Exhibit 23.1


            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Citizens Communications Company:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement (No.
33-52873) on Form S-3, in the Registration Statement (No. 33-63615) on Form S-3,
in the Registration  Statement (No.  333-58044) on Form S-3, in the Registration
Statement  (No.  333-91054)  on Form S-8,  in the  Registration  Statement  (No.
333-61432) on Form S-8, in the  Registration  Statement (No.  333-71821) on Form
S-8,  in  the  Registration  Statement  (No.  333-71597)  on  Form  S-8,  in the
Registration  Statement  (No.  333-71029)  on  Form  S-8,  in  the  Registration
Statement  (No.  333-138483)  on Form S-4,  in the  Registration  Statement (No.
33-42972) on Form S-8 and in the Registration  Statement (No.  33-48683) on Form
S-8, of Citizens  Communications  Company and  subsidiaries of our reports dated
February 28, 2007, with respect to the  consolidated  balance sheets of Citizens
Communications  Company and  subsidiaries  as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and
the  related  consolidated  statements  of  operations,   shareholders'  equity,
comprehensive  income  and cash  flows for each of the  years in the  three-year
period ended  December 31, 2006,  management's  assessment of  effectiveness  of
internal  control  over  financial  reporting  as of  December  31, 2006 and the
effectiveness  of internal  control over financial  reporting as of December 31,
2006, which reports appear in the December 31, 2006,  annual report on Form 10-K
of Citizens  Communications  Company and subsidiaries.  Our reports refer to the
adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), "Share-Based
Payment" and Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior
Year Misstatements when Quantifying  Misstatements in the Current Year Financial
Statements as of January 1, 2006 and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No.  158,  "  Employers'  Accounting  for  Defined  Benefit  Pension  and  Other
Postretirement Plans" as of December 31, 2006.



                                                              /s/ KPMG LLP


Stamford, Connecticut
February 28, 2007