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As a U.S. citizen you have the right to comment on decisions pertaining to public lands. Below is a list of talking points related to the Snodgrass Project as well as a list of public officials and their contact information.

Talking Points for Letters 

  • The Forest Service’s decision to reject the Snodgrass proposal was made behind closed doors and shut me out of the process.
  • The Forest Service made a decision about a ski town that depends on skiing on public lands without any public involvement.
  • The Pre-NEPA process that was invented by the Forest Service is void of rules, structure, and accountability and has damaged the public’s confidence.  The Forest Service has an opportunity to restore our confidence by reversing Forest Supervisor Charlie Richmond’s decision.
  • The NEPA process is the only formal way for the public to understand the impacts of the proposed Snodgrass expansion and to make an informed decision about it.
  • Pre-NEPA violated the letter and spirit of NEPA because the GMUG National Forest used it to make a decision on major federal action without first preparing and Environmental Impact Statement and requesting public comments.
  • The Forest Service treated our community differently than it treats other communities where it has used the public NEPA process to make decisions.  The Forest Service shut us out of any decision making process.
  • There is strong public support for allowing Snodgrass into the NEPA process.  Multiple polls have repeatedly shown there is at least 80% of the valley that supports allowing Snodgrass into NEPA.
  • Hundreds of people have attended demonstrations and marches to demonstrate their support – 100 people spent an entire day to travel to Golden, CO to demonstrate outside the Forest Service Regional Headquarters; 300 people marched down Elk Avenue in Crested Butte; 250 people attended a town council meeting.
  • Over 1,400 people have joined a newly formed online group to “support the expansion of Crested Butte Mountain Resort onto Snodgrass Mountain.”
  • The City of Gunnison, the Crested Butte South Property Owners Association and the Town of Mt. Crested Butte have all written letters of support for allowing the Snodgrass proposal into the NEPA process.
  • The economy of the East River Valley is dependent on tourism and CBMR is the engine of our economy. 
  • As goes skier visits at CBMR so goes the tax revenues in our towns.  Our local governments cannot continue to provide the services we need and expect if their tax revenues continue to decline.
  • The value of my property will decline if we do not have a successful economy in the valley.


Prepared Letters

Letter for Local Residents
Download» 

Letter for Second Homeowners
Download» 

Letter for those that have previously written reaffirming your support
Download» 

Congressional Delegation 

Senator Mark Udall
999 Eighteenth Street
North Tower, Suite 1525
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-650-7820
Fax: 303-650-7827

Washington DC Office
B40E Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5941
Fax: 202-224-6471

Web Contact:  http://markudall.senate.gov/?p=contact
Staff Email:  Doug_Young@MarkUdall.senate.gov


Senator Michael Bennett
Western Slop/I-70 Corridor Regional Office
225 North 5th Street, Suite 511
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Phone: 970-241-6631
Fax: 970-241-8313

Washington DC Office
702 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5852
Fax: 202-228-5036

Web Contact:  http://bennet.senate.gov/contact/ 

Representative John Salazar
Durango Office
813 Main Avenue, Suite 300
Durango, CO 81301
Phone: 970-259-1012
Fax: 970-259-9467

Washington, DC Office
326 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4761
Fax: 202-226-9669

Web Contact:  http://www.house.gov/salazar/contact.shtml 
Staff Email:  Ron.Carleton@mail.house.gov

As a U.S. citizen you have the right to comment on decisions pertaining to public lands. Below is a list of public officials and their contact information.

Click here to download a form letter for submission to USFS contacts»


United States Forest Service

Secretary Tom Vilsack
United States Secretary of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: 202-720-2791

Staff Email: agsec@usda.gov 


Undersecretary Harris Sherman
United States Secretary of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20250

Email: Harris.Sherman@usda.gov 


Tom Tidwell
Chief Forester
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sidney R. Yates Federal Building
201 14th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 202-205-1661

Email: ttidwell@fs.fed.us

Rick Cables
Regional Forester
USDA Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Region
740 Simms Street
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: 303-275-5448
Fax: 303-275-5482

Email: rcables@fs.fed.us

Jim Pena (Forester Assigned to Review Appeal)
Deputy Regional Forester
U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region
1323 Club Drive
Vallejo, CA 94592

Email: jpena@fs.fed.us
Twitter: @Jim5218


Charles S. Richmond
Forest Supervisor
GMUG National Forests
2250 Highway 50
Delta, CO 81416

Email: csrichmond@fs.fed.us