Cherry Creek Reservoir is in danger!

The Reservoir has been closed several days this summer because of E coli bacterial levels. These bacterial pollutants occur in the water because area sewage treatment facilities don't treat their effluent properly before they discharge it into the Reservoir.

Governor Ritter can help fix this problem by appointing pro-environment members to the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority.

Northern Colorado is threatened by uranium mining. In addition, other types of hardrock mining threaten much of Colorado’s landscapes, rivers, and wildlife habitat.

The Hard Rock Mining Act of 2009 (H.R. 699) was recently introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives to help protect Colorado from the impacts of hardrock mining.

Presently, federal mining law dates back to 1872; the Hardrock Mining Act of 2009 is a much needed update to that antiquated law and contains critical requirements to protect Colorado.

In the last three years, thousands of uranium mining claims have been filed in Colorado, including claims just a few miles from the heavily populated areas of Fort Collins and Greeley. Companies are aggressively exploring for uranium and drilling test holes in many areas of Colorado.

These uranium mines will be either in-situ leach or open pit mines - both are very dangerous. In-situ leach uranium mines pump dangerous chemicals into the aquifer and groundwater to leach out the uranium, and then pump the groundwater to the surface to chemically extract the uranium from the water. Open pit mines involve digging massive open pits that extract uranium by mechanical means.