federal land
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Tipton bill to protect landowners near federal property wins first approval
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WASHINGTON – A congressional bill to protect property owners’ rights during federal land acquisitions won first round approval Thursday but drew only cautious support from a major Colorado environmental group. The bill was introduced by Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, who is a member of the House Natural Resources subcommittee on federal lands. The…
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Colorado senators seek to renew law allowing sales of federal land
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WASHINGTON – Colorado’s U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner are trying to revive a law intended to protect federal lands in western states they describe as having “conservation value.” The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act was a federal law enacted in 2000 that authorized some federal agencies to buy and sell land. The law…
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Tipton supports bill to give states control over oil drilling on federal land
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WASHINGTON – A congressional committee that includes two Colorado congressmen approved a bill Wednesday that would give states greater control over rights to extract oil and gas from federal land. Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton is a supporter of the bill, called the Secure American Energy Act. A controversy over the legislation is whether states…
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US withdraws western Colorado land from oil, gas lease sale
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The federal government has withdrawn about 43 square miles (110 square kilometers) of public land from a June auction for oil and gas leases in western Colorado after challenges were filed. The Bureau of Land Management said Monday the land is in Grand County near Rocky Mountain National Park. The Grand County commissioners, a dude…
