Protect the Dolores

The Dolores River Canyon Country is one of Colorado’s last, best unprotected wild places. Learn more and join the effort to #ProtectTheDolores!

[Colorado Sierra Club @SierraClubCO]

"By preserving Dolores Canyon, we safeguard not only its ecological richness and its role as a muse for creativity and intellectual engagement" -@coloradoluanne, Montrose https://t.co/z5mYY9xQQE @ProtectDolores

[Colorado Sierra Club @SierraClubCO]

"By ensuring the protection of places like the Dolores Canyons, we are investing in our children’s future — one where they can experience the joy and wonder of nature firsthand" -Sara Kuntzler of @COMtnMamas in @dailycamera @ProtectDolores https://t.co/6AVSBxuLbu

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

In the Boulder area? Join us in Nederland on August 17th for a forestry service project and a chance to learn about the Dolores Canyons!

[Colorado Sierra Club @SierraClubCO]

Down about the smoke?? Join this enviro service project to
⭐️help maintain forest health
⭐️learn about wildfire ecology
⭐️learn about/join efforts to protect the Dolores Canyons area of SW CO

🗓️Aug. 17th, 9:45am
📍Nederland, CO
Lunch provided🙅🔥🌯🌳🧤🪚 https://t.co/N7cMSobWBs

[HECHO @HECHOOnline]

The permanent protection of the Dolores River Canyon is crucial not only for the local communities & out-of-state tourists but also for Coloradans who lack access to such spaces. Read more in this op-ed by Laura Martinez, HECHO's HCLC member. https://t.co/GQHlgIkZP4

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

Check out Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk's op-ed in the Durango Herald! She explains the ties between land protections in the Dolores Canyons and the health, safety and heritage of the Ute Mountain Ute people. #ProtectTheDolores @SenatorBennet @SenatorHick

https://t.co/qSUNkE37v4

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

Thank you, @SenatorBennet! We appreciate you coming to hear from Coloradans about the proposed Dolores Canyons National Monument. We're hopeful there's a path forward for these #publiclands that brings together all those who love the Dolores. #ProtectTheDolores

[Michael Bennet @SenatorBennet]

Thank you to the nearly 500 Coloradans who joined me in Nucla for a listening session. I was grateful to hear the many perspectives that folks have on our public lands and their love of the Dolores River.

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

Discover 4 compelling reasons why we need to #ProtectTheDolores 🌲🏞️ Hear Colorado leaders about conserving landscapes,wildlife, cultural sites, and more!

Let's support permanent protection for this incredible place. @SenatorBennet @SenatorHick

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

Thanks @SenatorHick for engaging with the Western Slope on the proposed Dolores Canyons National Monument!🌟

We stand alongside 100k+ ppl advocating for this amazing place to be protected as a national monument. Thank you for listening! 🙏💪 #ProtectTheDolores #ColoradoProud

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

“It really feels like I was born too late to see any meaningful progress and environmental protections including public lands protections. We rarely have a chance to save the wild places that made us but I am so incredibly lucky because I do.” -Teal Lehto, @Westernwtrgirl

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

@SenatorHick’s public listening session is underway and we will be live tweeting some of the highlights so here’s the 🧶

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

“As you (@SenatorHick ) saw yesterday, as you flew over the region. It is spectacular. It begs to be protected at a higher level when you see it.” ✈️🌎🛡️
@doloresboating’s President Josh Munson

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

“Today I ask you to help us designate the Dolores river Canyons National Monument. So that one day when I have my own kids, I can take them down the Dolores River…and I can look them in the eyes and tell them that this place has not changed” -Kestrel Kunz, @AmerWhitewater

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

“There's not a person in here that would disagree that this place is special, that hasn't been moved by the beauty of the Dolores landscape… that is the common ground and the common language and where we must begin” - Cody Perry, Filmmaker @rigtoflip

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

@doloresboating “Recognizing the Dolores Canyons as a national monument designation will provide an important opportunity for more clarity and ease of use in this area.” -Chris Rackens, Delta, CO resident

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

The Dolores river is on the same level as the Grand Canyon and the Salmon River in Idaho. If those places deserve increased federal protection, the Dolores River Canyon absolutely does.” -Pete Kolbenschlag, Executive Director of CO Food & Farm Alliance

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

📢 Join @SenatorHick in Grand Junction to discuss the proposed Dolores Canyons National Monument!

🗓️ Sat, Apr 27, 10 AM 📍Robinson Theatre, CMU in Grand Junction.

Your voice matters—register here: https://t.co/i6wFID0v1K

[Monuments For All @MonumentsForUSA]

🔴 TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH AT 10:30 AM ET: Members of Congress join tribal and community leaders from across the country for a press conference and petition delivery calling on the Biden Administration to support #MonumentsForAll.

Watch live on Facebook: https://t.co/fVnYt0yYJY

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

#ProtecttheDolores 🤝 Hunters: Leslie Kaminski's op-ed in the @DailySentinelGJ highlights how a Dolores Canyons National Monument would benefit CO hunters, ensuring habitat protection, quality hunting terrain, and defense against development.

Full story: https://t.co/1Xyc0oYdxf

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

"Better we preserve that which has given us and our children joy, and look for ways to collaborate on minimizing adverse impacts, than let random chance determine the outcome." — Peggy Carey, former Mayor of Montrose, Colorado. #ProtectTheDolores

https://t.co/QRjRDscMSV

[Protect the Dolores @ProtectDolores]

This op-ed from @Co_Wildlands director, Scott Braden, gives a reminder that we're all coming from a place of love for the landscape.

💚 We can have different POVs, but the dialogue needs to remain open, civil, and rooted in facts not fear. 💚

👀 https://t.co/3BUSErNnpv