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Colorado Preservation Project

• Introduction: Four Types of Designations
  • Explanations of the Designations
  • Wildlife Protection Areas
  • National Protection Areas
  • National Conservation Areas
  • Wilderness
• The Places, with descriptions
• Proposed Legislation

 

Roan Update

After years of contention, the BLM, under the Bush Administration, sold oil and gas leases for the plateau in 2008. Preservation is no longer possible.

Roan Plateau

Proposals:
Roan Plateau National Conservation Area
Agencies:BLM
Agency Status: WSA
Counties: Garfield
Nearest City of Town: Rifle
Location: North of the Colorado River, west of Rifle
Description:
The Roan Plateau is the site of intense debate between potential oil and gas development and the protection significant wildlife and vegetative resources. CPP chooses protection, using the flexible tool of a National Conservation Area.
A Wilderness proposal for the Roan Plateau suffers from the presence of a major road system through the middle of the area. NCAs can include roads, but they also protect the lands from mining and other forms of development, without needing circuitous “cherry-stem” boundaries.
The City of Rifle has published a map of the mountain biking trails in this area.

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