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Our conservation goal, as outlined by the CMC Board of Directors in our six-year strategic plan, is "to sustain wilderness, wildlife, and native ecosystems in Colorado for the appreciation and enjoyment by current and future generations." To achieve this, we work within the following program areas:
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Preserving
Wildness
Over
6.5 million acres of National Forest and Bureau of Land Management
lands are still roadless but, without permanent protection, are
vulnerable to energy development, logging, and off-road vehicles. It is these untouched
areas that ensure our communities can enjoy
clean air, clean water, beautiful vistas, healthy wildlife, and
remarkable recreation experiences. Our goal is to protect forever
these last special places where natural ecological processes, primitive
recreation, and wildness prevail.
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Restoring
the Quiet Experience
The
Southern Rockies are changing. In some places where
adventurous mountaineers once pioneered new routes through pristine
country, there are now highways, dirt bike networks, subdivisions,
ski resorts, and noise. Natural quiet, remoteness, and solitude,
once taken for granted on public lands, are becoming hard to find.
Our goal is to unite outdoor users -- anglers, hunters, bikers, birdwatchers,
hikers, mountaineers, outfitters, and others -- to preserve and restore
quiet places in our backcountry before they are all gone.
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Balancing
Recreation and the Environment
Millions
of people recreate in Colorado's backcountry every year. Recreation
has wonderful benefits, but in such high numbers and varieties
it can also cause serious impacts to wildlife, vegetation, soils, and other users. Our goal is to find
that critical balance between recreation and natural resource protection
that will ensure the sustainability of our treasured backcountry
for Coloradans today and for generations to come.
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