Results for keyword: Colorado
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BLM teams with researchers to protect midget faded rattlesnake
Biologists and federal officials hope to direct booming oil, gas and wind development away from the rare reptile in southwest Wyoming and northwest Colorado
by Marian Lyman Kirst, May 13, 2013 -
Do subdivisions designed for conservation actually help wildlife?
Conservation development is supposed to reduce the habitat fragmentation caused by exurban sprawl -- but it only works if it's done right.
by Emily Wortman-Wunder, Jun 05, 2012 -
Saying good-bye to the ranch
Four families cooperate on conservation easements in order to save a huge ranch in Colorado from development.
by Kerry Brophy Lloyd, Mar 13, 2012 -
County kickbacks
Western rural county governments often rely heavily on federal funding.
by Nathan Rice, Feb 06, 2011 -
A wild area gets a reprieve
The Bureau of Land Management made the right call when it closed Colorado's Vermillion Basin to oil and gas development.
by Suzanne Jones, Sep 22, 2010 -
High Country Views, episode 7
Rachel Waldholz, Sarah Gilman and Cally Carswell talk fracking and onshore oil and gas drilling.
by Cally Carswell, Jun 15, 2010 -
Drilling on the green
Residents of Battlement Mesa react to gas drilling in their community.
by Lisa Song, Jun 14, 2010 -
Audio: High Country Views, episode 3
Sarah Gilman and Cally Carswell talk about tough times for coal.
by Cally Carswell, Apr 06, 2010 -
Too many homes on the range
Custer County, Colo., used to be the third-fastest-growing county in the United States, but no longer.
by Hal Walter, Mar 09, 2010 -
Stewardship award for HCN
High Country News wins Jane Silverstein Ries Award; former intern Emma Brown gives UC Journalism School commencement address; visitors with heart.
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 17, 2010






