“Coloradans are not New Yorkers — they come to the mountains for scenery, wildlife, recreation and peace and quiet,” Ellen Bauder, the vice president for science at ROAR, said in remarks to the commission. “Bumper-to-bumper traffic, stoplights in the middle of nowhere and long lines are not their idea of recreation, and no amount of public relations is going to make it so,” she added. The lawsuit, filed on ROAR’s behalf by a group of students at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, argues that land managers did not adequately address the long-term effects of the project on wildlife, especially the bighorn sheep that clamber about on the canyon’s cliffs.
These students do not speak for the School of Art & Art History at the University of Denver