FAREWELL FRONT RANGE: More Public Land Use on BLM’s Chopping Block

The deadline has passed for public comments on yet another resource management plan, this one from the BLM’s Royal Gorge field office that encompasses more than seven million acres of public lands in 38 eastern counties including Weld. The comments were just the first...

THANKS FOR NOTHING: Colowyo’s Future Not Assured by Jewell

Red tape and paper-pushing, that’s what Interior Secretary Sally Jewell promised local officials who met with her Friday night about the future of the Colowyo mine. Jewell offered little, except to say her agency was on track to finish yet another study on the mine’s...