Letters of Opposition

Current Letters Submitted to Douglas County Commissioners

 

Below are letters from environmental, recreation, and agriculture groups already submitted to the Douglas County Commissioners, and all in opposition to the RWR proposal. Click below to read the full letters by:

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• Water for Colorado Petition against the RWR Proposal, Signed by 1,166 Colorado residents

• Letter to Commissioners on Canceling of Public Visit to SLV, Signed by 255 Local Residents and Groups

• San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District, by President Tyler Neely

• The Valley Roots Food Hub, by GM Nicholas Chambers, Markets Manager Al Stone and Director of Business Development Ally Jean Arnold

• Alamosa County Chamber of Commerce, by Executive Director Erin Keck, alamosachamber.com

• Orient Land Trust, Valley View Hot Springs, by Mark Jacobi (Facilities Manager), dougbishop@olt.org

• Eric Harmon, hydrologist who led the groundwater component of the RGDSS model

• 300 local residents

• John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet

• Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust, by Erik Glenn

• Audubon Rockies, by Abby Burk, aburk@audubon.org

• Center Conservation District, by Nikita Christensen, nikita@notes-numbers.com

• Conservation and Recreation Community; by Trout Unlimited, Western Resource Advocates, American Rivers, Audubon Rockies, Environmental Defense Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, contact Alex Funk (TRCP), AFunk@trcp.org

• Colorado Open Land Editorial, by Sarah Parmar, sparmar@coloradoopenlands.org

• Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project, by Emma Reesor, emma@riograndeheadwaters.org 

• Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust, by Allen Law, allenl@riograndelandtrust.org

• San Luis Valley Farmers Union, by Kyler Brown, kowboykjb@gmail.com

• San Luis Valley Wetlands Focus Area Committee, by Cary Aloia, Cary_Aloia@msn.com

• San Luis Valley Great Outdoors, by Mick Daniel, mickdaniel@slvgo.com

• San Luis Valley Great Outdoors, by Patrick Ortiz, patrickortiz@slvgo.com

• Sportsman Community; by National Wild Turkey Federation, Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Colorado Wildlife Federation, and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, contact Alex Funk (TRCP), AFunk@trcp.org 

• The City of Alamosa, Michael Carson, mcarson@ci.alamosa.co.us

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