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Plan to buy remote Sweetwater Lake and transfer it to Forest Service gets boost from Eagle County communities
With nearly $1 million in donations, the Eagle Valley Land Trust is moving ahead with plans to purchase the 488-acre, privately-owned property surrounded by National Forest land
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Conservationists hope to tap Land and Water Conservation Fund to preserve land and water on Sweetwater
By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Federal officials hold only public hearing on fate of gray wolves’ endangered listing
An effort is underway in Colorado to ask voters in November 2020 whether to sign off on reintroducing gray wolves in the state
Colorado Springs’ downtown creek has long been viewed as a blight. Then one man started catching trout in it.
Colorado Springs is one of only a few remaining Front Range cities without a creek or river being regularly used for recreation. “There’s so many opportunities," said Alan Peak.
After growing up in proximity to military contamination, author felt moved to examine how lands were converted to wildlife refuge
David Havlick's field work sent him all over the world -- including pedaling through central Europe and researching militarized sites in Japan
On militarized landscapes in Colorado and beyond, can we successfully preserve both history and environment?
In "Bombs Away," the author examines sites like Rocky Flats and Hanford in search of ways restoration can "honor the sacrifices demanded of both nature and culture"
Largest public lands bill since 1993 would protect 400,000 acres across Colorado
Michael Bennet’s Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy Act lands as the Colorado senator enjoys rare spotlight following tirade over government shutdown Thursday on Senate floor
Tracking the Colorado River explains why it never quite makes it to the Sea of Cortez
In "Where the Water Goes," the author takes us on a tour from the river's headwaters to where it ends, in a sandy desert well short of its destination
