The expansion plan at Monarch ski area is the first in nearly 20 years for a resort seeking Forest Service approval to expand beyond its special-use permit boundary
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Serial entrepreneur buys Echo Mountain ski area in Clear Creek County
Dan Dietrich is the fourth owner of the tiny ski area above Idaho Springs since it was revived in 2005
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Lawsuit targets new Colorado Parks and Wildlife regulations for State Wildlife Areas
Animal advocacy groups argue the new regulations for more than 350 State Wildlife Areas offer special treatment for hunters and anglers with increased prohibitions on non-wildlife related recreation
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Governor orders his staff to form plan to keep Colorado’s national parks, public lands open if there’s a federal shutdown
Two of the most popular leaf-peeping spots in the state are Rocky Mountain National Park and the Maroon Bells, which would be affected by a shutdown
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Silverton Mountain ski area sold to Aspen-based adventure travel company
Aaron and Jenny Brill began building the steep and deep, expert-only ski area in the remote San Juans ski area nearly 25 years ago
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Measuring methane from leaky old mines? OK. Flaring the gas to keep it out of the atmosphere? That’s “a double-edged sword.”
An intractable question is simmering in the Crystal River Valley. Is burning off huge amounts of potent greenhouse gas emissions worth backtracking on 30 years of coal mine restoration?
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Conservation Fund buys 14er in the Mosquito Range above Alma, helping protect access to Decalibron Loop
Landowner John Reiber had closed Mount Democrat to avoid lawsuits. The sale opens access, but does not slow effort to reform the Colorado Recreational Use Statute to better protect “freaked out” landowners.
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Colorado Climate Corps the seed for President Biden’s new American Climate Corps plan
“These are Colorado successes we are now sharing with the nation,” says head of Colorado Youth Corps Association
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Town of Vail must pay $17.5 million for parcel where Vail Resorts planned housing but town wants for wildlife
The valuation decision marks the final chapter in an 18-month battle that has pitted housing against wildlife and resort operator against its namesake town
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Mount Evans renamed Mount Blue Sky after federal naming board vote, effective immediately
The U.S. Geological Survey’s Board on Geographic Names voted Friday to approve Mount Blue Sky as the replacement for Mount Evans