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Bureau of Land Management’s do-over search for environmental records satisfied law, court says
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Two years after she ordered the Bureau of Land Management to redo its search for documents in response to an environmental group’s open records request, a federal judge now agrees the agency largely complied with the order. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix originally found BLM did not fulfill its obligations under the Freedom of…
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Judge green-lights lawsuit against federal lands agency for delayed action against illegal mining
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A federal judge agreed on Tuesday the government has unreasonably delayed a years-long investigation into whether illegal mining is taking place near Glenwood Springs. Garfield County and the Glenwood Springs Citizens’ Alliance have sued the Bureau of Land Management, accusing it of tolerating the unauthorized removal of limestone for years. They are now seeking to compel…
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Judge weighs whether lawsuit can proceed alleging illegal mining in Garfield County
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A federal judge is contemplating whether to allow Garfield County and a group of Glenwood Springs residents to proceed with their lawsuit against the federal agency that manages public lands, which allegedly has allowed illegal mining to occur for years at a quarry near the city. The Glenwood Springs Citizens’ Alliance first filed its complaint…
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Oil & gas leasing practice eliminated by Hickenlooper bill
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A federal-lands leasing practice critics say allows oil and gas companies to unfairly gain control of publicly owned mineral resources was eliminated by a bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper that was included in President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act that became law Tuesday. A quirk in federal-land leasing law allowed oil and gas…
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Son of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack appointed as BLM Colorado State Director
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Doug Vilsack, son of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, was appointed as the new Colorado State Director of the Bureau of Land Management Wednesday. Vilsack, the current assistant director for Colorado parks, wildlife and lands with the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, will begin work Aug. 14 at the state BLM offices in Lakewood.…
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Bureau of Land Management details departure from Grand Junction, return to D.C.
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The Bureau of Land Management Tuesday announced plans to relocate senior leadership positions from its former Grand Junction national headquarters back to Washington, D.C. But, as part of the agency’s commitment to keeping a stronger presence in Colorado, the National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships will anchor the BLM’s Western headquarters. BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning told…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | Grand Junction shines as D.C. eyes new home for BLM
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published May 25. Last month, after French President Emmanuel Macron addressed a joint meeting of Congress, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado quickly caught up to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on the House…
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Look out, Grand Junction: Ogden, Utah, makes a play for BLM
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Grand Junction isn’t the only city in the West trying to lure the headquarters of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. As Tim Vandeneack of the Ogden Standard-Examiner reports, leaders in northern Utah plan to promote Ogden as a potential site for BLM headquarters when Susan Combs, a top official of the U.S. Department of…
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Hickenlooper, other governors: Ban on land deals could hurt beleaguered sage-grouse
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Colorado’s John Hickenlooper and other western-state governors say a new Trump administration directive threatens to undermine a hard-won compromise aimed at saving a beleaguered bird scattered across their region. The directive, issued in late July, severely limits a type of land swap involving federal property. Critics say that eliminates an important technique for saving habitat…
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COVER STORY | Grand Junction shines as D.C. eyes new home for BLM
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Last month, after French President Emmanuel Macron addressed a joint meeting of Congress, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado quickly caught up to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on the House floor. Gardner had Colorado business to discuss with his old friend, the former senator from Montana who now leads the U.S. Department of the Interior, which administers…
