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Welcome to Sheep Mountain Alliance |
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 Sheep Mountain Alliance is a grassroots citizen organization dedicated to the preservation of the natural environment in the Telluride Region and Southwest Colorado. To this end, Sheep Mountain Alliance will provide education for and protection of regional ecosystems, wildlife habitats and watersheds.
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Energy Fuels Corporation has submitted a Special Use Permit application for the Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill to the Montrose County Planning Department. The proposed mill site is located in the Paradox Valley immediately adjacent to Hwy 90, six miles from the Dolores River. The second public hearing before the County Planning Commission is scheduled for June 10th at 6pm in Montrose at the Friendship Hall, 1001 N. Second Ave. SMA has several specific concerns about the mill site itself as well as the larger impacts of an approved mill site and resulting redevelopment of uranium leases in the Uravan Mineral Belt adjacent to the San Miguel and Dolores Rivers. We ask that you please take the time to submit your comments to Montrose County. While we will attend the meeting we feel that it is important to allow for local residents to have plenty of time to speak.
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Outlook Resources, Inc. has applied to Dolores County to explore and mine for Molybdenum as well as Silver, Lead, Zinc and Copper in the Silver Creek Drainage above Rico. Dolores County Commissioners will consider the application at the Rico Town Hall on June 11th at 7pm. We have several concerns with the application including, the request to approve three distinct mining activities in an eleven page application, the request for a 30-year time-frame for the proposed activities, the lack of detail addressing environmental impacts, mitigation and remediation and the lack of effort on behalf of the applicant to obtain state and federal permits. |
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SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS ACT |
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Last fall, Sheep Mountain Alliance in partnership with the Colorado Wilderness Network presented a 60,000 acre Wilderness Proposal to Congressman John Salazar. The majority of land proposed includes public lands within San Miguel County plus a section in Ouray and now in San Juan County. With broad citizen support and endorsements from all three counties the Congressman has drafted the San Juan Mountain Wilderness Act and we are eagerly awaiting its introduction. Some of the most spectacular yet vulnerable wild country left in the region would receive full statutory protection, helping to preserve our quality of life and quiet recreation opportunities. WRITE A LETTER TODAY |
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Silver Mountain Industries (SMI) has received a Preliminary Subdivision Exemption for their Alta Cluster Development Plan. The proposal includes 28 homes, a Ranch/Community Center, maintenance facility, plus 20 caretaker units at 11,000 feet elevation. The development will be spread across 400 acres, including mapped wildlife and riparian and wetland habitat and a realignment, improvement and year round maintenance of the current road. SMI has applied to the Forest Service for the road improvements and realignment and we are encouraging the FS to apply a EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) a more thorough analysis of impacts associated with the development, which could take up to two years to complete. In addition, SMI will need to optain a final approval, 1041 Geohazard Review and Final Plat approval from San Miguel County. SMI has anticipated that these applications will be submitted within the next three years. SMA is working diligently to make viable conservation alternatives available to the developer. If you would like to see the beautiful landscape and special ecosystem of Alta Lakes preserved, please join SMA and support our efforts. MAP of Proposal SMA COMMENTS TO San Miguel County NEWS |
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