BLM land in Colorado, 221,000 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service.
The defenders
No group in our directory carries the Thompson Divide 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.
On the ground in Colorado
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The situation
Ranchers, hunters, and recreationists fought for 20 years to protect the Thompson Divide from drilling and won a hard-fought mineral withdrawal in 2022. Two decades of grassroots work, now being reconsidered by bureaucrats who weren’t there for any of it. The leases these communities killed could come roaring back.
No public comment window is open on Thompson Divide 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
A ready call script on Thompson Divide, plus any comment window as it opens.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands MapBuild my lineup around Thompson Divide: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
The work is theirs. The backing is yours.