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Partnership, not partisanship, is answer to survival of rural livelihood and species recovery
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As Congress returns from the August recess, many questions remain about the future of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Recently, the House Natural Resources Committee heard a series of legislative proposals addressing the program’s effectiveness, implementation, and even the legitimacy of the Act itself. While opinions about the ESA vary widely, Western Landowners Alliance believes…
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Predators and politics mix for Four Corners readers of the Cortez Journal
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Jaguars haven’t made it to Colorado yet, unless you count the fat wallets in Aspen, Telluride and Cherry Creek. But in the Four Corners the big, fast predators with big, sharp claws are local news this week. In its local news section, the Cortez Journal has an Associated Press story about three jaguars spotted in southern…
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YESTERYEAR: Arapahoe County gets tempted by the convenience of the old ‘environmental infraction;’ GOP chair battle continues and more
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Thirty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … Arapahoe County and the City of Aurora were witnessing a dramatic increase in trash production within their jurisdictions, generated by their accumulating residents thanks to the large population boom. Meanwhile, land developers were seeking to eliminate the biggest resource for trash disposal, the Denver-Arapahoe disposal site at the Lowry Landfill,…
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Settlement forces feds to decide whether nine species endangered
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The U.S. government agreed Tuesday to decide over the next several years if federal protections are needed to help a small, fanged predator of the Northern Rockies, massive alligator snapping turtles in the South and seven other troubled species that in some cases have awaited action for years. Deadlines for the decisions were detailed in…
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Climate change taking toll on American pika’s Western lands
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Populations of a rabbit-like animal known as the American pika are vanishing in many mountainous areas of the West as climate change alters its habitat, according to findings released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey. The range for the mountain-dwelling herbivore is decreasing in southern Utah, northeastern California and in the Great Basin that covers…
