Will the Forest Service’s legacy be to protect our public lands to be enjoyed by all? Or to sacrifice them for long-term climate costs and a single coal company's short-term profits?

The injunction prevents Mountain Coal from further destruction of the roadless forest in the West Elk Mountains until a challenge from conservation groups is resolved

Proposed loophole could cause millions of tons of carbon pollution, undermine Obama administration climate goals, and degrade wildlife habitat

Proposed loophole could cause half a billion tons of carbon pollution while undermining Obama administration climate goals

Roadless area next to West Elk Wilderness would be decimated by bulldozing of more than 6 miles of road, and scraping of nearly 50 well pads

A decade after the Roadless Rule’s adoption, and years into the Obama administration, we’re still fighting to protect roadless areas.

Forest Service pushes to mine next to West Elk Wilderness, giving Arch Coal access to more than 17 million tons of coal

Conservationists challenge coal mining, bulldozing of more than 6 miles of road and scraping of nearly 50 well pads in roadless area next to West Elk Wilderness

The lack of an appeal finalizes a victory judgment for conservation groups

Order finalizes a June decision finding U.S. Forest Service failed to account for climate impacts

Conservationists force agencies to take a new look at environmental impacts of coal mine expansion

Roadless area next to West Elk Wilderness would be decimated by bulldozing & scraping

Decision protect wildlife habitat near West Elk Wilderness, forestalls pollution

Coal is dirty. It’s the dirty fuel that gives us mercury in our lakes, acid rain in our skies, carbon pollution, leaky ash ponds, and scraped-off mountains and buried streams in Appalachia. And just like the coal itself, Arch Coal’s proposed West Elk mine expansion into the Sunset Roadless Area in western Colorado will be…

Conservationists seek stay of Arch Coal mining plans to protect public lands, forests, habitat

Subsidies to Arch Coal slammed; renewable energy groups join wildlife, climate advocates in opposition

Coal companies have been blasting mountains, dumping waste rock into streams, and undermining private and public lands for more than a century. It’s apparently lucrative to do so. But a recent filing by a coal company shows just how far they have drunk their own Kool-Aid (or coal ash?) in justifying the damage mining can…

Forests next to Colorado’s iconic West Elk Wilderness Area provide habitat for the threatened lynx, support the Sunset Trail, a backcountry hiking and horseback trail, and provides a valuable linkage between the West Elk Wilderness Area and lowland forests along the North Fork of the Gunnison River. For years, conservation groups have battled an exemption…