Environment
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Careful planning could reopen Sagehen
Officials consider collaborative management with citizens
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EPA’s report on Red Arrow mine due Dec. 4; Town Hall meeting, Dec. 10
An Environmental Protection Agency assessment on illegal gold milling operations in Mancos will be released on Dec. 4. Operations at the illegal, unpermitted Red Arrow gold mill outside Mancos has…
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4 million acres of public lands remain inaccessible
More than 4 million acres of public lands in the West – roughly the size of New Jersey – are inaccessible to the public as a result of land ownership…
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EPA’s Red Arrow report due Dec. 4, Town Hall meeting Dec. 10
An Environmental Protection Agency assessment on illegal gold milling operations in Mancos will be released on Dec. 4. Operations at the illegal, unpermitted Red Arrow gold mill outside Mancos has…
Education
Colorado Parks and Wildlife offers grant
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering a one-time grant opportunity to agency partners that engage in hunting and angling outreach and education. The Partners in Outdoors Grants are available to…
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EPA’s Red Arrow report due Dec. 4, may ease residents’ concerns
An Environmental Protection Agency assessment on illegal gold milling operations in Mancos will be released on Dec. 4. Operations at the illegal, unpermitted Red Arrow gold mill outside Mancos has…
Business
Energy ABCs looks at industry facts, myths Consultant talks about fracking, power at luncheon
Schelldu1-i-syn New environmentally friendly technologies may not always be what they seem. Lori Smith Schell, president of the Durango-based consultancy Empowered Energy, gave the example of plug-in electric cars. They…
Local News
Federal land management favors native fish
Two suckers and a chub struggle in low water of Dolores River
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Forest Service calls truce in spat over ski-area water
Durango Mountain Resort is making snow in preparation for its season, which will open Nov. 29.Durango Herald file photo The U.S. Forest Service surrendered last week in a fight about…
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New beetle killing ponderosa pine
A migrating bug is finding the pine trees and drier climate in Southwest Colorado more appetizing, a cause of concern for public land officials. The round mountain pine beetle has…
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Hickenlooper proposes strict gas rules
DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper proposed the nation’s strictest rules on methane air pollution from gas and oil fields Monday. Environmental groups and three gas and oil companies – Encana,…
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Expert suggests raising water rates
The Town of Mancos needs to replace some 9,000 feet of deteriorating water lines at a cost or more than $1.5 million. Gabe Preston of Durango-based RPI Consulting presented town…