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ASPEN, Colorado — An association for mountain bikers in the Roaring Fork Valley has formally come out in opposition to the Hidden Gems Wilderness proposal. more...
11/02/2009 11:46pm
The owner of a western Garfield County spring that apparently was contaminated by gas drilling activities wants the Garfield County commissioners to do something about it.
  10/31/2009 12:00am
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado — Famous mountain climber Aron Ralston says he explored most of the land that would become protected wilderness under the Hidden Gems proposal.
  10/26/2009 11:58pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — A group of open-space advocates, spurred by recent controversy surrounding a proposed open space swap for private land, has won Garfield County's cooperation in at least considering a countywide open space...
  10/18/2009 11:56pm
GYPSUM, Colorado — Representatives of the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign met with officers from the Colorado Army National Guard on Friday to talk about expanding wilderness and the high-altitude military training program based at the Eagle County...
  10/17/2009 12:11am
Citing philosophical qualms with the privatization of public lands and doubts that a proposed land swap involving parcels near Carbondale would be a fair trade, the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails board voted unanimously Thursday to recommend county...
  10/15/2009 11:21pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — More than three dozen high school students will take to the air this morning as part of a day-long study of the mountain pine beetle infestation that has ravaged pine forests in the Rocky Mountains.
  10/14/2009 11:21am
DENVER, Colorado — U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette's new wilderness proposal includes about 40,000 acres on top of western Colorado's Roan Plateau, much of which has been leased for oil and gas development.
  10/05/2009 11:33pm
The U.S. Forest Service doesn't believe all the lands targeted for wilderness in the Hidden Gems campaign actually qualify for the special protection, according to the top local official in the agency.
  10/04/2009 11:45pm
Despite the state's contention that counties cannot win against the state in dispute over oil and gas drilling activities, at least one county proved differently.
  07/18/2009 4:05pm
SUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado — New types of weeds, including the dreaded tamarisk, have been sprouting in the area, but the county's weed eradication program is holding its own.
  07/08/2009 11:55pm
On behalf of Earth Day, the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority wants you to know that if you take the bus instead of a 20-mile round trip car drive, you can reduce your carbon footprint for that day by 30 percent.
  04/21/2009 11:31pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — An Energy Efficient Building Program that has already served as a model for other communities looking to green up construction practices may be getting a facelift only two years after it was first adopted.
  04/11/2009 10:57pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Volunteers are needed April 25 for a community clean-up of the popular Fravert Reservoir area north of Rifle.
  04/09/2009 11:10pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — The Department of Energy plans to allow natural gas drilling to occur closer and closer to the Rulison blast site.
  04/07/2009 10:41pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Garfield County Commissioner John Martin said the Department of Energy has been dragging its feet regarding the Rulison nuclear blast site for 40 years.
  04/06/2009 7:43pm
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