john swartout
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Hickenlooper aide Swartout named chief of Colorado Counties
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John Swartout, most recently senior policy adviser to Gov. John Hickenlooper, has been named the next executive director of Colorado Counties Inc. (CCI). Swartout takes the helm at CCI on Jan. 7. He has served as a senior policy adviser and rural policy and outreach director in the Hickenlooper administration since March 2014, dealing with…
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Feds announces plans to protect rare Colorado, Utah birds
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Federal land managers announced long-awaited plans to protect the rare Gunnison sage grouse, a bird found only in Colorado and Utah. The Bureau of Land Management released a nearly 1,000-page document late Thursday proposing restrictions on energy development, roads and grazing. The proposals include closing or limiting the use of some areas during the birds’ mating season,…
