Current policies favor the oil and gas industry. Planned updates could better protect national parks surrounded by dense drilling activity.
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More voters than ever — regardless of political affiliation — are worried about land and water conservation in the West
And they’re down with making Dolores River Canyon Country a national monument
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Ode to a true Coloradan
A centenarian of the Centennial State, Pieter Hondius Jr. was a quiet giant of the Colorado outdoors.
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Opinion: On public lands, conservation is just as valuable as extraction
The BLM’s proposed Public Lands Rule will help balance the demands on natural resources with protecting our mountain ecosystem.
Posted inEnvironment
An entrepreneur is one big step closer to capturing methane leaking from Colorado coal mines
White River National Forest district ranger calls Coal Basin mine project “precedent setting”
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The Biden administration wants to make conservation equal to ranching and mining in the West. The GOP won’t have it.
The Republican-led House Committee on Natural Resources voted Wednesday to withdraw a BLM rule it links to “Biden’s preservationist agenda.”
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Opinion: Oil and gas are not the only things of value on public lands
Our leasing policies need to consider not only extractive industries, but also outdoor recreation that is diversifying local economies.
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Pike-San Isabel had an agenda when it banned off-roading on some national forest roads, lawsuit claims
The process was driven by extremist environmental groups and anti-motorized activists within the forest service, plaintiff Patrick McKay says
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A billionaire and the BLM brokered a Colorado land swap meant to benefit rivers and the public. Not everyone is cheering.
The watchdog group Colorado Wild Public Lands wants more transparency, plans to oppose the Blue Valley Ranch deal
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Crossing from one parcel of public land to another in Colorado creates a private-property conundrum that’s proven tough to fix
House Bill 1066 would allow lawful passage between public land parcels bordering private property, settling a decades-old conundrum in the West. But it’s meeting skepticism.