Conservation Mapping
Since its inception, SREP has been providing GIS and scientific support
to local groups that are spearheading efforts on behalf of the
biologically critical areas identified and designated in our netowrk
design. We are a member of the Southern
Rockies Conservation Alliance (SRCA), and our role in this
coalition is to provide mapping and science services in support of SRCA and member group conservation
campaigns.
We also enter into project specific contracts with other conservation organizations to provide mapping
and analysis services. In addition to these formal arrangements, SREP continually shares data and
information with other conservation organizations and government agencies.
Please visit our Map Archives page to view the various maps we
have created for conservation organizing in the Southern Rockies.
SRCA roadless area database
SREP is the central repository for SRCA's Roadless Area Database (RAD).
The RAD is part of SRCA's Roadless Campaign,
which seeks to preserve roadless areas in the Greater Southern Rockies through
their designation as Wilderness, Research Natural Areas, National Monuments, or
similar protective status. The database contains information from citizen inventories
of roadless areas and surrounding road and trail use within National Forests
in Colorado and Wyoming.
The bulk of the inventory took place during 2001 - 2003. The roadless area database
is a work in progress. This map reflects the inventory to date.
If you are interested in SREP's mapping services, please call the Denver
office at 720.946.9653 to discuss a contract.
This Roadless Area Database was funded by the
Southern
Rockies Conservation Alliance.
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La Garita Roadless Area
The La Garita roadless area in the
Rio Grande National Forest is an area of
rolling forested hills and steep sided drainages that provides excellent opportunities for backpacking and exploring off-trail
mountain terrain in the summer or to snowshoe or ski into during winter. La Garita provides good elk and
deer habitat and is popular with hunters. The area is also grazed by cattle in the summer. Use is
light, however, and the area has a feel of being "deep" in the Mountains. Away from the trails that
provide access, the area looks and feels very natural and undisturbed by human impact, with only the
sound of the wind and the birds. For more information on Roadless Areas visit: Colorado's Forest Legacy |
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Crosier Mountain Roadless Area
Crosier Mountain Roadless Area in the
Roosevelt National Forest is just east of Rocky Mountain National Park. It is popular year-round
for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding and receives fairly heavy use. The terrain is rugged and the trails are steep,
leading to the 9,250 ft summit of the mountain. The area provides good habitat for deer and has been managed using controlled
burns by the Forest Service for several years in order to improve forage for elk. For more information on Roadless Areas visit:
Colorado's Forest Legacy |
Conservationists in the Southern Rockies and across the country
are desperately in need of current data and mapmaking skills in order to
have a solid basis for fighting against the oil and gas industry and the
rampant development facing the nation. Over the next 1-2 years, there is
a short window of opportunity in which to affect upcoming forest plan
revisions, BLM Resource Management Plans, and ensuing energy development
in the West. The
ArcIMS
Conservation Mapping tool provides crucial science-based
information for these revisions. Given the current assault on roadles
areas, it is absolutely crucial that this information be available to
conservationists and environmentalists as soon as possible.
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