San Juan Citizens Alliance is a grass roots organization dedicated to social, economic and environmental justice in the San Juan Basin. We organize San Juan Basin residents to protect our water and air, our public lands, our rural character, and our
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- Founded:
- April 5, 1986
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- Water 101
Rebecca Hall, 113 West Columbia Ave...
Friday, September 25 at 8:30am - Green Business Roundtable
Henry Strater Theater at the Strate...
Wednesday, September 9 at 12:00pm - USFS Draft EIS for Hermosa Par...
Durango Public Library
Wednesday, September 2 at 5:30pm - Kickoff to Animas River Days!
Smiley Theater
Friday, June 12 at 7:00pm - Oil & Gas - House Party
Heartwood Co-Housing
Friday, June 5 at 6:00pm - Green Business Round Table
Henry Strater Theatre
Wednesday, April 8 at 12:00pm - Water Quality in Archuleta County
Archuleta County Fairgrounds
Tuesday, March 24 at 6:00pm - Green Business Round Table
Henry Strater Theatre
Wednesday, March 11 at 12:00pm - WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL
Smiley building
Saturday, February 28 at 6:00pm - DEADLINE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS TO...
www.sanjuancitizens.org
Monday, February 23 at 8:00am
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- Have ideas for our page? 2:04pm Feb 17
- Wild & Scenic Film Fest comes to Durango 12:42pm Feb 11
- Watersheds 101 8:10pm Feb 5
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Wall PhotosCreated about 6 months ago
2009 Children's Water FestivalCreated about 7 months ago
San Juan Citizens Alliance River Program Director is at the Colorado Watershed Assembly annual conference
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Interested in water? Want to learn more?
Come to WATER 101 - the fourth annual water seminar sponsored by the Alliance and the Water Information Program.
This years' event will take place in Telluride on September 25th (830-500pm)
It's only $32 and features keynote speaker, Supreme Court Justice Greg Hobbs
For more info, ...contact Denise at 247-1302 and also at
www.waterinfo.org
San Juan Citizens Alliance
Green Business Roundtable 2009-2010 Season
Networking opportunity for every business and individual interested in sustainability
When: 12 p.m.-1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9
Where: Henry Strater Theatre at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave., Durango
Cost: $15 includes lunch
September topic: Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Tax
Contact Tracy at 259-3583 to register!
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Congressman John Salazar has posted the draft San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act bill on his website, where you will also find a summary of what’s in the bill and maps of each area to be designated. ...
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Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Tax - Clearing the Air… Localizing the National Debate
Guest Speaker Lori Schell, Ph.D., serves as president of Empowered Energy, an independent energy consultancy with specific expertise in risk and contract management for emissions allowances. Dr. Schell has more than 20 years of experience in... the energy industry, including policy analysis work done at the U.S. Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory
GBR is back! Fall 2009-2010
Time:12:00PM Wednesday, September 9th
Location:Henry Strater Theater at the Strater Hotel
San Juan Citizens Alliance CLEAN ENERGY TOWN HALL MEETING: RAISE YOUR VOICE OVER BIG OIL & COAL! UNITED STATES SENATOR MARK UDALL IS HOSTING A CLEAN ENERGY TOWN HALL MEETING AND NEEDS TO HEAR LOUD AND CLEAR HOW YOU SUPPORT: - NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY LEGISLATION - TACKLING GLOBAL WARMING - BUILDING A RENEWABLE ENERGY ECONOMY WHEN: 1:00 P.M.... THURSDAY AUGUST 27 WHERE: ANASAZI ROOM - LA PLATA COUNTY COURT HOUSE
San Juan Citizens Alliance
To encourage public participation, the Forest Service will hold an open house and meeting on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at the Durango Public Library. From 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., Forest Service staff will be available to answer questions, and the public can view maps and sign up to offer oral comments later that evening.... Written comment forms will also be available. Between 6:30 – 9 p.m., oral comments will be recorded into the public record for the Draft EIS. Schedules and sign-up sheets for field trips will be available at the public meeting.
The Draft EIS is available for download from the San Juan National Forest website at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/sanjuan/projects
Public Meeting for Hermosa Land Exchange
Time:5:30PM Wednesday, September 2nd
Location:Durango Public Library
San Juan Citizens Alliance
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Hermosa Park/Mitchell Lakes Land Exchange has been released for public comment and review.
The federal parcel proposed for exchange consists of 265 acres of San Juan National Forest adjacent to U.S. Highway 550 north of Durango between the Haviland Lake/Chris Park Recreation Area and Tamarron Resort.
www.fs.fed.us
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San Juan Citizens Alliance SENATE PRESIDENT WELCOMES NEWEST SENATOR DENVER-- Saturday, Bruce Whitehead was selected to be the newest Senator from Senate District 6 representing Southwest Colorado. Whitehead is a civil engineer with a lifelong career specializing in water issues facing the state of Colorado. "I cannot wait to get starte...d," said Whitehead. "I have lived in Colorado my whole life and I'm looking forward to being a st
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Your Support Needed Today to Ensure Introduction of San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act!!
We need to send a really strong message of support for the legislation to the Congressman!
Comments are due by August 16th – Write a letter today! Go to the Alliance website for sample bullet points and a sample letter...
www.sanjuancitizens.org
Congressman John Salazar has posted the draft San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act bill on his website, where you will also find a summary of what’s in the bill and maps of each area to be designated. ...
San Juan Citizens Alliance
MINING: Salazar's moratorium gives time for careful study.
The Department of the Interior has placed a moratorium on new mining claims for nearly 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, with the goal of determining whether mining should be prohibited permanently there. Mining companies are howling, wilderness advocates a...re cheering and most others are trying to figure out whether the moratorium is a good thing.
www.durangoherald.com
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Future Of Western U.S. Water Supply Threatened By Climate Change
Lake Powell in Utah is one of one of several massive Colorado River reservoirs that could be severely depleted in the coming decades as a result of warming temperatures in the West, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
www.sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (July 21, 2009) As the West warms, a drier Colorado River system could see as much as a one-in-two chance of fully depleting all of its reservoir storage by mid-century assuming current ...
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There is some movement on the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Bill.
Congressman Salazar has put lots of info about the bill on his website. Check it out at the link below. His intention is to have it there for a short period of time to gather comments from the public before introducing the bill. Check out the link below to read more!
www.house.gov
Web site of United States Representative John T. Salazar, Third District of Colorado (CO03).
San Juan Citizens Alliance The Journey of Recycled Plastic: Where does your bottle go?
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Compressed plastic bottles are piled up at a polyethylene terephthalate recycling center in Beselich, Germany, in this October 2007 file photo. The bottles are washed, crushed and transformed into plastic flakes, which then can be recast into new bottles. ...
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SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS (SUA’s)
NOW ONLINE
SJCA HAS POSTED BOTH
SUA’s AND COMMENTS ON THEM
ON ITS WEBSITE www.sanjuancitizens.org
An SUA is a document that gas operators enter into with surface owners before beginning drilling operations on the subject property. An SUA can be very complicated, confusing and at times seem...ingly contradictory to people not familiar with it. SJCA posted this information in order to
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If you are a landowner impacted by drilling, we have provided a copy of a Surface Use Agreement currently being given to land owners in La Plata County, Colorado, for your review.
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