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MLRB Rule 1.04(92). WildEarth Guardians is a nonprofit organization incorporated in the State <br />of New Mexico.' High Country Conservation Advocates is a nonprofit organization incorporated <br />in the State of Colorado.' The Sierra Club is a nonprofit organization incorporated in the State of <br />California.' The Center for Biological Diversity is a nonprofit organization incorporated in the <br />State of Arizona.' As such, these organizations fit within the definition of a "person" as defined <br />by Colorado regulations. <br />Conservation Groups will be adversely affected if the proposed decision is approved. In <br />addition to specific interests described below, members of the Conservation Groups use lands in <br />the vicinity of the West Elk Mine, including the area proposed for the drilling of dozens of <br />methane venting wells and road construction, for hiking, photography, wildlife viewing, and <br />other recreational, aesthetic, and educational purposes and intend to continue to do so. Members <br />of the organizations are also residents of Colorado, consumers of electricity and natural gas in <br />the state, and individuals who are and will be impacted by the expanded mining area's effects on <br />wildlife, surface water availability, and vegetation on public and private lands used by the groups <br />and their members. Specifically, road construction will destroy wildlife habitat and vegetation, <br />and adversely affect Conservation Groups' members' enjoyment of wildlife, photography, <br />recreation, and the natural and wild character of the Sunset Roadless Area. Below, we detail the <br />specific effects to Conservation Groups and their members. <br />A. WildEarth Guardians <br />Guardians is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization dedicated to protecting <br />and restoring the wildlife, wild places, and wild rivers throughout the American West. Guardians <br />is headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and has offices in Denver, Colorado and throughout <br />the American West. Guardians has over 200,000 members. Through its Climate and Energy <br />Program, Guardians aims to combat global climate change to protect the American West's <br />wildlife, wild places, and wild rivers. Guardians works for clean energy solutions that can help <br />our society shift away from the use of fossil fuels in order to safeguard our climate, our clean air, <br />and our communities. <br />B. High Country Conservation Advocates <br />HCCA is a non-profit conservation organization headquartered in Crested Butte, <br />Colorado. Founded in 1977 as High Country Citizens' Alliance to keep Mount Emmons <br />molybdenum mine -free, the group's work now addresses other issues that affect Gunnison <br />a WildEarth Guardians' corporate records can be accessed through the New Mexico Secretary of State's website at <br />https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/ColporationBusinessSearch. (Sept. 26, 2018). <br />s High Country Conservation Advocates' corporate records can be access through the Colorado Secretary of State's <br />website at: <br />https://www. sos. state. co.us/bizBusinessEntityDetail. do?quitButtonDestination=BusinessEntityResults&nameTyp= <br />ENT&masterFileId=19971091615&entityId2=19971091615&fileId=20141213319&srchTyp=ENTITY (Sept. 26, <br />2018). <br />6 The Sierra Club's corporate records can be access through the California Secretary of State website at: <br />https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/Detail. (Sept. 26, 2018). <br />7 The Center for Biological Diversity's corporate records can be accessed through the Arizona Secretary of State <br />Corporation Commission's website at: <br />https://ecolp.azcc.gov/BusinessSearch/Businesslnfo?entityNumber=F21849660. (Sept. 26, 2018). <br />El <br />