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Boulder County residents cannot sue over firearm discharge on federal land, appeals court rules
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that two residents of Boulder County could not sue the county’s commissioners for walking back a policy originally banning firearms discharge on nearby land owned by the U.S. government. Boulder County leaders enacted a resolution in 2022 expanding the area near Sugarloaf Mountain in which it was unlawful to…
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10th Circuit removes obstacle to long-planned resort project in Rio Grande National Forest
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The federal appeals court based in Denver cleared a key obstacle on Friday to the construction of a resort village in the Rio Grande National Forest that has been planned for nearly four decades but has run into a steady stream of legal and logistical hurdles. Conservation groups have repeatedly challenged the proposed Village at…
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10th Circuit removes obstacle to long-planned resort project in Rio Grande National Forest
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The federal appeals court based in Denver cleared a key obstacle on Friday to the construction of a resort village in the Rio Grande National Forest that has been planned for nearly four decades but has run into a steady stream of legal and logistical hurdles. Conservation groups have repeatedly challenged the proposed Village at…
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New tribal liaison in southern Colorado: ‘You are responsible for learning this history’
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When Jason Herbert is meeting with tribal members on their lands, he prefers not to wear his U.S. Forest Service uniform, despite whatever agency guidelines suggest in the case of official business. “It’s not disrespect to the Forest Service. I’m really proud to work for the Forest Service,” Herbert says. It’s just that he knows…
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New tribal liaison in southern Colorado: ‘You are responsible for learning this history’
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When Jason Herbert is meeting with tribal members on their lands, he prefers not to wear his U.S. Forest Service uniform, despite whatever agency guidelines suggest in the case of official business. “It’s not disrespect to the Forest Service. I’m really proud to work for the Forest Service,” Herbert says. It’s just that he knows…
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Locals concerned about possibility of Colorado’s 43rd state park
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Ahead of a Monday evening meeting said to “get additional feedback” from the larger public on the potential for Colorado’s 43rd state park, some locals near the site say they have felt unheard. They are part of the small community of Sweetwater, situated along the dirt road that dead-ends at Sweetwater Lake. In the fall…
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Judge dismisses retaliation, hostile work environment claims of Black Agriculture Department employee
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A federal judge has agreed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a Black employee failed to show how a series of workplace grievances amounted to illegal retaliation or a hostile work environment based on his race or disability. However, the lawsuit from Kenith DeLesline will continue on his last remaining claim: that the USDA failed…
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10th Circuit rebuffs environmental group’s lawsuit over government records
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has rejected the arguments from a wildlife and habitat conservation group that the U.S. Forest Service failed to conduct a legally-adequate search for records – despite disclosing 140,637 pages of documents related to a controversial roadway project. Rocky Mountain Wild filed an open records request with the Forest Service…
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$1 million fire mitigation project planned near Colorado Springs Utilities’ reservoir
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The Colorado State Forest Service expects to thin hundreds of acres of dense forest near one of Colorado Springs Utilities’ reservoirs through a $1 million grant. Contracted crews will remove trees across 300 acres to reduce the high risk of catastrophic wildfire near North Catamount Reservoir south of U.S. 24, said Luke Cherney, a forester…
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Avalanche beacon training park opens for season in Colorado
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A one-of-a-kind place for avalanche preparedness in Colorado has opened for the season. The U.S. Forest Service calls it a “beacon training park,” a snow-covered slope at the Mountain Meadow trailhead by the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger Station in Minturn. That’s along U.S. 24, about a quarter-mile from the Interstate 70 exit to town. The story…