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The Trump Administration is trying to repeal vital protection for America’s roadless areas.

Each year ESWA’s trained sawyers clear over 1,000 trees that fall across trails in the Eagles Nest, Holy Cross, and Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Areas using only hand saws. We have proven that motorized chain saws are NOT required to maintain Wilderness Trails.

The Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance (ESWA) supports Alternative 3 of the U.S. Forest Service's Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Sweetwater Lake Recreation Management and Development Project.

As sports climbing has moved from inside climbing gyms to the Great Outdoors – including virgin rock faces in congressionally designated Wilderness Areas -- the affected federal land management agencies have struggled to respond.

ESWA opposes the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA). The "Fix Our Forests Act" (FOFA) is a bad bill that does little or nothing to reduce catastrophic wildfire or increase forest health. Instead it guts NEPA, promotes costly biochar, and increases grazing as a wildfire reduction measure.

Let's continue to keep our Wilderness Areas free of mechanized and motorized wheeled transportation.

ESWA maintains that our national public lands belong to all Americans. Transferring public lands would result in increased development.

Our beloved Homestake Valley in the Holy Cross Wilderness is again at risk. The Cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs are seeking to build w

What’s Going On and Why It Matters The U.S. Forest Service is undergoing a major restructuring that would eliminate regional offices and shift to a state-based model—at the same time the agency is facing staffing reductions. This matters because Eagle and Summit Counties are home to federally designated Wilderness areas, including the Eagles Nest, Ptarmigan Peak, Holy Cross, and Flat Tops Wilderness. These lands are protected under the Wilderness Act of 1964 and require caref

ESWA opposes the proposed Berlaimont development that would construct nineteen 35-acre trophy estates, with 9 “accessory units”

There are more female deer killed by cars than hunters in Colorado every year. ESWA supports providing safe passage for wildlife to cross ro