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Written by ERYN GABLE, special to Land Letter
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
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Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) is blaming Colorado's junior senator, Sen.
Ken Salazar (D), for tying up a critical piece of legislation that
would free up revenues from existing Roan Plateau gas leases. Salazar
has refused to back the measure unless Allard lends his support to a
moratorium on future gas leasing on the Roan Plateau.
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Written by ERYN GABLE, special to Land Letter
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
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The federal agents charged with monitoring off-road vehicle use on
public lands cannot keep up with reckless riders who are tearing up the
nation's public lands, according to the results of a survey of U.S.
Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management rangers sponsored by
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
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Written by ERYN GABLE, special to Land Letter
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
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LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- The Fish and Wildlife Service held a public hearing
here Monday night to get comments on its proposal to maintain
protections for the Preble's meadow jumping mouse in the state, but
only four people of the two dozen in attendance showed up to speak.
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Written by ALLISON WINTER, Land Letter
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
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Congress will extend the current farm bill through mid-March, so that
funding for programs can continue while lawmakers work on their new
five-year reauthorization, leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture
committees said earlier this week.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, Land Letter
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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
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A federal appeals court this week struck down part of the Bush
administration's Healthy Forests Initiative that exempted hazardous fuels
reduction projects on national forests from further environmental analysis.
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Written by APRIL REESE, Land Letter
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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
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An energy company's proposal to drill for oil and gas beneath a national
wildlife refuge in Colorado cannot proceed until the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service conducts a formal environmental analysis, a federal judge ruled last
week.
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Written by BRODIE FARQUHAR, Casper Star-Tribune
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Thursday, 06 December 2007 |
Although disappointed with Tuesday’s court ruling that revives the
question of whether to list the sage grouse under the Endangered
Species Act, energy, agriculture and political leaders in Wyoming say
they're optimistic it won’t come to that.
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Written by MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press
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Thursday, 06 December 2007 |
The Forest Service announced its new plan yesterday for conserving open space
that will rely on partnerships with private entities and local and state
government to identify those areas most in need of protection.
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Written by ERYN GABLE, SPECIAL TO LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 06 December 2007 |
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On western Colorado's Uncompahgre Plateau lies a network of red-rock
canyons home to perennial streams, waterfalls, petroglyphs and an
abundance of wildlife. It is an area environmentalists and many local
residents want to see protected, but some people worry protection will
mean forever shutting them out of a prized recreational venue.
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Written by MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press Writer
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 |
Nearly extinct last century,
grizzly bears are back in a big way in the northern Rockies — rising in
numbers, pushing into new territories and mauling hunters who stumble
across them in the wild.
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Written by EDITORIAL, ARIZONA DAILY SUN
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Friday, 30 November 2007 |
It's certainly good to hear that a sixth major thinning project has
been officially proposed for the forests surrounding Flagstaff.
What's not so good is to learn that outsiders from Tucson and New
Mexico have raised objections to a plan already arrived at by local
compromise.
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Written by DAN BERMAN, LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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The Forest Service is considering joining the ranks of private and
state forest managers who have had their lands and timber products
stamped with a "green" label.
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Written by COLLEEN LUCCIOLI, LAND LETTER
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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The McNulty family ranch near Aspen, Colo., sits surrounded by
high-priced real estate but is now protected from potential
encroachment. The property will remain a ranch in perpetuity, making it
one of the few left in a part of the nation where the landscape -- once
rural and undeveloped -- has been steadily taking on a very different
character.
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Written by BOB MOEN, CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE (AP)
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
DUBOIS — The growing number of gray wolves and the increasing territory
they roam have raised concern from many local hunters and outfitters
that wolves are eating into their hunting experience and their business
profits.
Wolf advocates argue there's no evidence wolves are chewing through big
game populations, calling them a victim of an underlying hostility in
the West. Where one side holds the literary legend of the big bad wolf,
the other sees the Hollywood icon from "Dances with Wolves."
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Written by ERYN GABLE, special to Land Letter
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
Federal officials have begun a nationwide review of "predator control"
activities on public lands that involve aerial hunting of such
livestock killers as coyotes, bears, bobcats, and even bison. While
welcoming the investigation, some wildlife advocates nonetheless are
calling for closer public scrutiny of the review because they are
worried the agency involved is too secretive.
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Written by APRIL REESE, Land Letter
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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SANTA FE, N.M. -- From the pueblo revolt of 1680 to the Civil War,
this 400-year-old city has seen its share of battles. But a Texas
energy company's proposal to drill for oil and gas just south of town
has residents bracing for their biggest fight in decades.
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Written by ERD SMITH, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
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Wednesday, 28 November 2007 |
Political pressure in Washington, D.C., tainted decisions regarding
protection of seven threatened species, including Colorado's Preble's
meadow jumping mouse, the white-tailed prairie dog and the habitat of
the Canada lynx, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined.
Each of the species will receive new reviews to determine whether they
should have more or less protection.
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Written by Katherine Boyle, Greenwire
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Tuesday, 27 November 2007 |
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is questioning U.S. EPA efforts to protect groundwater from petroleum industry efforts to boost production from oil-and-gas wells.
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Written by RENA DELBRIDGE, CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE
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Monday, 26 November 2007 |
DOUGLAS — When ranchers in the Thunder Basin grassland area drive the
dusty red roads from pasture to pasture or from highway to home,
they’re watching more than their cattle these days.
The landowners who are part of the Thunder Basin Grassland Prairie
Ecosystem Association are also keeping a sharp eye out for flora and
fauna. They’re taking particularly careful notes in an almost
38,000-acre area where the association, with help from the state and
others, is treating land with a mixture of fire, pesticides and native
grass seeds to rehabilitate the ecosystem.
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Written by PERRY BACKUS, THE MISSOULIAN
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Sunday, 25 November 2007 |
HAMILTON — Tom Robak knew he'd struck a public chord that day he opened
up his post office box.
A week hadn't yet passed since Robak and others had hosted a meeting in
Hamilton earlier this month that drew close to 650 people on a sunny
Sunday afternoon. The crowd had come to learn about the new group - Big
Sky Coalition: Environmentalists with Common Sense - that planned to
challenge forest management policies it believed were causing
catastrophic wildfires.
When Robak turned the key, he was shocked to see his box stuffed full
of letters supporting the coalition. The envelopes contained almost
$3,500 in donations.
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