Push for Bears Ears monument marks latest Western land fight

BLANDING, Utah – Laminated sheets of paper held in place by rocks rest inside ancient cliff dwellings nestled underneath a spectacular red rock overhang in southeastern Utah. “Don’t erase the...

DATE: July 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Meetings review new options for cheatgrass and goatgrass

The Mancos Conservation District will hold a series of informative meetings this week to introduce a new option to help control cheatgrass, jointed goatgrass and medusa head weeds known as MB 906....

DATE: July 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drones give conservationists an aerial edge

Imagine this: You’ve spent all day trudging up Windom Peak in the high, hot summer sun, and finally, you’ve summited your first Fourteener. And then, with taunting ease, a drone buzzes by. For...

DATE: July 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Conservation District hosting work meeting

The Mancos Conservation District will host a local work group meeting at 6:30 p.m., Monday, July 11 at the district office, 604 Bauer Ave. This meeting will focus on identifying community issues...

DATE: July 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

How do candidates differ on conservation?

When it comes to conservation, energy, and many other issues, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been a lot of hat and not much cattle. But last week his son, Donald Trump Jr., offered some...

DATE: June 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Conservation District offering irrigation workshop

The Mancos Conservation District will offer two workshops on irrigation water management next month. The first class will take place June 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 28490 Road N west of Cortez,...

DATE: May 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Can the feds save eagles by allowing more to be killed?

When the renewable energy industry isn’t being touted as the new frontier of power needs, it’s being criticized for purportedly killing flying critters with swinging wind turbine blades, glistening...

DATE: May 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bennet touts conservation during walk on Durango trail

Sen. Michael Bennet walked the Animas River Trail on Thursday, enjoying the sunshine and sights made possible by a fund he and other senators saved from extinction last month. “There’s not a...

DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Endangered Species Act goes under the microscope

DENVER – Worried that the federal Endangered Species Act often leads to stalled action because of lawsuits and misguided priorities, Western governors on Wednesday hosted a stakeholder process in...

DATE: March 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Senate begins debate on bipartisan energy bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate began debating this week on bipartisan legislation to modernize the nation’s energy infrastructure, the first such attempt at a major legislative overhaul since...

DATE: Feb. 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Malheur’s aftershock

When Ammon Bundy and his militiamen marched into Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on January 2 with rifles in hand, the occupation was widely construed as an attack on the 315 million co-owners of...

DATE: Feb. 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Colorado public lands bill could become battleground

DENVER – A vote on a measure that would create a Public Lands Day in Colorado was delayed Wednesday, as the bill’s sponsor works to garner support. Senate Bill 21 was considered by a Senate...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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