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RAF Rallies Pilots to Fight Threat to Colorado Airstrips

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Key Takeaways:

  • The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) is urging pilots to help protect Colorado airstrips, which are threatened by new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land management plans.
  • The BLM's draft plan for the Colorado River Valley initially omitted recreational aviation, with staff reportedly unaware of its existence, prompting the RAF's intervention.
  • The RAF has launched a letter campaign, encouraging pilots nationwide to submit comments by January 17, 2012, to ensure General Aviation's inclusion in future land management decisions.
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The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) is calling on pilots throughout the country to help save Colorado airstrips after the discovery of land management plans that might threaten GA’s continued presence in the area.

The move was prompted by RAF supporter Hap Pool, who recently came across a draft plan notice for the Colorado River Valley released by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The plan contained no mention of the airstrips in the area, and when Hap raised the issue to BLM staff, they said they “had no idea that recreational aviation even existed,” according to the RAF.

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