Frontier Union 401(k) Savings plan

                 Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules

                                December 31, 2001

                   (With Independent Auditors' Report thereon)


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                United States Securities and Exchange Commission

                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    Form 11-K



[X]  Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
     of 1934

                  For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001

                                       or

[ ]  Transition Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
     of 1934



                     For the period ended December 31, 2001

                        Commission file number 001-11 001



                       Frontier Union 401(k) Savings Plan

                         Citizens Communications Company

                             A Delaware Corporation



                  IRS Employer Identification Number 06-0619596



                                3 High Ridge Park

                               Stamford, CT 06905

                            Telephone (203) 614-5600



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                       FRONTIER UNION 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN



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Independent Auditors' Report                                                                                 1

Financial Statements:
     Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits - December 31, 2001                                      2
     Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Period from June 29, 2001
        (inception) to December 31, 2001                                                                     3
     Notes to Financial Statements                                                                        4-10

Supplemental Schedules:*

Schedule H, Line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2001                    11


* Schedules required by Form 5500 that are not applicable have not been included

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                          Independent Auditors' Report


To Citizens Communications Company,
The Plan Administrator of Frontier Union 401(k) Savings Plan:


We have audited the accompanying  statement of net assets available for benefits
of the Frontier  Union 401(k) Savings Plan (the "Plan") as of December 31, 2001,
and the related  statement of changes in net assets  available  for benefits for
the period from June 29, 2001  (inception) to December 31, 2001. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Plan's  management.  Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards  generally accepted
in the  United  States of  America.  Those  standards  require  that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain  reasonable  assurance  about  whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a
test basis,  evidence  supporting  the amounts and  disclosures in the financial
statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant  estimates  made by  management,  as well as evaluating  the overall
financial  statement  presentation.   We  believe  that  our  audit  provides  a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion,  the financial  statements  referred to above present fairly, in
all material  respects,  the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of
December 31, 2001, and the changes in its net assets  available for benefits for
the period from June 29, 2001  (inception)  to December 31, 2001,  in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audit was  performed  for the  purpose  of  forming  an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental  schedule of assets held
as of December 31, 2001 is presented for purposes of additional  analysis and is
not a  required  part of the basic  financial  statements  but is  supplementary
information  required  by the  Department  of Labor  Rules and  Regulations  for
Reporting and Disclosure  under the Employee  Retirement  Income Security Act of
1974. This supplemental  schedule has been subjected to the auditing  procedures
applied in the audit of the basic financial  statements and, in our opinion,  is
fairly  stated in all  material  respects  in  relation  to the basic  financial
statements taken as a whole.


                                                                     /s/ KPMG




New York, New York
June 26, 2002
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                       FRONTIER UNION 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
                 Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits
                                December 31, 2001


   Assets:
     Investments (see note 3):
        Citizens Communications Company common stock       $       2,470,706
        Global Crossing common stock                               1,381,033
        Mutual funds                                              15,065,738
        Collective trusts                                         13,569,838
        Participant loans                                          3,126,853
                                                              --------------
                 Total investments                                35,614,168
                                                              --------------

     Receivables:
        Employer contribution                                        152,284
        Participants contributions                                   202,132
                                                              --------------
                 Total receivables                                   354,416
                                                              --------------
                 Net assets available for benefits         $      35,968,584
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.


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                       FRONTIER UNION 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
            Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
           Period from June 29, 2001 (inception) to December 31, 2001
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Additions to net assets attributed to:
     Investment income (loss):
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        Dividends                                                       $         638,341
        Interest                                                                  112,858
        Net depreciation in fair value of investment (note 3)                 (13,313,061)
                                                                           ---------------
                                                                              (12,561,862)
                                                                           ---------------
     Contributions:
        Participant                                                             2,982,970
        Employer                                                                1,502,067
        Transfer in to Plan (note 1)                                           44,193,910
        Rollovers                                                                  58,135
                                                                           ---------------
                                                                               48,737,082
                                                                           ---------------
                 Total additions                                               36,175,220
                                                                           ---------------
Deductions to net assets attributed to:
     Benefits paid to participants                                               (204,886)
     Miscellaneous expenses                                                        (1,750)
                                                                           ---------------
                 Total deductions                                                (206,636)
                                                                           ---------------
Net increase in assets available for benefits                                  35,968,584
Net assets available for benefits:
     Beginning of period                                                               --
                                                                           ---------------
     End of period                                                      $      35,968,584
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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                       FRONTIER UNION 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                                December 31, 2001


(1)  Description of the Plan

     General

     The following  brief  description of the Frontier Union 401(k) Savings Plan
     (the "Plan") provides general information. Participants should refer to the
     Plan  document  for  a  more   comprehensive   description  of  the  Plan's
     provisions.

     (a)  Background

          The Plan is a defined  contribution  plan  sponsored  by the  Citizens
          Communications  Company (the  "Company").  On June 29,  2001,  under a
          Stock Purchase  Agreement,  the Company purchased from Global Crossing
          Limited ("Global Crossing") 100% of the stock of Frontier Corp's local
          exchange carrier subsidiaries under a Stock Purchase Agreement.  Under
          the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company established the
          Plan  effective  June 29, 2001 to provide  benefits to the  bargaining
          unit employees of the following entities ("Participating Employers"):

                         Frontier Communications of AuSable Valley, Inc.

                         Frontier Communications of Illinois, Inc.

                         Frontier Communications of Iowa, Inc.

                         Frontier Communications of Lakeside, Inc.

                         Frontier Communications of Michigan, Inc.

                         Frontier Communications - Midland, Inc.

                         Frontier Communications of Minnesota, Inc.

                         Frontier Communications of Mt. Pulaski, Inc.

                         Frontier Communications of New York, Inc.

                         Frontier Communications - Prairie, Inc.

                         Frontier Communications of Sylvan Lake, Inc.

                         Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.

          Effective July 19, 2001, the Plan accepted a transfer of net assets of
          the  portion  of  the  Frontier  Group   Bargaining   Unit  Employees'
          Retirement Savings Plan (the "Frontier Bargaining Plan") in the amount
          of  $44,193,910,  which  is  comprised  of the  accounts  of  Business
          Employees (as defined in the Stock  Purchase  Agreement)  who formerly
          participated in the Frontier Bargaining Plan, pursuant to the spin-off
          of such portion from the Frontier  Bargaining  Plan and merger of such
          portion into the Plan in a transaction complying with the requirements
          of Section  414(l) of the Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended
          ("IRC"  or the  "Code").  The  Frontier  Bargaining  Plan is a defined
          contribution  plan  established by the seller under the Stock Purchase
          Agreement  for  all  of  its  bargaining  unit  employees.   The  Plan
          administrator  believes  transfer  of  plan  assets  was a  tax-exempt
          transaction under the applicable provisions of the IRC and, therefore,
          is not subject to Federal income tax.

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          The Plan is intended to qualify as a profit  sharing plan  pursuant to
          provisions  of Code  Section  401(a)  and 401(k) and is subject to the
          applicable  provisions of the Employee  Retirement Income Security Act
          of 1974 ("ERISA") as amended.

     (b)  Participation

          Under  the  terms of the  Plan,  bargaining  unit  employees,  who are
          covered by collective  bargaining  agreements,  except for  temporary,
          summer, and leased employees,  for the above  Participating  Employers
          are eligible to  participate in the Plan on the first day of the month
          coincident  with or next  following  his/her  completion of 30 days of
          employment.

     (c)  Contribution

          Eligible  participants  may  contribute  the  Basic  Contribution  (as
          defined  by the  Plan),  in 1%  increments,  up to 3% of their  annual
          compensation  through payroll  deductions,  subject to certain maximum
          contribution  restrictions.  In addition,  if a participant  is making
          Basic Contributions at the maximum rate of 3% of his/her contribution,
          he/she may also elect to make  Supplemental  Contributions (as defined
          by  the  Plan),   in  1%  increments,   from  1%  to  13%  of  his/her
          compensation, subject to certain maximum contribution restrictions.

          Participating  Employers may contribute Employer Fixed  Contributions,
          Employer   Matching   Contributions   or   Employer   Profit   Sharing
          Contributions (as defined by the Plan).  Participants  should refer to
          their respective bargaining agreements for Employer Fixed Contribution
          requirements. The Employer Matching Contributions are equal to 100% or
          the first 3% of a  participant's  compensation  that he/she  elects to
          contribute to the Plan. The  Participating  Employer may make Employer
          Profit Sharing Contributions  depending on the attainment of financial
          objectives  in  accordance  with the terms of the relevant  collective
          bargaining agreement.

     (d)  Participant Accounts

          Each   participant's   account  is  credited  with  the  participant's
          contribution  and an  allocation of (a) the  Participating  Employer's
          contributions  and (b) Plan earnings or losses.  Allocations are based
          on each participant's contribution, as defined. The benefit to which a
          participant  is entitled  is the amount that can be provided  from the
          participant's vested account.

     (e)  Investments

          All Participating  Employer contributions and the earnings thereon are
          invested  initially in Citizens  Communications  Company common stock.
          All Participating  Employer  contributions shall remain in the Company
          Stock fund and  allocated  to the  Participant's  Restricted  Employer
          Contribution  Account  until  the  fifth  anniversary  of the  date of
          investment.  At the expiration of the five-year period, the investment
          in a Participant's Restricted Employer Contribution Account shall lose
          its restriction and may be invested by the participant pursuant to the
          Plan   document   in  any  other  fund  option  or  left  in  Citizens
          Communications Company common stock.

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          As of May 1, 2002, the Company  contribution for certain  participants
          is no longer exclusively allocated to Citizens  Communications Company
          common stock. The Company  contributions  for these  participants made
          subsequent to May 1, 2002 are allocated to Plan  investment  following
          the  same  method  of  allocation  as  that  for  participant-directed
          contributions.

          The Plan  provides  participants  the option of having their Basic and
          Supplemental  Contributions  to the Plan  made on a  salary  reduction
          basis and on a deferred  tax basis.  Upon  enrollment  in the Plan,  a
          participant  may direct  contributions  into the following  investment
          options.

          -    Putnam Income Fund
          -    Putnam Global Growth Fund
          -    Putnam Voyager Fund
          -    Putnam Fund For Growth & Income
          -    Putnam Asset Allocation Fund Balanced Portfolio
          -    Putnam S&P 500 Index Fund
          -    Stable Value Fund
          -    Citizens Communications Company common stock

          The Plan holds  investments in the Global  Crossing  common stock as a
          result of the transfer of net assets from the Frontier Bargaining Plan
          to the Plan.  The Plan  trustee  will  continue to hold such shares in
          trust for the benefit of the previous Global Crossing  employees until
          such time as any such employee  elects to dispose of his or her shares
          based upon the Stock Purchase  Agreement.  However,  the Plan does not
          permit the  participants to otherwise invest in Global Crossing common
          stock,  whether  with  additional  contributions  made  into the Plan,
          reallocation of other assets of a participant's account, or otherwise.

     (f)  Vesting

          Participants  are immediately 100% vested in their  contributions  and
          allocated  earnings  thereon.  Vesting in the  Participating  Employer
          contributions  is based on years of continuous  service.  Participants
          should refer to their  respective  bargaining  agreements  for vesting
          requirements  of  Participating  Employer   contributions.   Forfeited
          nonvested  accounts are used to reduce future  Participating  Employer
          contributions.

     (g)  Payment of Benefits

          Payment of benefits  generally  begins upon termination of service and
          attaining  normal  retirement  age of 65. A  participant  may elect to
          receive  either a  lump-sum  amount  equal to the  value of his or her
          vested  account  balance,  or  a  participant  may  elect  to  receive
          installments  over a  period  not  to  exceed  20  years.  However,  a
          participant  who has reached age 59 1/2 but who has not yet terminated
          employment  may  withdraw  all or a  portion  of  his  or  her  vested
          accumulated account balance in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

          If upon  termination  of service a participant  does not attain normal
          retirement age and the participant's vested account balance is greater
          than $5,000, the participant may elect to receive a lump-sum amount, a
          direct rollover to a qualified plan under Section 401 of the IRC, or a
          direct rollover to a qualified Individual  Retirement Account equal to
          the value of his or her vested account balance.  If the vested account
          balance is less than $5,000,  the balance will be  distributed  to the
          participant as soon as administratively feasible.

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     (h)  Forfeitures

          Forfeitures  are  retained  in the Plan and are used to reduce  future
          company  contributions.  At December 31, 2001,  there was no forfeited
          nonvested company contribution.

     (i)  Participant Loans

          Loans are available to participants in the Plan on a nondiscriminatory
          basis. Participant loans cannot exceed the lesser of 50% of the vested
          amounts in the  participant's  account or $50,000.  A participant  may
          only have two loans  outstanding,  and they are  treated  as  directed
          investments  by the borrower  with respect to his or her account.  The
          interest rate on loans is established  based on the prime rate,  under
          current plan provisions.  Interest paid on the loan is credited to the
          borrower's account and the participant does not share in the income of
          the Plan's assets with respect to the amounts outstanding.  Loans have
          a term of no more than five  years  except  that a loan may be granted
          for a  period  not to  exceed  25 years  if the  proceeds  are used to
          purchase the participant's principal residence.

     (j)  Administration

          The Plan is administered by the Company's  Retirement  Committee whose
          members are appointed by the Company's board of directors. The trustee
          of the Plan is Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company (the Trustee).

     (k)  Plan Termination

          Although it has not  expressed any intention to do so, the Company has
          the right under the Plan to discontinue its  contributions at any time
          and to terminate the Plan subject to the  provisions of ERISA.  In the
          event of plan  termination,  participants  will  become 100% vested in
          their accounts.

(2)       Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

     (a)  Basis of Accounting

          The  financial  statements  have been prepared on the accrual basis of
          accounting.

     (b)  Use of Estimates

          The preparation of financial  statements in conformity with accounting
          principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
          management to make estimates and assumptions  that affect the reported
          amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of
          contingent  assets  and  liabilities  at the  date  of  the  financial
          statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

     (c)  Investments

          The Plan's investments are stated at fair value.  Shares of registered
          investment  companies  (mutual  funds)  are  valued at  quoted  market
          prices,  which  represent  the net asset  value of shares  held by the
          Plan.  Investments in collective trusts are valued at fair value based
          on the  underlying  net assets of the trust as reported by the sponsor
          of the collective  trust.  Common stock is valued at its quoted market
          price as of the end of the Plan year. Participant notes receivable are
          valued   at   cost,   which   approximates   fair   value.   The   net
          depreciation/appreciation in the fair value of investments consists of
          the net realized gains and losses on the disposal of  investments  and
          the unrealized  appreciation/depreciation  of the market value for the
          investments remaining in the Plan in 2001.

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          Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date  basis.
          Interest  income is  recorded  on the  accrual  basis.  Dividends  are
          recorded on the ex-dividend date.

     (d)  Benefits Paid

          Benefits are recorded when paid.

     (e)  Administrative Expenses

          Significant expenses associated with the Plan are paid by the Company.

     (f)  Risks and Uncertainties

          The Plan offers a number of investment  options  including the Company
          common stock and a variety of pooled  investment  funds, some of which
          are registered investment companies. The investment funds include U.S.
          equities,   international   equities,  and  fixed  income  securities.
          Investment securities,  in general, are exposed to various risks, such
          as interest rate,  credit,  and overall market volatility risk. Due to
          the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is
          reasonable  to  expect  that  changes  in  the  values  of  investment
          securities  will  occur in the near term and that such  changes  could
          materially affect participant account balances.

          The Plan's  exposure to a  concentration  of credit risk is limited by
          the  diversification  of investments  across all  participant-directed
          fund   elections.    Additionally,   the   investments   within   each
          participant-directed fund election are further diversified into varied
          financial instruments, with the exception of the Company common stock,
          which invest in security of a single issuer.

     (g)  Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncement

          The  Plan has  adopted  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board's
          Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 133,  Accounting for
          Derivative  Instruments and Hedging  Activities ("SFAS No. 133"). SFAS
          No. 133, as  amended,  requires  that all  derivative  instruments  be
          recognized  in the  financial  statements  and  measured at fair value
          regardless of the purpose or intent of holding  them.  The adoption of
          SFAS  No.  133  did  not  have  an  impact  on  the  Plan's  financial
          statements.


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(3)       Investments

          The following  presents  investments  that represent 5% or more of the
          Plan's net assets at December 31, 2001:

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                      Putnam Income Fund                                       $   2,326,280
                      Putnam Global Growth Fund                                    3,107,572
                      Putnam Voyager Fund                                          7,683,891
                      Putnam S&P 500 Index Fund                                    5,870,936
                      Putnam Stable Value Fund                                     7,698,902
                      Citizens Communications Company common stock:
                          Participant directed, 65,876 shares                        702,239
                          Nonparticipant directed, 165,897 shares                  1,768,467


          For the  period  June  29,  2001 to  December  31,  2001,  the  Plan's
          investments  (including  gains and  losses on  investments  bought and
          sold,  as  well as  held  for the  period)  depreciated  in  value  by
          $13,313,061 as follows:

                      Mutual funds                                             $  (1,224,837)
                      Common stocks                                              (11,805,879)
                      Collective trust                                              (282,345)
                                                                                 -------------
                                                                               $ (13,313,061)
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(4)       Nonparticipant-Directed Investments

          Information   about  the  net  assets   available   for  benefits  and
          significant  components  of the  changes in net assets  available  for
          benefits  relating to the  nonparticipant-directed  investments  is as
          follows:

                                                                                      2001
                                                                                 -------------

                      Net assets:
                          Common stock of the Company                          $   1,768,467
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                      Changes in net assets:
                          Net appreciation in fair value of investments        $      64,663

                      Employer contributions                                       1,349,783
                      Benefits paid to participants                                   (3,125)
                      Other                                                          357,146
                                                                                 -------------
                                     Change in net assets                       $   1,768,467
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(5)       Related-Party Transactions

          Certain  Plan assets are  invested in shares of mutual  funds that are
          managed  by  Putnam.  Putnam is the  trustee  as  defined by the Plan,
          therefore,    these   transactions    qualify   as   party-in-interest
          transactions.  Fees paid by the Company to Putnam amounted to $976 for
          the period from June 29, 2001 to December 31, 2001.

(6)       Federal Income Tax Status

          The  Plan  submitted  an  application  on  February  27,  2002  for  a
          determination that the Frontier Union 401(k) Savings Plan is qualified
          under  Section  401(a) of the Code and the related trust is tax exempt
          under  Section  501(a) of the  Code.  The Plan  Administrator  and the
          Plan's tax counsel  believe  that the Plan is  currently  designed and
          being operated in compliance  with the applicable  requirements of the
          IRC.

(7)       Subsequent Events

          On January 28, 2002,  Global Crossing filed for bankruptcy.  The value
          of the Plan's  investment in Global Crossing common stock has declined
          significantly since December 31, 2001.


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                                            FRONTIER UNION 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
                             Schedule H, line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
                                                    December 31, 2001
                                                                                                               Current
                    Identity of issuer                            Description of investment                     value
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 *     Citizens Communications Company                Common Stock; 231,774 shares; cost at $ 2,380,332    $  2,470,706
 *     Global Crossing Limited                        Common Stock; 1,644,087 shares                          1,381,033
                                                                                                           -------------
                                                              Total common stocks                             3,851,739
                                                                                                           -------------
 *     Putnam Income Fund                             Mutual Funds; 358,441 shares                            2,326,280
 *     Putnam Global Growth Fund                      Mutual Funds; 406,219 shares                            3,107,572
 *     Putnam Voyager Fund                            Mutual Funds; 444,156 shares                            7,683,891
 *     Putnam Fund for Growth & Income                Mutual Funds; 80,153 shares                             1,420,310
 *     Putnam Asset Allocation - Balanced Fund        Mutual Funds; 53,791 shares                               527,685
                                                                                                           -------------
                                                              Total mutual funds                             15,065,738
                                                                                                           -------------
 *     Putnam S&P 500 Index Fund - Collective Trust   Collective Trust; 210,806 shares                        5,870,936
 *     Putnam Stable Value Fund - Collective Trust    Collective Trust; 7,698,902 shares                      7,698,902
                                                                                                           -------------
                                                              Total collective trust                         13,569,838
                                                                                                           -------------
 *     Participant loans                              752 loans with interest rates range from 5% to 9.5%     3,126,853
                                                                                                           -------------
                                                              Total investments                            $ 35,614,168
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       * Party-in-interest as defined by ERISA

       See accompanying independent auditors' report.
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                       FRONTIER UNION 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN





                                   Signatures



Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan
Administrators have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.




                          Frontier Union 401(k) Savings Plan



                          By  /s/ Robert J. Larson
                            -----------------------------------
                              Robert J. Larson
                              Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer



June 27, 2002