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Protecting Colorado’s national forests

More than 4 million acres of Colorado’s pristine national forests are still free of logging and new roads. When the Bush administration attempted to open these lands to industry, we raised our voices in protest. The fight continues: We’re demanding permanent protection.

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Protecting our land and water

Environment Colorado helped pass the Land & Water Stewardship Act in 2010, setting strong standards to protect groundwater and requiring mining companies to create environmental plans to minimize the impact of uranium mining on our wild lands.

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Reducing the impact of oil and gas drilling

We convinced the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to adopt strong regulations to protect our water, wildlife and land from the threats of drilling, including prohibiting drill rigs within 300 feet of drinking water sources.

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Improving Metro Denver transit

Environmentally friendly transit options, such as light rail, are expanding for Denver area commuters, following the 2004 approval of the Environment Colorado-supported FasTracks initiative.

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More than 20,000 Coloradans urge the EPA to protect our water.

College student Alex Adamczyk helped Environment Colorado's Research and Policy Center, in partnership with Trout Unlimited and Clean Water Action, deliver more than 20,000 comments to the EPA urging clean water protections.

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