ranchers
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Dead cattle and high blood pressure: Wolf depredation takes toll on Colorado ranchers
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In the middle of an interview with a group of ranchers last week, Middle Park rancher Doug Bruchez excused himself to retrieve the results of medical tests. His family’s ranching operation was the first in the area to report wolf depredation, and he has been stressing out since the apex predator — reintroduced in Colorado…
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RWR water project faces opposition from Polis, legislators
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The attention on a $600-million proposal to pipe water from the San Luis Valley to Douglas County is gaining attention – of the negative kind – from Gov. Jared Polis and other policymakers at the state Capitol. Polis, in a statement to Colorado Politics, took a position last week on the proposal from Renewable Water…
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Douglas County goes after San Luis Valley water
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Douglas County, which will get $68.2 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, intends to put some of that money toward buying water from the San Luis Valley. But that isn’t sitting well with folks in the San Luis Valley, who claim the plan to divert water from the valley to the Front Range will…
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Colorado’s Tipton wants to open more federal land for livestock grazing
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WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton recommended the government enlist help from ranchers and farmers to better protect federal lands during a congressional hearing this week. Congress is considering legislation that would open hundreds of thousands of additional acres of federal land to grazing by livestock. Much of western Colorado is federally administered public…
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Time to account for the state’s troubled conservation easements
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When legislation for perpetual conservation easements was first proposed in the United States Congress, the terms “rare” and “unique” were used to describe conservation easements eligible for the federal income tax deduction. The program was intended to be used judiciously for the purpose of giving landowners a financial incentive to give up their surface development…
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Colorado Republicans cheer while environmentalists fear repeal of water rule
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Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation and the Trump administration are taking steps to roll back the federal government’s reach over bodies of water across the country. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said this week that the administration will repeal the so-called Waters of the United States rule, or WOTUS. The rule, enacted under the Obama administration, clarifies…
