Mike Phillips, director of billionaire land magnate Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund...admitted, “As wolves move into human dominated landscapes, conflicts are going to increase.” Thus, he supported reintroduction – not near his own home, but in “isolated” areas like Western…
For many years, the groundwater under much of the South Platte Basin, which includes Weld County, was accessed via the drilling of private wells. The history of well drilling is fraught and tangled — and bears much more discussion —…
In June, 2018, the commissioners passed a resolution claiming 17 roads and trails in the San Juan National Forest as county-controlled right of ways because they were established and mapped before the creation of the national forest in 1905. Jim…
Is animal reproduction an activity deemed ineligible for a bank loan? Yes, in Rein’s case, and the rejection was triggered specifically due to her operation’s involvement in horse breeding. The details of Rein’s loan denial may draw concern from livestock…
People make better decisions if they have to walk down Main Street the next day, facing the folks whose lives are affected. That is common sense. It sometimes seems rare in Washington, but in this case it is being realized…
"BLM will be more efficient and responsive in its new home of Grand Junction, where its employees will live alongside the ranchers, miners, and farmers who are most impacted by its decisions. I applaud Secretary Bernhardt and Casey Hammond for…
"This is a victory for local communities, advocates for public lands, and proponents for a more responsible and accountable federal government.” July 15, 2019 From a press release issued by the office of United States Senator from Colorado, Cory Gardner…
A well-connected metro Denver water developer, backed by former Colorado Governor Bill Owens, Front Range real estate interests, and absentee ranchers who themselves control huge amounts of water here, is proposing to export millions of gallons of water out of…
In addition, elk populations in southwest Colorado are already struggling. Researchers are working to find the cause of poor calf recruitment and low elk numbers. A forced reintroduction of wolves would be catastrophic to this work and the established elk and…
The USFS says since 1994, bark beetles have wiped out over four million acres in the southern Rockies. The trees turn red, then brown, then become fuel for catastrophic fires. Better Wait for a Real Crisis by GREG WALCHER Rob Reiner’s…