Northern San Juan • Entered by Robyn Cascade on March 22, 2020
NSJBB~Wildlife Jan-March 2020
January 3, 2020 – March 31, 2020
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 0 |
| Post Admin hours | 0 |
| Activity Hours | 15 |
| Participants | 3 |
| Total Hours | 45 |
Key Issue: Wildlife Protection
Activity Type: Advocacy (rallies, lobbying, meeting decision makers, letters/calls/emails)
Key Partners: CPW, BHA, USFS, TU, Mountain Studies Institute (MSI) Colorado West Land Trust (CWLT,) Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Association (COPMOBA;) Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society (RBS)
Landscape/area: Uncompahgre National Forest (951767 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Advocacy actions (5 comments)
Short Description of Activity
This quarter’s wildlife advocacy and engagement was diverse including: monthly CO BB wildlife calls, GLO webinar with Delia Malone re: wolves; personal conversations with members re: wolf reintroduction; learning about Kerry Donovan’s state legislation re: wolf reintroduction; organizing/coordinating our initial engagement with the Bighorn Sheep monitoring stewardship project (through Mountain Studies Institute;) staying updated on Wildlife Corridor Conservation Act; communication with ranchers re: ROCC spaghetti dinner and presentation re: wolf reintroduction (which has been cancelled due to Covid-19, but relationship building = valuable regardless;) commenting in writing (2) and via telephone testimony (1) re: State Trails Non-motorized planning grant application submitted by Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Association (COPMOBA) with Ridgway Area Trails (RAT:) written comments (2) to Region 2 USFS re: draft and final versions of the Trails Stewardship Strategy document; review OHV State Trails grants; communication with partners listed in key partners above; reviewing CPW’s wildlife emphasis area maps and chart;
Reflection/Evaluation
Lots to reflect upon but here’s the key points: pleased with submission of comments to USFS re: Trails Stewardship Strategy with some positive effect on the final draft; very pleased with comments – written and verbal – to State Trails Committee re: COPMOBA/RAT trails planning grant with noticeable results that we (and BHA) have been invited to join the stakeholder group!!! Progress made on coordinating the BH sheep monitoring project and building relations with partners; disappointed about cancellation of ROCC event as was so hoping to gather ranchers, wildlife advocates and general public for the presentation/discussion re: wolf reintroduction; some confusion/perceived uncertainty within membership about moving forward with wolf reintroduction ballot initiative given Donovan’s bill, documented wolf pack in Craig area, and individual wolf sighted in Jackson county.
Photos/Uploads
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Photo Captions
1. Collective CO Broads comments on draft USFS Trails Stewardship Strategy (December 2019)
2. NSJ comments on revised/final USFS Region 2 Trails Stewardship Strategy (March 2020)
3. NSJ comments re: COPMOBA/RAT non-motorized State Trails planning grant (Dec 2019)
NOTE: I may have submitted some of the above with a previous activity report, but now they are in one place!!