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COVER STORY | Grand Junction shines as D.C. eyes new home for BLM

May 29, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

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…
Federal officials approve drilling on 26,000 acres near Grand Junction

Mar 30, 2018

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Mark Harden special to Colorado Politics

GRAND JUNCTION – Federal officials have approved plans for a company to drill for oil on the Whitewater Basin in western Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports the Bureau of Land Management approved Fram Operating LLC’s Whitewater development plan, which calls for drilling more than 100 wells on 26,000 acres near Grand Junction. The bureau’s action…
Colorado regional advisory councils for BLM frustrated with Trump administration

Feb 18, 2018

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Mark Jaffe

The citizen councils in Colorado created to advise the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on local issues have been blocked from meeting for a year by Trump administration reviews and delays, setting off protests and resignations. The regional advisory councils, or RACs, were created by statute in 1995. There are three in Colorado-one each…
Hopes still afloat for moving Bureau of Land Management to Grand Junction

Feb 13, 2018

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction offers an update this week on the West Slope’s high hopes for landing a relocated U.S. Bureau of Land Management headquarters. The upshot? Keep the faith. Reports the Sentinel’s Gary Harmon: “More under this administration than any other administration, it’s highly likely,” Mesa County Commissioner Scott McInnis, a (former)…
Conservation Colorado backs first city-level candidates in Aurora, scores 2 more wins

Nov 10, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Conservation Colorado is this juggernaut green organization that gives state and national candidates the heebie-jeebies in the West’s political wilds. Last year, 54 of the 60 candidates it endorsed went on to win. And whenever legislation affecting the environment, large or small, is debated at the Capitol in Denver, Conservation Colorado is there in big…
Report suggests BLM headquarters could move to Denver

Aug 29, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Colorado’s U.S. senators are supporting a plan to relocate the Bureau of Land Management to Colorado. A recent report suggests that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke plans to relocate the BLM headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Denver, though that report could not be verified with a spokeswoman for the Interior Department. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a…
BLM seeks to rescind fracking rule ahead of Denver federal court case

Jul 27, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Reactions are predictably split between environmental and oil and gas interests over a recent plan by federal regulators to rescind an Obama-era fracking rule. The Bureau of Land Management’s 2015 rule sought to limit hydraulic fracturing on public lands. The rule was never in effect due to pending litigation, which continues in Denver on Thursday.…
BLM seeks input on land use planning, environmental reviews as Trump administration revamps regulations

Jul 4, 2017

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Peter Marcus

The Trump administration is examining land use planning procedures and other environmental reviews, keeping in line with its stated commitment to roll back what some consider burdensome requirements. The Bureau of Land Management said on Monday it is requesting “ideas and input” on how the agency can make procedures and reviews timelier and less costly.…
BLM lands in Colorado roar economically when they’re very quiet, says new report

Jun 20, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Peace and quiet in Colorado’s great outdoors has a value all its own, according to a study released Tuesday by the independent economic analysts ECONorthwest. In 2015, non-motorized recreation such as camping, hiking, climbing, hunting, mountain biking and rafting attracted 1.23 million visits to public lands from the mountains to the plains, generating $54.3 million…
Public lands planning is critical to generations in Colorado, says Greeley Spanish music broadcaster

May 4, 2017

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Joey Bunch

A Spanish music broadcaster in Greeley says a Bureau of Land Management plan in the works could deeply affect future Coloradans who use public lands. The Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan could affect generations of residents and tourists who love the outdoors, contends William Neidig, owner and president of La Familia Broadcasting in Greeley. He penned an op-ed for…