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Property rights v. public access: Colorado Supreme Court wades into messy water controversy
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court heard on Tuesday that they should not upend 150 years of property rights, encourage trespassing and open the floodgates to lawsuits challenging, segment by segment, whether people can wade and fish in waterways that cut across private land. On the other hand, the justices also heard that Colorado stands…
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Trump administration moves to rescind Waters of the US rule, cheered by farmers, booed by environmentalists
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The Trump administration this week began the process of rescinding the controversial Waters of the USA (WOTUS) rule, part of the federal Clean Water Act, to the delight of the agricultural community – and to the dismay of environmentalists and other clear water advocates. The 1972 Clean Water Act set up a structure regulating pollution discharge…
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Colorado Farm Bureau endorses Stapleton for governor
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The state’s largest organization for farmers and ranchers threw its support behind Republican Walker Stapleton for governor Wednesday. The 24,000-member Colorado Farm Bureau said Stapleton gets agriculture more than his opponent, Democrat Jared Polis. “Walker Stapleton is the leader Colorado needs,” Colorado Farm Bureau president Don Shawcroft, a San Luis Valley rancher, said in a…
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Get ready for a lot more advertising from the oil and gas industry on ballot measures
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While there’s been plenty of angst about the amount of money going into the governor’s race (currently at $21.3 million and counting, just for the candidates) campaign finance reports released Tuesday show that it’s likely to be dwarfed by what the oil and gas is already pouring into committees that will do its bidding on…
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Amendment 74 would hamstring our ability to safeguard our communities
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This fall, the Colorado Farm Bureau and oil and gas companies like Anadarko and Noble are poised to pulverize the very purpose of local government. By changing only 11 words in the state constitution, as Amendment 74 seeks to do, any property owner could claim that any government decision decreased the value of their property…
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Q&A with Tracee Bentley | From farm kid to energy advocate
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Tracee Bentley may have left Colorado’s countryside years ago to become a mover and shaker at the State Capitol in Denver, but you can’t take the country out of her. Nowadays a leading voice for the state’s booming oil and gas industry – after carving out a rep as a hard-as-nails lobbyist and serving as…
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Initiative 108: A record 209K petition signatures turned in
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Proponents of a ballot measure they claim will strengthen private property rights turned in a record 209,000 petition signatures Friday to the secretary of state. Initiative 108 is a constitutional proposal for the November ballot that its chief sponsor, Colorado Farm Bureau, says will allow private property owners to take state or local governments to…
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Initiative 108 could blunt local land-use rules, officials warn
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Local officials and municipal attorneys warn that a proposed constitutional amendment – backed by the Colorado Farm Bureau and the oil and gas industry – will blunt the ability of cities, towns and counties to make many land-use decisions. The measure is Initiative 108. Backers are currently gathering signatures in hopes of placing the measure…
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Farm Bureau offers dollars to victims of Spring Creek Fire
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The state’s largest advocacy organization for farmers and ranchers is sending assistance to two south Colorado counties hard-hit by wildfires. The Colorado Farm Bureau Foundation said Thursday it’s donating $20,000 to go directly to individuals affected by the Spring Creek Fire, which has burned more than 108,000 acres in Huerfano and Costilla counties. That money…
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Coloradans can find common ground in defense of property rights
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Colorado is a great state, a state that comes together to solve problems. There is a lot of mudslinging in politics right now, but there’s a potential statewide ballot measure that provides a breath of fresh air. The proposed initiative finds common ground across all party affiliations and unites both rural and urban Colorado communities…
