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• Download the Wild San Juans Plan [pdf]
 Expand the largest and wildest existing wilderness areas in entire Southern Rockies -- Weminuche (500,000 acres) and South San Juans (150,000 acres);- Preserve the largest remaining, unprotected, roadless areas in the Southern Rockies -- Hermosa (150,000 acres) and San Miguel (60,000 acres) through future wilderness designation;
- Protect low elevation roadless areas containing unrepresented habitats -- HD Mountains (ponderosa pine), Stoner Mesa (aspen), Fish Creek (aspen/Douglas fir), and Snaggletooth (ponderosa/pinyon-juniper woodlands) -- through future wilderness designation.
- Continue the successful recolonization by river otters of San Juan streams;
- Support recovery of native cutthroat trout populations;
- Support ongoing reintroduction of lynx and wolverine;
- Build public support for future recovery and/or reintroduction of grizzly bears and wolves;
- Recover the Columbian sharp-tailed grouse.
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- East Fork of the San Juan River
corridor connecting the Weminuche and South San Juan Wilderness
Areas;
- Upper Mosca Creek migration corridor between the Weminuche
and Piedra;
- Coalbank/Molas Pass link between the San
Juans’ largest
wilderness, the Weminuche, and the San Miguel Roadless Area;
- Lizard Head Pass connection between the San Miguel roadless
area and Lizard Head Wilderness to the western San Juan Mountains;
- Western migratory corridors across the aspen forests of Groundhog
and Stoner Mesas.
 Reduce resource extraction impacts of timber and grazing by
replacing multi-national corporations with locally-owned businesses; - Restrict intensive resort developments to existing locations;
- Promote ecologically sensitive tourist-dependent businesses,
and focus motorized recreation elements on appropriate routes;
- Emphasize pride of place (our wilderness and native wildlife)
in business marketing activities;
- Support livable wages and affordable
housing for all regional residents.
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