal cases across all their workLegalGreat Old Broads for WildernessThe Durango-based national office chartered a Montezuma County chapter specifically to support the monument with archaeological site stewardship, trail work, and comments on grazing and oil and gas oversight.StewardshipEnvironment America1 live federal case across all their workAdvocacyNational Audubon Society1 live federal case across all their workAdvocacyNational Trust for Historic Preservation1 live federal case across all their workAdvocacyAmerican WhitewaterWorked alongside local outfitters and Colorado's boating community to make the river's case ahead of the 2015 designation, and remains engaged in monument management planning for river access.Grassroots

The places

Under threat in Colorado

Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.

  1. Threat developingColorado BLM Lease SaleBLM June 2026 lease sale: 170 parcels, 155,816 acres
  2. Threat developingUncompahgre Plateau (GMUG National Forests)267,300-acre, 20-year treatment framework enters objection period
  3. On watchBrowns Canyon National MonumentMining interest in monument lands
  4. On watchCanyons of the Ancients National MonumentOil and gas drilling near archaeological sites
  5. On watchDinosaur National MonumentBLM Q2 2026 lease sale targets 54,000+ acres near monument
  6. On watchBlack Ridge Canyons WSADevelopment pressure on WSA boundaries
  7. On watchThompson DivideMineral withdrawal under review

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How to stand for Colorado

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Colorado has defenders. It needs more.

11 groups on the record, 1 more likely to care, Rocky Mountain Wild with 8 staff + 100 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.

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Sources and methodGroup crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups are on the record for Colorado: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.