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U.S. Senate Candidate’s Roan Position in Locomotion

It's all over the news and blogs: According to campaign manager Dick Wadhams, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Bob Schaffer backs Gov. Bill Ritter's plan...

Environmental Groups on Oil Shale Study: Read and React

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was mandated by Congress to write a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) that would study the environmental, social...

BLM Plans for Oil Shale Mining

The Bureau of Land Management is setting aside public land for the commercial development of oil shale, although a commercially viable process to extract...

Western Colorado’s Wild Horses: Too Many? Part II

The Bureau of Land Management is reducing Colorado's wild horse numbers because of the drought and other impacts. Some ranchers want wild horses gone...

Colorado’s Wild Horses: Too Many with Too Few Places to Go

Wild horses are considered an icon of the great American West. Yet, wild horses are joining the ranks of unwanted dogs and cats-are we...

Friday Last Day for Public Comment on Roan Plateau

You can't e-mail nor can you fax your letters. Only comments via the Post Office or in person will be accepted by the Bureau...

The Roan Plateau Poker Game

Congressmen Mark Udall and John Salazar may have had to fold their hands over the Roan Plateau yesterday, but Senator Ken Salazar pulled an...

Updated: Oil Shale Slowdown Showdown

BLM's fast track on oil shale was derailed, but Roan Plateau development delay was dumped Democratic Congressman Mark Udall's Amendment 2 to the Interior Department...

BLM’s Oil Shale SEIS on Fast Forward

Local northwest Colorado town and county officials and the governor's office were "sworn to secrecy." The federal government report was still in its draft...

Bye, Bye Roan Plateau

UPDATED: Remember Rhett Butler's line to Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind? "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." That seems to be...