Opinions on natural resource issues from around the West, featuring Writers on the Range from High Country News.
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Written by Durango Herald News
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
There are some things that should not be messed with without compelling reason. In Colorado, that would include anything to do with water.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 13 March 2010 )
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Written by Denver Post
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
A plan to retool or close down what would amount to several coal-fired power plants in the metro area is an important step toward clearing the air on the Front Range.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 March 2010 )
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Written by Casper Star-Tribune
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
Wyoming officials are waiting anxiously for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to decide whether the sage grouse will be listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. In Wyoming, the population is holding its own, estimated at around 200,000 birds. That alone should keep the grouse from joining the "endangered" or "threatened" list.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 26 February 2010 )
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Written by Salt Lake Tribune
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Monday, 22 February 2010 |
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Competing bills that would govern boating and fishing in public waters on privately owned stream beds are about to collide in the Utah House of Representatives. One, HB80, would formalize public access to virtually every privately owned stream bed in the state in line with a 2008 Utah Supreme Court decision. The other, HB141, would amend the 1919 law that was the foundation of the court's decision and prohibit public access to private stream beds unless the property owner grants permission or the private stream bed has been used by the public for recreation for 10 consecutive years.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 February 2010 )
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Written by MICHELLE NIJHUIS, High Country News (Denver Post)
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
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Last April, in a narrow mountain valley in northwestern Colorado, Cristina Eisenberg was searching for scat. The biologist and two members of her field crew had set up a kilometer-long transect through elk habitat.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 February 2010 )
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Written by Denver Post
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 February 2010 )
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Written by Missoulian
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Monday, 04 January 2010 |
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This week, Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., will hold a series of public listening sessions in five Montana towns concerning the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act proposed by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 05 January 2010 )
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Written by Salt Lake Tribune
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009 |
The question raised by a proposal to strip-mine coal in Kane County is this: Are the temporary mining jobs worth the potential environmental damage and the possible loss of tourism that would linger after those jobs disappear?
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Written by TRIP VAN NOPPEN, Earthjustice
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Friday, 18 December 2009 |
Becoming a grandfather is cause for celebration, unless you're a coal-fired power plant.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 18 December 2009 )
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Written by Grand Junction Sentinel
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Thursday, 03 December 2009 |
State gas drilling permits in Colorado will now be good for two years, instead of one, exactly the same amount of time allowed under a federal drilling permit.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 December 2009 )
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Written by MARK HAVNES, Salt Lake Tribune
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Friday, 20 November 2009 |
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A coalition of environmental groups have filed a petition to stop the state's first coal strip mine on private land near Bryce Canyon National Park, which has already received preliminary approval from the state.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 20 November 2009 )
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