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ROAR Lawyers press conference after filing lawsuit against BLM Feb. 1: ROAR files lawsuit in Federal Court against BLM.


OTR mobile crane on Hwy 50 - 2 lanes blockedConcurrently, Fremont County Commssioners held public hearings Feb. 1 & 2 as they consider OTR Corporation's permit application. Citizens both for and against the project had opportunity to comment. Several ROAR members and others opposed to this invasive project presented oral and written comments.

Revealed at the Fremont County hearings: New analysis exposes the traffic and safety hazards of OTR's latest construction plan.

 

To our members and supporters:

ROAR's Board of Directors would like to thank you for your continued support. This is NOT over yet! And please, keep in mind that we can still use your support. In addition to the new lawsuit against BLM, we continue with the lawsuit against Colorado's Department of Parks and Wildlife. Click on the Paypal logo at left, or contact ROAR to find out how you can help. We appreciate you!



Prior Info & News:
AHRA State Park Advisory Board vetoes OTR.
July 22, 2011 - Local Businesses and Citizen Group Sue State Parks, Demand Public Process in “Over the River” Decision. Read about it.

ROAR's official objections fall into two major categories:

1. Management Policy in the proposed project area.
These included such items as conflicts with current and historical management missions and directives, protection of specific wildlife and environment in the project area, restricted surface activities (such as drilling), visual intrusion, and other management directives.
2. Specific adverse affects that will result from all phases of the 3-year presence of OTR.
Our comments cited specific and significant impacts to area residents, such as safety and emergency response; major traffic delays; economic impacts to area businesses and jobs, particularly to recreation industries; environmental degradation to wildlife, habitat, air and water quality.

Find out more about OTR

Click through our website links to learn about:

  • How the influx of the projected 344,000-400,000 tourists will create a traffic nightmare on the narrow 2-lane canyon highway (U.S. 50).
  • How emergency and fire personnel will have great difficulty responding to accidents or fires in the canyon or surrounding area.
  • Concerns as to the increase in visitors also bringing more litter and human waste to the canyon.
  • Permanent defacement of the riverbanks.
  • Bighorn sheep, elk, deer and other wildlife kept from accessing the river for water.
  • Bald and golden eagles kept from fishing and hunting.
  • Difficulty, or even impossibility, of fishing of these waters.
  • Negative economic impact on commercial and recreation industries that travel the canyon daily.

Most importantly, you will find out how you can help support this effort to prevent the destruction of the Bighorn Sheep Canyon of the Arkansas River in Colorado!

ROAR has worked very hard to provide information and analysis on "Over the River." We have left some of our older documentation here on our website so that you may learn or review some of the details of OTR. One project analyzed OTR's construction and traffic management plans as presented to the BLM for the EIS. View the definitive In-Depth Traffic Analysis Report.

Please note: Some links throughout this website to 3rd party websites may have been deleted or changed by those site managers.

Also note: Some older documents on this website may contain information which has been updated, deleted, or altered since the document was written.