Until I moved to Western Colorado from Texas, I had never seen public lands being abused the way they are now. So much of the land is blockaded by cut and dragged down trees that it is almost impossible on foot, much…
Moffat County ranchers tap the sun to deliver water to animals Solar-powered water systems let livestock drink more easily and take pressure off ponds and streams The streaming mid-July sunshine seemed to illustrate Vance Fulton’s point about the effectiveness of…
Scenes involving large illegal marijuana grows on public and private lands and in gutted-out homes are playing out across Colorado and more frequently on the Western Slope. People have been growing marijuana illegally in Colorado for decades, but law enforcement…
Pollute water and the EPA will have no mercy. It will charge, convict, fine, imprison and alert the media. Unless the polluter is the EPA. Pollute water and the EPA will have no mercy. It will charge, convict, fine, imprison…
In case you were wondering if anyone would be held accountable, the Inspector General’s office at the EPA did conduct a full investigation to see if there was any criminal culpability and it recently drew to a close. They turned…
Compounding the issue, Colorado’s hunting base is aging — average age of 55, according to CPW — with fewer younger hunters waiting in the wings. The National Shooting Sports Foundation says for every 100 Colorado hunters today, only 70 are…
"To alter our constitution, special interest groups can petition causes onto the ballot by gathering all signatures in one metropolitan area. Then they need only a simple majority vote to impose their will. The system empowers metropolitan Denver, exploding with out-of-state…