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More state control of wildlife conservation examined at U.S. Senate hearing
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. Senate committee is considering legislative options to boost support for state programs to protect threatened wildlife like the sage grouse. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing Wednesday to examine state conservation and wildlife management programs. The hearing was partly a response to complaints by state officials –…
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Lamborn takes another shot at Preble’s meadow jumping mouse
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After efforts failed this year to remove the Preble’s meadow jumping most from the federal threatened species list, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn is trying to make federal money that protects it extinct. The Republican from Colorado Springs got an amendment into the proposed Interior Department budget this week to prohibit using its budget to enforce…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP: Polygamous town picks outsider as police chief
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Utah Polygamous town under scrutiny picks outsider as chief SALT LAKE CITY – A polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border has hired an outsider as its new police chief, selecting a retired Salt Lake City area police officer with no ties to the fundamentalist Mormon group that controlled the town for a century until federal…
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Out West Roundup: Native American artists slam proposed jewelry sale rules
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New Mexico Native American artists slam proposed jewelry sale rules SANTA FE – Native American artists have criticized a plan that would impose more regulations on sales of their jewelry at New Mexico’s historic Palace of the Governors museum in Santa Fe. The Native American artists said the proposed changes are burdensome and disruptive to…
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Hopes still afloat for moving Bureau of Land Management to Grand Junction
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The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction offers an update this week on the West Slope’s high hopes for landing a relocated U.S. Bureau of Land Management headquarters. The upshot? Keep the faith. Reports the Sentinel’s Gary Harmon: “More under this administration than any other administration, it’s highly likely,” Mesa County Commissioner Scott McInnis, a (former)…
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Out West Roundup: New Mexico Legislature overhauls sexual harassment policy
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New Mexico New Mexico Legislature overhauls sexual harassment policy SANTA FE – The New Mexico Legislature overhauled its policies against sexual harassment and misconduct this week, setting new standards for what constitutes harassment and adding outside oversight for investigations of lawmakers. The policy changes, approved by a panel of leading lawmakers on the eve of…
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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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Out West Roundup: Polygamous sect slowly losing control over remote Utah town
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Utah Polygamous sect slowly losing control over remote Utah town HILDALE, Utah – In a place where political contests are virtually unknown, the campaign signs offer the latest hint that a polygamous group is losing its grip on this remote red rock community straddling the Utah-Arizona border. “For Hildale mayor vote Donia,” reads one sign…
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Staff picks: The top 5 stories of the week in Colorado Politics
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The news of the week in Colorado Politics ran to and from Washington, with the visit of congressional Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, while Gov. John Hickenlooper made a pitch to Washington on healthcare. These are the stories out staff thinks you should keep in mind in the days and weeks ahead: 5. Dierdorff, we hardly…
