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Posts Tagged National Forest

Colorado groups join campaign for improved forest management rules

By | 12.20.10 | 7:22 am

Colorado environmental groups were among 12 national and regional organizations that launched an ad campaign last week calling for an early Christmas present from the Obama administration in the form of enhanced protections for the nation’s 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands – including 14.5 million in Colorado.

Polis presents draft wilderness bill for public consumption

By | 08.13.10 | 3:31 pm

U.S. Congressman Jared Polis, whose sprawling district includes Boulder but also some of the most intensely utilized national forest land in the state, this week released a discussion draft of legislation to create new wilderness areas in Eagle and Summit…

Ralston heralds wilderness plan to block ‘extractive development’

By | 10.27.09 | 7:44 am

AVON — Colorado mountaineer Aron Ralston, famous for a bouldering mishap in Utah which he survived by amputating his own forearm, has been touring the state with other recreation proponents pushing for a huge new wilderness proposal called Hidden…

Science Sunday: Urban Goes Rural; Rockies hit outerspace

By | 10.28.07 | 10:00 am

Red Rocks or Red Sox, it’s all the same to Colorado in finding “home plate.”

The Beetles Are Getting Political

By | 09.13.06 | 12:22 am

UPDATED: The mountain pine beetle (MPB) has become one of Campaign 2006 hottest political topics in rural areas. The beetle equally shared the spotlight with water and gas drilling issues at a recent Western Slope Club 20 debate. Although…