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Gov. Jared Polis, Upper Basin states criticize federal draft plan for managing the Colorado River
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With no agreement among the seven Colorado River states, which missed multiple federal deadlines, the Upper Colorado River Commission on Monday sharply criticized the U.S. Department of the Interior’s draft plan for managing the river after the current guidelines expire this year. The critics accused federal officials of exceeding their authority and of relying on…
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Colorado River crisis deepens as 7 states miss deadline for water management plan
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The seven states that share the Colorado River blew past the Nov. 11 deadline without reaching even a framework for how to manage the river after 2026. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of the Interior is prepared to act if the seven states of the Colorado River basin failed to come up with at least a…
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Trump taps ex-N.M. congressman to head BLM
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Steve Pearce, a former Republican congressman from New Mexico and, until last December, the chair of the New Mexico Republican Party, is the latest nominee from the Trump administration to head the federal Bureau of Land Management. The BLM manages public lands, a critical issue for Colorado, where the federal government owns more than a…
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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…