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Love Glenwood Springs

Glenwood Springs Citizens' Alliance

  • About
  • News
  • The Facts
    • Quarry Permit Enforcement
      • U.S. Bureau of Land Management
      • Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety
      • Garfield County
    • Mine Expansion Proposal
      • Determination of Common Variety (DCV)
      • Impacts and Consequences
      • Expansion Permit Process
    • Quarry Rockslide
      • Rock Failure Analysis
    • Legal Action
      • Citizens’ Alliance v. U.S. BLM / Withheld Documents
      • Citizens’ Alliance v. U.S. BLM / Permit Enforcement
      • Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc. v. Garfield County
    • Transfer Trail
  • Take Action
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    • Write a Letter
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Citizens’ Alliance wins Glenwood Springs Chamber’s North Star Award

Mar 20, 2025News

In its annual Emerald Elegance Gala and awards ceremony on March 15, 2025, the Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association awarded the Citizens’ Alliance the first-ever

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Aerial view of the Rocky Mountain Industrials limestone quarry north of Glenwood Springs. The pink line illustrates the boundary for the permit authorized by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety.

State denies RMR’s proposal for 18-acre quarry expansion

Feb 7, 2025News

DRMS gives mining company 30 days to submit a legitimate plan for quarry reclamation Rocky Mountain Industrials failed to pull off a switcheroo when it

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RMI asks state agency to approve 18-acre quarry expansion

Feb 6, 2025News

Citizens’ Alliance objects, calls for open review process Rocky Mountain Industrials, which stopped mining operations at its Glenwood Springs limestone quarry in December and dismantled

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RMI submits increased reclamation bond surety to state mining agency

Jan 16, 2025News

Extension approved for new Technical Revision on rock bolting Mining has stopped at the Rocky Mountain Industrials (RMI) quarry, but the company continues to work

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Federal judge confirms Interior decision to halt mining at RMI quarry

Jan 16, 2025News

The Rocky Mountain Industrials shuttered limestone quarry near Glenwood Springs, seen on Jan. 15, 2025. Mining at the quarry was halted on Jan. 3, 2025,

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The rock slide on Jan. 19, 2023.

Interior Department halts mining at Rocky Mountain Industrials quarry

Jan 9, 2025News

In a formal decision issued Jan. 3, the U.S. Department of Interior notified Rocky Mountain Industrials (RMI), operators of a limestone quarry above Glenwood Springs,

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State sets aside proposed $3.2 million reclamation bond, for now

Nov 30, 2024News

State to conduct separate technical review process for rock bolting portion of RMI’s reclamation bond Immediate 33% bond increase, from $366,179 to $489,758, adjusts for

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State proposes 9x increase in quarry reclamation bond

Sep 25, 2024News

The Rocky Mountain Industrials limestone quarry, seen from Transfer Trail on Sept. 2, 2024. The west or lefthand side of the quarry is off-limits for

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BLM sets new 30-day deadline for RMI to submit revised mining plan

Apr 29, 2024News

A rockslide struck the Rocky Mountain Industrials limestone quarry in January 2023, complicating permit enforcement actions already under way by the U.S. Bureau of Land

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Overhanging cliff face at top of collapsed slope of limestone quarry.

State agency approves “conceptual” permit revision

Apr 28, 2024News

Proposed remedy to mine upward still subject to multi-agency reviews On April 1, 2024, the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety (DRMS) approved a

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The Glenwood Springs Citizens’ Alliance is a nonpartisan group of residents and businesses working to maintain the area as a desirable place to live and visit, now and in the future.

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