Tag: Rocky Mountain National Park
Visitors flock to national parks after Trump waives fees. Is that...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is urging Americans to head to national parks as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread.
Many people are heading outdoors...
Close encounters with the bear kind The very places that attract...
At the height of the tourist season at Rocky Mountain National Park in 2018, a plump black bear ambled into the lobby of the...
In accidental interview, Interior Sec. David Bernhardt talks climate change, national...
VAIL, Colo. -- Interior Secretary and native Coloradan David Bernhardt said Monday in a brief, if unintentional, interview with The Colorado Independent that he’s...
Trump’s next Interior secretary expected to push energy extraction in Colorado...
WASHINGTON – The Colorado native poised to become the next secretary of the U.S. Interior Department could bring more energy development to the state’s...
Chasing Light: Rocky Mountain National Park
A long day chasing mountain scientists around Rocky Mountain National Park yielded a handful of decent images, but it's hard to take a bad...
Colorado won’t get back $218K it spent to run Rocky Mountain...
Colorado laid out $362,700 to guarantee Rocky Mountain National Park would stay open for ten days after October 11. That was a donation not a loan, say government sources. The state is not getting that money back.
The government shutdown killed ‘elktober’
The gathering, trumpeting, head butting in Rocky Mountain National Park will go on without spectators this year. The same kind of show in Washington is drawing lots of attention.
National parks are big business in Colorado, new report says
According to a report released Tuesday by the National Park Service, Colorado's national parks received more than 5.6 million visits in 2010 generating just under $293 million in spending and accounting for 6366 jobs in the state.
Three Colorado conservation projects announced
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper at the ribbon-cutting for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center to announce that they will partner together to advance three conservation initiatives in Colorado as part of President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative.
McCain, Udall to hold climate-change hearing in Estes Park Monday
Democratic Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado and Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona continue their odd-bed-fellows magical mystery tour over the August congressional break...