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.  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 March 1, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets
of Citizens  Communications Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and
2004,  and the related  consolidated  statements  of  operations,  shareholders'
equity,  comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year  period ended December 31, 2005, the related  consolidated  financial
statement schedule, management's assessment of effectiveness of internal control
over  financial  reporting  as of  December  31, 2005 and the  effectiveness  of
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, which reports
appear  in the  December  31,  2005,  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. 143,  "Accounting  for Asset
Retirement Obligations" as of January 1, 2003.



                                                /s/ KPMG LLP


Stamford, Connecticut
March 1, 2006