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CONSERVATION GROUPS’ COMMENTS UNCOMPAHGRE FIELD OFFICE RMP AND DEIS iii The Center for Biological Diversity is a non-profit environmental organization with over 48,500 members, many of whom live and recreate in western Colorado. The Center uses science, policy and law to advocate for the conservation and recovery of species on the brink of extinction and the habitats they need to survive. The Center has and continues to actively advocate for increased protections for species and their habitats in Colorado. The lands that will be affected by the proposed resource management plan include habitat for listed, rare, and imperiled species that the Center has worked to protect including rare, endangered and threatened species like the Gunnison Sage-Grouse and the Gunnison and Uncompahgre River’s fish species such as the Colorado Pikeminnow and Razorback Sucker. The Center’s board, staff, and members use the public lands in Colorado, including the lands and waters that would be affected by expanded fossil fuel development authorized by this resource management plan, for quiet recreation (including hiking and camping), scientific research, aesthetic pursuits, and spiritual renewal. The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 2.4 million members and supporters nationwide. Sierra Club is dedicated to exploring, enjoying, and protecting the wild places of the Earth; to practicing and promoting the responsible use of the Earth’s resources and ecosystems; to educating and enlisting humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to using all lawful means to carry out these objectives. WildEarth Guardians (“Guardians”) is dedicated to protecting and restoring the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West. Guardians is a west-wide environmental advocacy organization with thousands of members in Colorado and surrounding states. Guardians members live in and regularly use and enjoy lands in the Uncompahgre Field Office. Wilderness Workshop (“WW”) is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to preservation and conservation of the wilderness and natural resources of the White River National Forest and adjacent public lands, including the Uncomphgre Field Office (UFO). WW engages in research, education, legal advocacy and grassroots organizing to protect the ecological integrity of local landscapes and public lands. WW focuses on the monitoring and conservation of air and water quality, wildlife species and habitat, natural communities and lands of wilderness quality. WW is the oldest environmental nonprofit in the Roaring Fork Valley, dating back to 1967 with a membership base of more than 800 people. Many of our members live, work, recreate and otherwise use and enjoy lands managed by the UFO. All members have a great interest in the protection and enhancement of natural values in the planning area. WW has monitored proposals, developments, and management actions in the UFO for years.