Sustainable Transportation Solutions
CEC co-founded and co-chairs Mountains to Plains Transportation Solutions, a coalition of non-governmental organizations representing recreation, conservation, business, sustainability, architecture, transit and community interests that has come together to work for a sustainable future that includes better transportation choices for residents and visitors alike. Public rail transit can provide a sustainable way to relieve traffic, get people to their favorite recreation destination, reduce air pollution and minimize environmental impacts. Visit I70mountaintransit.org to learn more.
Watershed Protection
The Central Mountain Corridor of Colorado is home to the headwaters of many of Colorado's important rivers. It is imperative that we work to preserve the integrity of these watersheds, which supply water to both sides of the Continental Divide. We must work to ensure that all uses of water are recognized and protected, including recreational uses of water that provide valuable tourism dollars to local economies and help keep high flows in our rivers to support aquatic and riparian habitat. We also must work to guarantee that as Front Range providers look to these headwater areas for water supplies that we consider the impact of large trans-basin diversions on the local environment and economy.
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Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign
The White River National Forest is a landscape of national importance -- it is the country's most visited national forest, and encompasses the headwaters of the Colorado River. It occupies a critical stretch of a key continent-scale wildlife migration corridor, and provides core habitat for Colorado's recently reestablished lynx population. While most of the existing wilderness in Colorado is of the high-elevation "rock and ice" variety, this proposal seeks to protect a different kind of wilderness. Most of the "hidden gems" that we're targeting exist at the ecologically more diverse middle elevations, adding vital ecological diversity to our wilderness legacy.
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