Advocacy
Thompson Divide Coalition
A conservation group working on Thompson Divide.
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending the Thompson Divide?
1 group has it in their care
BLM land in Colorado, 221,000 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service.
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
One group is on the record for Thompson Divide, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Leading the fight
18 more work nearby but are not tied to Thompson Divide on the record
On the ground in Colorado
Rocky Mountain WildThey work only in ColoradoLegalConservation Lands FoundationThey work only in ColoradoAdvocacyColorado Mountain ClubThey work only in ColoradoRecreationColorado Wild Public LandsThey work only in ColoradoCoalitionColorado Fourteeners InitiativeThey work only in ColoradoStewardshipSan Juan Mountains AssociationThey work only in ColoradoFriends Group
More ways in
Volunteers for Outdoor ColoradoThey work only in ColoradoStewardshipBlack Canyon Audubon SocietyThey work only in ColoradoFriends GroupSan Juan Citizens AllianceColorado is one of the 2 states they work inCoalitionHigh Country NewsThey work only in ColoradoMediaMesa Verde FoundationThey work only in ColoradoFriends GroupThe Cloud FoundationThey work only in ColoradoAdvocacySouthwest Conservation CorpsColorado is one of the 4 states they work inStewardshipMesa Verde Museum AssociationThey work only in ColoradoFriends GroupContinental Divide Trail CoalitionBased in Golden, close to the groundTrailsSonoran InstituteColorado is one of the 4 states they work inCoalitionWildEarth GuardiansWorking this regionLegalIntertribal Buffalo CouncilWorking this regionTribal
The situation
What’s happening to Thompson Divide
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.
- 202220-year mineral withdrawal enactedThe Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
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
How to stand for the Thompson Divide
GiveGive to Thompson Divide Coalition
Their own site; they take gifts directly. Your dollar never passes through us.
Their site ↗SpeakCall your representativesA 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.
Thompson Divide has defenders. It needs more.
The work is theirs. The backing is yours.