Tag: environment
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Monument attorney facing jail in Drake emissions dispute to learn fate next month
DENVER – Monument attorney Leslie Weise likely will learn Feb. 13 whether she will be sanctioned, fined or even jailed for six months under a contempt citation sought by Colorado Springs Utilities and the city, Colorado Chief Appeals Judge Alan M. Loeb indicated at a Friday hearing. The city and Utilities pressed for the citation…
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Colorado Springs to undertake biggest tree removal project
Dennis Will is nervous. “This is scary stuff,” the Colorado Springs forester said of the Forestry Division’s biggest tree removal project ever, which was announced Friday and is set to begin later this month. The city, he said, aims to remove trees and clear brush to thin out overgrowth and reduce the fire danger on…
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Hazardous waste a growth business in El Paso County
How long would it take to fill your vehicle’s gas tank 7,000 times? Now, imagine how much paint would be required to top off an average car’s tank that much, or even more. El Paso County’s Environmental Division collected enough paint in 2016 to do just that. And that figure represents just a fraction of…
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Colorado Springs to undertake biggest tree removal project
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dennis Will is nervous. “This is scary stuff,” the Colorado Springs forester said of the Forestry Division’s biggest tree removal project ever, which was announced Friday and is set to begin later this month. The…
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Shielded Native American sites thrust into debate over dams
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BOISE, Idaho — A little-known federal program that avoids publicizing its accomplishments to protect from looters the thousands of Native American sites it’s tasked with managing has been caught up in a big net. The…
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Shielded Native American sites thrust into debate over dams
BOISE, Idaho — A little-known federal program that avoids publicizing its accomplishments to protect from looters the thousands of Native American sites it’s tasked with managing has been caught up in a big net. The Federal Columbia River System Cultural Resources Program tracks some 4,000 historical sites that also include homesteads and missions in Oregon,…
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Smoke will be seen from prescribed burns near Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Smoke will billow from areas of the Pikes Peak region this fall as crews from the U.S. Forest Service work to reduce excess wildfire fuels. The prescribed burns could begin Friday near state Highway 67,…
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Smoke will be seen from prescribed burns near Colorado Springs
Smoke will billow from areas of the Pikes Peak region this fall as crews from the U.S. Forest Service work to reduce excess wildfire fuels. The prescribed burns could begin Friday near state Highway 67, about a half-mile north of Woodland Park, and near Trout Creek, roughly 8 miles north of Woodland Park, according to…
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Crash near Rifle spills 4,000 gallons of oil, driver of one car leaves scene
A two-vehicle collision Tuesday morning caused a leak of about 4,000 gallons of crude oil on the Colorado 13 bypass near the Rifle city limits and authorities are searching for one of the drivers. “The driver has not been located yet,” Colorado State Patrol Trooper Nate Reid said Tuesday. At around 5:50 a.m., a Saturn…
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To the pleasure of Colorado’s outdoor industry, Forest Service promises simpler public lands access
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – From the day in 1996 that he took over Angler’s Covey in Colorado Springs, David Leinweber has longed to take customers on fishing trips to small streams along the South Platte River. But…