Tag: U.S. Forest Service
Green groups appeal ruling greenlighting drilling in pristine HD Mountains
The environmental law firm Earthjustice Tuesday challenged a May court ruling in favor of the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management that...
Ritter, state forester say Colorado headed for ‘average’ wildfire season
Gov. Bill Ritter today, after a briefing with the state forester, said Colorado is headed for an average wildfire season thanks to a wet...
Ritter names King to head up Department of Natural Resources
The Ritter administration Wednesday tapped Department of Natural Resources deputy director Mike King to take over for DNR executive director Jim Martin, who was...
Water cleanup bill in delicate dance with mining law reform
Just outside of Central City in Colorado's Gilpin County, the historic Perigo gold mine drains metal-laden water at an average of 70 gallons per minute into a small perennial stream known as Gamble Gulch. Below the mine for six miles, the gulch is virtually devoid of life, according to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety.
A design for a proposed project has been completed, but Colorado won’t bid it out for construction because it worries that if it does, it open itself up, in perpetuity, to a lawsuit under the Clean Water Act.
CDPHE head Martin takes over for Sherman as natural resources director
Gov. Bill Ritter Monday announced Jim Martin, head of the Department of Public Health and Environment, will take over for Harris Sherman as executive...
Vilsack appreciates ‘unique situation’ driving Colorado on roadless rule wildfire mitigation
DENVER — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday gave the strongest indication to date that the draft of Colorado's roadless rule, which allows road-building exemptions for wildfire mitigation in wilderness areas, will at least be closely considered as the Obama administration moves toward a comprehensive national rule.
Hidden Gems, or locked away too tightly? Wilderness plan stirs debate
A coalition of environmental groups looking to drum up local support for a huge new wilderness bill that could protect up to 450,000 acres...
Study blames developers, failed public policy for high costs of fighting...
Coloradans living in the high-fire-risk wildland-urban interface (WUI) have been casting nervous glances at the hazy horizon the last few days as smoke from the massive Station fire in Southern California makes its way 1,300 miles to our normally cobalt-blue skies.
Udall, Denver Water, Forest Service back Vail biomass plant to DOE
The concept of a biomass power plant in Vail first reported by The Colorado Independent back in February has turned into a formal request for U.S. Department of Energy funding backed by U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, the U.S. Forest Service and the Denver Water Board.
Ritter puts revised Colorado roadless rule back on the drawing board
The long, winding and seemingly endless road to adopting Colorado’s controversial roadless rule took another turn Monday, when Gov. Bill Ritter announced that an...