Exhibit 23.1





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


We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statements on
Form  S-3  (Nos.  333-58044,  33-52873  and  33-63615),  and on Form  S-8  (Nos.
333-142636,  333-71597, 333-71821, 333-61432, 333-71029, 33-42972 and 33-48683),
of  Citizens  Communications  Company  and  subsidiaries  of our  reports  dated
February 27, 2008, with respect to the  consolidated  balance sheets of Citizens
Communications  Company and  subsidiaries  as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, 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, 2007, and the  effectiveness  of internal control over
financial  reporting  as of  December  31,  2007,  which  reports  appear in the
December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of Citizens  Communications Company
and subsidiaries. Our reports refer to a change in the methods of accounting and
disclosure   resulting  from  the  adoption  of  FASB   Interpretation  No.  48,
"Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" as of January 1, 2007, Statement of
Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  123R ,  "Share-Based  Payment"  and Staff
Accounting   Bulletin   No.  108,   "Considering   the  Effects  of  Prior  Year
Misstatements  when  Qualifying  misstatements  in the  Current  Year  Financial
Statements"  as of  January  1,  2006  and  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting
Standards No. 158, "Employer's  Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans" as of December 31, 2006.




                                                 /s/KPMG LLP


Stamford, Connecticut
February 27, 2008