Conservation easements protect threatened sage grouse

The threatened Gunnison sage grouse used to thrive on the sage brush plains in Dolores County. But as farms, roads, and subdivisions encroached on critical habitat, their numbers diminished,...

DATE: Jan. 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. rejects protections for greater sage grouse across West

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Interior Department said Tuesday that the greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling bird whose vast range spans 11 Western states, does not need federal protections following a...

DATE: Sept. 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Building code changes will encourage efficiency

New homes in Durango and La Plata County will be built to be more energy-efficient next year when local governments adopt new codes, but some say the updates don't go far enough. Both city and...

DATE: Aug. 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Baker to add curbside recycling

A local garbage hauler is jumping into the curbside recycling business. Baker Sanitation Inc. is launching the service for customers in Montezuma County. For an extra fee, they will accept paper,...

DATE: July 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Baker to add curbside recycling

A local garbage hauler is jumping into the curbside recycling business. Baker Sanitation Inc. is launching the service for customers in Montezuma County. For an extra fee, they will accept paper,...

DATE: June 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Baker plans to add curbside recycling

A local garbage hauler is jumping into the curbside recycling business. Baker Sanitation Inc. is launching the service for customers in Montezuma County. For an extra fee, they will accept paper,...

DATE: June 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Sage grouse gets local protection

A new conservation easement northwest of Dove Creek is being touted as an example of a grassroots effort to protect the Gunnison sage grouse. Landowner Lenore Seltenreich partnered with the...

DATE: March 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sage grouse gets local protection

A new conservation easement northwest of Dove Creek is being touted as an example of a grassroots effort to protect the Gunnison sage grouse. Landowner Lenore Seltenreich partnered with the...

DATE: March 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Sportsmen rally in Denver for public lands

DENVER – Hunters and anglers gathered outside the Colorado Capitol on a cold Wednesday afternoon to demand, “Keep public lands in public hands.” The gathering of sportsmen from around the state –...

DATE: Feb. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

IUD bill is a go

DENVER – Lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a measure sponsored by Rep. Don Coram that would set aside money for a popular program that provides intrauterine devices, or IUDs, to low-income young women....

DATE: Feb. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Keystone vote upsets Gardner Bennet calls it a distraction

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., on Tuesday slammed President Barack Obama after he vetoed the bill to build the 1,179-mile Keystone XL pipeline. After the president vetoed the...

DATE: Feb. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

McElmo Canyon orchard recognized as endangered place

Growing up in McElmo Canyon in the 1930s and 1940s, Vivienne Kenyon recalls a vibrant scene of commercial fruit farms that attracted customers from near and far. "My dad's orchard was known for its...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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