Yesterday, on behalf of The Ark Initiative, we submitted an
emergency petition to the U.S. Forest Service requesting that the agency
revisit an erroneous roadless determination on Burnt Mountain near the
Maroon Bells - Snowmass Wilderness Area in Colorado. The practical effect
of this error is that a private company, which has received
authorization from the Service to conduct tree cutting and other irreversible
activities in this parcel based on the error, plans to imminently begin felling
trees and thus permanently destroy the roadless characteristics and
wilderness qualities of this unique parcel of public land. We have
requested a response from the Service by the end of the week. The
petition can be found here.
Created by the public interest law firm Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal in Washington, D.C.
