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Draft CO Roadless Rule will open to public comment

On  July 13, Governor Ritter announced that the draft Colorado roadless rule will be released soon and be opened to public comment.  The initial draft rule was published by the US Forest Service in July 2008 and public comment closed in October. Since then work on the draft continued.  Now the public will have another …

CWF Comments on Oil Shale RD&D Program

Oil shale and tar sands development poses a huge threat to wildlife, including species that already are on the verge of disappearing. Hundreds of thousands of acres of vital wildlife habitats for big game and sage-grouse may be œoccupied by oil shale and tar sands projects to the exclusion of all other uses, including wildlife, …

CWF Comments on Oil Shale RD&D Program

Oil shale and tar sands development poses a huge threat to wildlife, including species that already are on the verge of disappearing. Hundreds of thousands of acres of vital wildlife habitats for big game and sage-grouse may be œoccupied by oil shale and tar sands projects to the exclusion of all other uses, including wildlife, …

Habitat Stamp reauth Bill passes General Assembly

The Habitat Stamp reauthorization bill, S 09-235, passed the General Assembly on May 1. Earlier it passed House Appropriations on April 29 and House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee on April 22, with an amendment 10-1.  The amendment unfortunately provides that the legislature may pass a different bill by June 1, 2010 in lieu …

Habitat Stamp reauth Bill passes General Assembly

The Habitat Stamp reauthorization bill, S 09-235, passed the General Assembly on May 1. Earlier it passed House Appropriations on April 29 and House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee on April 22, with an amendment 10-1.  The amendment unfortunately provides that the legislature may pass a different bill by June 1, 2010 in lieu …

CO Oil and Gas Rules Bill Signed by Gov. Ritter

The oil and gas rules review bill was signed by Governor Ritter on April 22.  The bill had passed the General Assembly on March 25.      Congratulations to all who have worked so hard and effectively for a very long time. On March 6 the Colorado General Assembly’s Committee on Legal Services approved the oil and …

CO Oil and Gas Rules Bill Signed by Gov. Ritter

The oil and gas rules review bill was signed by Governor Ritter on April 22.  The bill had passed the General Assembly on March 25.      Congratulations to all who have worked so hard and effectively for a very long time. On March 6 the Colorado General Assembly’s Committee on Legal Services approved the oil and …

Oil and Gas Rules Information Sheet

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor Wildlife Protection in COGCC’s Amended Rules As unanimously adopted, House Bill 1298 directs that oil and gas operations in Colorado were to be managed in a way that balances development with wildlife conservation and declared it to be the policy of the State that wildlife and their …

Oil and Gas Rules Information Sheet

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor Wildlife Protection in COGCC’s Amended Rules As unanimously adopted, House Bill 1298 directs that oil and gas operations in Colorado were to be managed in a way that balances development with wildlife conservation and declared it to be the policy of the State that wildlife and their …

Land along Big T may go up for sale

Publish Date: 1/2/2009 Larimer County works on compromise plan for land along Big Thompson River By Kathryn Dailey Loveland Reporter-Herald Drake resident Dallas Maurer considers himself an avid fisherman of the Big Thompson River, which flows just across the street from his house. Along the Big Thompson Canyon, from Loveland to Estes Park, Maurer says …