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U.S. Forest Service receives funding for forest fire mitigation along the Front Range
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday directing the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to spearhead efforts to protect, sustain and rebuild the nation’s old-growth forests, mitigate the threat of wildfire and support local communities’ response to forest fires. “These magnificent ecosystems are threatened by the climate impacts that…
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5,276 acres in Colorado to be leased for oil, gas extraction
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The Bureau of Land Management is opening up 5,276 acres of federal land for oil and gas extraction in Colorado. The nine parcels lie in Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Weld counties. Other than a 120-acre parcel 14 miles east of Eaton in Weld County, they are all in northwest Colorado in areas where drillers…
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Interview: Interior secretary nominee from Colorado says he will balance energy, environment
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WASHINGTON – The former oil industry lobbyist now in charge of the Interior Department says he’s prepared to balance the interests of environmentalists against an administration that has put a priority on opening public lands to energy development. David Bernhardt, a Colorado native and formerly with Denver law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, has represented…
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625 federal workers in Colorado file for unemployment amid shutdown
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Out of the around 50,000 federal workers in Colorado impacted by the partial government shutdown, 625 have filed for unemployment so far. Although it’s a small number in comparison, the claims aren’t easy to file for Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. “One of the complications is that in a normal unemployment claim process, we…
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Ex-Interior chief Zinke defends legacy; Colorado historian questions claims
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BILLINGS, Mont. — As former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke exits Washington, chased by ethics investigations and criticism of his actions favoring industry, he told The Associated Press he’s lived up to the conservation ideals of Theodore Roosevelt and insisted the myriad allegations against him will be proven untrue. The former Montana congressman also said…
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Interior Secretary Zinke signs science deal with Colorado School of Mines
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U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an agreement in Denver Monday to establish a partnership between Golden’s Colorado School of Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey, the Department of the Interior’s science agency. The partnership will bring a $120 million building – $161 million including related investments – and 150 federal employees to the Golden…
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Hopes still afloat for moving Bureau of Land Management to Grand Junction
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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)…
