The growth boundary to limit sprawl on Colorado's Front
Range, originated five years ago by concerned business leaders,
developers and government officials, has been revised periodically
to accommodate more growth, which critics say defeats the
purpose.
Items by Erika Trautman
U.S. Reps. Mark Udall (D) and Bob Schaffer (R) of Colorado
propose an amendment to the Clean Water Act to offer good
Samaritans protection from liability in cleaning up abandoned
hardrock mines and their polluted streams.
Navajo silversmithing is the subject of a book, "Navajo
Spoons," by Cindra Kline, exploring Indian artistry and the
souvenir trade.
A new report by Idaho Fish and Game, "Encounters of the
Feline Kind: Mountain Lions and You," offers advice for humans who
find themselves in mountain lion territory.
The Great Plains Restoration Council seeks to restore
ecosystems and re-establish buffalo herds in the Northern
Plains.
Local residents and environmentalists object to a planned
Boy Scout camp on the Fryingpan River in the White River National
Forest near Aspen, Colorado.
The Canada lynx is listed as threatened, but some fear the
decision not to list the Southern Rockies lynx as a "distinct
population segment" will hamper its recovery chances in
Colorado.
Matthew Testa's new documentary, "The Buffalo War," looks
from all different sides at the controversial killing of
Yellowstone National Park's straying buffalo.
The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology has released a CD
called "The Diversity of Animal Sounds," which features the sounds
of a variety of creatures from all over the world.
The Oregon Department of Forestry wants to charge
protesters for timber that can't be cut in forests such as the
Tillamook, where tree-sitting activists have held longtime
protests.
The Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New
Mexico will not be managed by any government agency, but by a
president-appointed board of nine trustees, who are still trying to
figure out their new job.
An Oregon irrigation district has agreed to breach the
Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River.
"Red Rock Adventures" is a new, free teacher's guide
designed to educate students grades 1-5 about the ecosystems of
Utah's canyon country.
Hopi officials angered Navajos when they destroyed a
Navajo Sun Dance site on Big Mountain, a part of the Hopi
Reservation some Navajos lay claim to.
Idaho's Sun valley Center for the arts hosts "Whispered
Silences," a multidisciplinary exhibition exploring
Japanese-American internment camps across the West.
A new study says that less than 15 percent of fires target
national forests; most hit grassland and shrubland in state,
tribal, private or BLM ownership.
An investigative report says that a delay in taking water
from the Chewuch River because of the Endangered Species Act did
not cause the deaths of four firefighters on the Okanogan forest
last July.
A power plant proposed for rural Canyon County, Idaho, is
facing a battle from local critics, who object to the plant's
potential noise, among other things.
A federal judge rejects a challenge to the existence of
California's Giant Sequoia National Monument, designated by
President Clinton toward the end of his presidency.
After decades of cleanup efforts, Denver, Colo., is about
to receive clean-air status from the Environmental Protection
Agency.
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