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WELCOME TO KEEP ROUTT WILD!
Keep Routt Wild is a community organization dedicated to preserving wildlife and wild places in Routt County. Our mission is to promote policies and practices for the benefit of conserving the Yampa Valley for future generations of outdoor enthusiasts by balancing opportunities for recreational development with the habitat needs of wildlife. We are hikers, bikers, hunters, anglers, skiers, ranchers, and local business owners…we are Routt County.
Keep Routt Wild’s charter is embodied by the Development Principles for Routt County Lands. To protect the public lands resource that all Routt County residents value, appreciate and enjoy, we believe that any new development on public lands in the county should meet the following principles:
Protect existing fish, wildlife, and plant habitat.
Protect wildlife from harassment and dislocation from their natural, preferred locations, including pushing them on to private agricultural lands where they can cause additional depredation and damage.
Protect aquatic resources, including avoiding any significant erosion into Routt County streams, rivers, and wetlands.
Be prioritized to occur in areas where approved development already has occurred and currently exists.
Be accompanied by an integrated maintenance and enforcement plan, including procuring the necessary funding, personnel and commitment to implement that plan.
Be limited in scope to the minimum footprint necessary to achieve the purpose of the project.
Be viewed and assessed in the context of the total cumulative impacts of all previous development and use in potentially affected areas.
Keep Routt Wild has engaged the public regarding many issues regarding wildlife and wild places. These include proper bear-aware practices for Routt County residents and visitors, comprehensive recreational planning on the landscape level across the county, and proposing a compromise for the controversial Mad Rabbit Trails Project. We are a science-based organization and plan to be a voice for Routt County wildlife and wild places for decades to come.
Join the movement to support Routt County’s legacy of outdoor recreation and wildlife conservation today! Subscribe to our periodic newsletter below, send us an email, follow us on Facebook, or consider a tax-deductible donation. By doing so, you will be doing your part in preserving wildlife and wild places in Routt County for generations to come.
