San Juan Mountains Wilderness Campaign

GRANT NAME:
San Juan Mountains Wilderness Campaign
GRANTEE:
The Wilderness Society
LOCATION
Durango, CO
AMOUNT
$35,000
Year
2011

To secure permanent protection for 200,000 acres of special areas in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado through Wilderness and other conservation designations, specifically through the enactment of the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act and a recently-announced legislative proposal to protect the Hermosa Creek watershed outside of Durango.