We’re GOING TO WASHINGTON!  WCC staff (me!) is gearing up to take 4-5 WCC members to our nation’s capitol to rub elbows with our elected leaders.  A dream assignment that I’ve been waiting three years to organize.  We’ll partner with our Washington-based coalition partners – Campaign for America’s Wilderness (CAW) – a top-notch, non-profit that supports local efforts to protect America’s public lands.  In fact, WCC sponsored a visit from Doug Scott, a wilderness expert from CAW, in February.  Doug visited four western Colorado communities to get us pumped-up about Wilderness!  Doug is a walking Wilderness encyclopedia -  He can spit out historical Wilderness information faster than Google.

CAW lobbyist will give WCC members a  ‘lobbying 101′ session on Monday morning then cut us loose on Capitol Hill to make our case for the red rock beauty of western Colorado – Dominguez Canyons!

This Dominguez legislation is one of the biggest victories for WCC in my four-and-a-half year tenure.  I’m proud to be part of it and I’d like to give a special shout out to all those west slopers that have sat through all the meetings, scoping sessions, congressional staffer visits, press conferences and conference calls.  Even I wasn’t sure that this campaign was going to find it’s way to Washington – In the end, persistence and love of our public lands has prevailed.

Congratulations!