Help Preserve the Ecologically Unique St. Vrain River Watershed
SOSVV’s Current Priorities
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Boulder County Weed Management
Advocating for safer, more sustainable weed management practices that align with the community's environmental values and health priorities.
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CEMEX Compliance
Holding Boulder County’s #1 Polluter Accountable to all local, state, and federal regulations.
If they can’t get compliant, they need to close.
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Martin Marietta Legal Battle
Ensuring that permit expirations are upheld and protecting the St. Vrain Valley from a NEW ~800-acre open-pit gravel mine.
SOSVV has successfully fought off a new ~800 acre mining operation by Martin Marietta over the past 6+ years that would have opened next door to CEMEX.
In November 2023, Martin Marietta filed an appeal to the District Court’s decision. SOSVV will continue to defend, protect & conserve these 800 acres judicially at the Colorado Appeals Court.
Our legal team provided an estimate for litigation for this appeal, between $35,000-50,000. SOSVV is confident that we will uphold our victories with your support.
Please help us uphold our victory (and so much hard work) with a tax-deductible donation to SOSVV. If Martin Marietta were to successfully overturn the court’s decision, this would also have very serious consequences to the progress we’ve also made with CEMEX.
Our public lands are under direct threat by special interest mining giants CEMEX and Martin Marietta Materials, but with your support we are confident we can continue to fend them off. Never before has community participation been more critical to our continued success.
Please Donate
SOSVV is a 501c3 and 100% volunteer led. All funds go towards legal expenses to protect and conserve the geologically unique and historic St. Vrain Valley.
Every dollar means so much (and boosts our morale too!).
Change begins at the local level. We’ve done it before.
Over the last 6+ years we have secured key campaign victories, and protected the Valley from an onslaught of industrial uses, and de-facto rezoning / spot zoning; campaigns holding Boulder County Land Use Dept, BCPOS, Aggregate Industries, Martin Marietta Materials, and CEMEX accountable to Special Use permit expirations, accountable to the residents, visitors, wildlife, and existing uses of the St. Vrain Valley.