Tag: environment
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Signature gatherer for oil and gas ballot measure has left Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Joey Bunch Colorado Politics One of the contractors collecting petition signatures to get a measure increasing restrictions on Colorado oil and gas operations on the November ballot has pulled out of Colorado, and some of its employees are left unpaid. Six other firms are…
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Fungus killing Colorado peach trees, causing millions in losses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GRAND JUNCTION • A silent killer steadily encroaching on the most beloved of Western Slope fruit has moved into the crosshairs of peach growers and researchers. It’s a fungus so widespread that every orchard in the valley is infected, it’s estimated to cost the local…
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Trump aims to end automatic protections for some species
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — The Trump administration on Thursday proposed ending automatic protections for threatened animal and plant species and limiting habitat safeguards that are meant to shield recovering species from harm. Administration officials said the new rules would advance conservation by simplifying and improving how the…
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Study links air pollution to drop in national park visitors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — Visitors appear to be steering clear of some U.S. national parks or cutting visits short because of pollution levels that are comparable to what’s found in major cities, according to a study released Wednesday. Researchers at Iowa State and Cornell universities looked at…
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Judge asked to keep public away from ex-nuke weapons plant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER— A retired professor testified Tuesday he found evidence that billions of particles of plutonium had escaped from a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and settled on land that is now a wildlife refuge, raising concerns about whether the site is safe for the…
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Conservation easements preserve unique Colorado heritage along I-25 north of Monument
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Driving from Denver to Colorado Springs on Interstate 25, the landscape is dotted with subdivisions, shopping centers and construction trying to keep pace with the state’s ballooning population. Just south of Castle Rock, the development suddenly disappears and is replaced by lush grasslands, dramatic mesas,…
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Interior’s No. 2 man sees Washington from a Colorado point of view
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Growing up in Rifle on the Western Slope, David Bernhardt saw Colorado’s great outdoors from both sides of the economic equation. This upbringing would shape his way of thinking as the second in command for the U.S. Department of the Interior. The Rifle of his…
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Boat ramp shut down as Rampart Reservoir falls to 65 percent capacity amid drought, pipeline break
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Despite repeated assurances that this year’s prolonged drought and meager snowpack will not require restrictions, the boat ramp and watercraft inspection station at Rampart Reservoir in Woodland Park have been closed because of low water levels, Colorado Springs Utilities said Friday. The immediate cause was…
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2nd suit seeks to keep former weapons plant closed to public
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SUPERIOR — A Colorado town near a former nuclear weapons plant has filed a lawsuit to keep part of the site from opening to the public as a wildlife refuge. The town of Superior asked a federal judge to keep the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
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BLM delays lease-sale of land for drilling oil and gas near Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Bureau of Land Management announced Tuesday that it will delay a planned Sept. 6 lease-sale of 18,358 acres for oil and gas drilling near Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in south-central Colorado. The Navajo Nation, which owns land in the area, asked…