October 9, 2018 Rancher pushes back against large predator “sanctuary” in southeast Colorado “A gentleman from Boulder by the name of Pat Craig of the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, CO, has decided to bring carnivores…
October 2, 2018 Despite successful management plans, states get slammed in sage grouse case “Obviously, we’re disappointed the court did not recognize the efforts of Gunnison County, the landowners and the state to protect the Gunnison sage grouse,”…
April 17, 2018 Small Colorado energy firm battles feds over retroactive lease cancellations In 2012, while the company patiently waited for the regulatory process to conclude before developing its three remaining undeveloped leases, the BLM informed WillSource…
March 26, 2018 Supporter of embattled enviro activist caught vandalizing sign in local business A short time later, the same woman reappeared and made an attempt to reach in the store and destroy the replacement sign. Michelle was…
March 16, 2018 Enviro activist commissioner resorts to dirty tactics to fight recall effort According to organizers of the recall, Lachelt is using paid professional agitators to impede and intimidate individuals and businesses from participating in the petition…
March 1, 2018 Is western Colorado ‘banking’ program a water rights-grabbing scam? …a program which has been giving property owners large cash sums if they will agree to ‘fallow’ their croplands, thus ‘banking’ (not using) the…
February 10, 2018 Colorado citizens issue resolution calling for proper administration of water rights Plans using vague terms such as ‘banking, ‘augmentation,’ ‘fallowing,’ ‘consumptive conservation,’ etc., offer property owners–mostly farmers and ranchers–generous cash payments to decrease or stop…
October 3, 2017 Sage grouse need ranchers for survival, not more regulations Private landowners are key to sage-grouse conservation because they own almost all of the wetland habitat the species depends on, and they are by…
August 26, 2017 Mesa County Colorado throws support behind long-delayed fracking project Inevitably, there will be environmentalist groups opposed to this–and virtually all–hydraulic fracturing projects. But the philosophical change within the Interior Department regarding domestic energy…
August 6, 2017 Scandalous EPA coverup of Gold King Mine spill ‘cannot be ignored’ [paypal_donation_button] Thanks to photos taken the day before and the day of the disaster, we now know the workers had excavated the entire plug…