Help Glenwood Springs prevent future mining at the Transfer Trail limestone quarry

The Glenwood Springs area community and those who visit our community  stand together to oppose future mining at the Transfer Trail limestone quarry.

Right now, there are two things happening at once.

Don't Mine Glenwood Springs

Glenwood Hot Springs Protection Act

Glenwood Hot Springs Protection Act

U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd, a Republican representing western Colorado, and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, have introduced the bi-partisan Glenwood Hot Springs Protection Act. It would prevent the Dept. of Interior from approving the mine expansion proposal.

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New mining permit application

New mining permit application

Rocky Mountain Industrials (RMI) is seeking approval for a new mining permit. It proposes expansion of the mine to 56 acres, extending 500 feet upslope, along with a mineral materials sales contract and measures to resolve longstanding mining permit violations.

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Business sign-ups for Love Glenwood Day materials

Help us blanket Glenwood Springs with information about the threat of the mine expansion and the solution in the “Glenwood Hot Springs Protection Act.”

Sign up on this page to reserve your window sign, pads of tear-off flyers and Love Glenwood stickers.

The most important thing YOU can do today

Wherever you live, please contact your members of Congress.

Tell them how you feel about the proposed mine expansion and ask them to support the Glenwood Hot Springs Protection Act, H.R. 9826 and S. 5101.

Your message, in your own words, will help us build support across Colorado and across the U.S. for this bill.

Use our nifty widget to find your members of Congress, with links to the “Contact” pages on their websites.

The quarry is on federal public lands

The quarry site and RMI’s mining claims are on public lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Please join us in this cause to protect our community, our economy and our environment.

These are OUR public lands. We have a say in what happens!

Sign our online endorsement here.

The Glenwood Springs community is united in opposition.

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