The Thompson Divide Coalition

04/03/2024

Just in! The U.S. Department of the Interior announced a final approval of the Thompson Divide Administrative Mineral Withdrawal, which will protect 225,000 acres of public lands in western Colorado from future oil and gas leasing and mining for the next 20 years. In 2009, the Thompson Divide Coalition, comprised of ranchers, recreationalists and
conservationists, joined together to fight the threat of oil and gas development, generating strong community support in the process from local businesses, government and from public land users across the country. TDC is incredibly thankful to our local advocates and community supporters who showed up to events, submitted comments, engaged in legal and civic action, and never tired over decades to protect this incredible natural resource and beloved local treasure. Let's celebrate this much needed win for the planet and for the people of western Colorado!

Read the press release here:
https://wildernessworkshop.org/community-celebrates-20-years-of-protections-for-the-thompson-divide/







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12/22/2023

We see the finish line...years of hard work, community organizing and persistence coming to fruition. PLEASE submit your public comment today. With just 2 minutes of your time you can protect the Thompson Divide for 20 years. The deadline is January 8, 2024. This is the last opportunity we have to make our voices heard in the public process.

Edit the template and submit your comment here:
https://tr.ee/De2XE0AyWg

06/14/2023

The proposed Thompson Divide Administrative Mineral Withdrawal would protect 225,000 acres of beloved public lands from future oil and gas leasing, as well as mining. Tell the US Forest Service you support the withdrawal by submitting a comment by Friday, June 16.

To use a comment template (editable) visit our partner Wilderness Workshop's TD action page. https://secure.everyaction.com/lvGAt9nA30WhFDft2iBKdg2

Or visit the USFS Thompson Divide page for an online form. https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public//CommentInput?Project=63679

COMMENTS DUE BY FRIDAY, JUNE 16
This only takes a few minutes!

Per Bureau of Land Management withdrawal regulations (43 CFR Part 2300), the Forest Service, as the applicant of the withdrawal, will prepare the environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).  The Forest Service is conducting public scoping at this time in compliance wi...

05/11/2023

TONIGHT you can participate in the recently announced Public Meeting regarding the proposed Administrative Mineral Withdrawal via Zoom. The meetings will start at 5:30pm and 6:30pm. The 6:30pm meeting will offer a Spanish language translation. Please register at any point (it's easy!) to get the Zoom link.

https://blm.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_MH-NihZwR6CyPqHAqZ9fPQ

The sessions will consist of a short presentation explaining the requested withdrawal, followed by a question-and-answer session. Information about how to submit comments will be provided.

The Authentic page for The Thompson Divide Coalition.

01/31/2023

Over 73,500 individuals and organizations submitted public comments to the Bureau of Land Management recently. The agency is currently evaluating an application to withdraw the Thompson Divide from extraction activity for 20 years. The next step in this process will be a U.S. Forest Service National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis, including receiving more public comments in 2023.

Visit www.thompsondivide.org and sign up for our newsletter. We'll keep you informed of the process and what's up next for protecting this special area.

01/09/2023

We made it easy for you to submit a comment to The U.S. Forest Service and BLM regarding the Administrative Mineral Withdrawal in The Thompson Divide. The Withdrawal will protect the Thompson Divide for another 20 years. Please visit our website https://www.thompsondivide.org/publiccomment to use the online comment submission form and template. Submit your comments by Friday, January 13, 2023!

01/03/2023

Happy 2023. The New Year couldn't have started off in a better way. We have a rare opportunity to protect the Thompson Divide by supporting the proposed Administrative Mineral Withdrawal. The deadline approaches in less than two weeks. Please visit https://www.thompsondivide.org/publiccomment. The Thompson Divide Coalition is providing a letter template to make this easy to submit. It will only take 5 minutes! Please make the letter your own by editing it directly on our site and simply click "Submit." Now you can move on to the rest of your New Year's resolutions!

12/14/2022

TODAY, Wednesday, Dec. 14., the U.S. Forest Service and BLM will host an important informational Open House at the Carbondale Fire Department. There are two sessions - one at 5pm and one at 6pm. Please join in. Your support is important!

10/12/2022

Today, DOI and USDA are also announcing steps to conserve the Thompson Divide area in western Colorado, one of the state’s most cherished landscapes. In response to broad concerns about protecting Thompson Divide’s important wildlife habitat, recreation opportunities, grazing lands and clean air and water, the administration is proposing a 20-year withdrawal of the Thompson Divide area from disposition under the public land laws, mining laws, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service have jointly submitted the withdrawal petition and application to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. Secretary Haaland’s acceptance of the petition and publication of a notice in the Federal Register will initiate a two-year segregation that will prohibit new mining claims and the issuance of new Federal mineral leases on approximately 225,000 acres in the Thompson Divide area. During this time, the BLM and Forest Service will seek public comment, and conduct a science-based environmental analysis of the impacts of a 20-year withdrawal.

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12/04/2019

Thank you for setting the record straight on how critics of the are getting it wrong. This is not just a wilderness bill--the 200,000 acres protected within the Thompson Divide would maintain all current existing multiple uses, including snowmobiling, hunting, and grazing.

Has a piece of legislation been subject to greater misinterpretation — or misinformation — than the CORE Act?