Original Post ➡️ Ute Mountain Ute tribal members and community members join the spiritual walk against White Mesa Uranium Mill. (Photo by Tim Peterson/Grand Canyon Trust) The Ute Mountain Ute tribe in White Mesa, Utah, led a rally and spiritual walk this past Saturday to protest a radioactive waste dump and other activities at a ...

Original Post ➡️ Annual march grew over last year; mill owners defend operations as safe The White Mesa uranium mill on Saturday as seen from EcoFlight. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) A march against the White Mesa Mill Saturday in Utah was an energetic mix of Native American tribes, environmental groups and concerned citizens from the region. ...

Original Post ➡️ Concerns are growing about the downstream impacts of Canadian mines. So much so that an American non-profit commissioned planes to give journalists and community leaders a bird’s-eye view of two sites It was the weirdest commute I’ve ever had. In September, I drove almost 380 kilometres from Vancouver, B.C., southeast to Wenatchee, ...

Original Post ➡️ President Joe Biden designated thousands of acres of federal land in Colorado as a national monument on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. EcoFlight President Joe Biden designated thousands of acres of federal land in Colorado as a national monument on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. Here’s everything you need to know about the president’s ...

Original Post ➡️ Ecoflight | Used by permission New federal protection for public lands in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains commemorates veterans of Army’s 10th Mountain Division DENVER – President Joe Biden on Wednesday designated the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument as the first new national monument of his presidency. This classification will protect 53,804 acres in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Local stakeholders, ...

Original Post ➡️ National Monuments have been political footballs since the Antiquities Act came to be in 1906. But so far court cases haven’t changed the president’s authority to shrink or grow them. The 53,804-acre Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument, near Leadville, Colorado, will be managed by the U.S. Forest Service, which is charged with ...

Original Post ➡️ A flyover illustrates the breadth and beauty of the site that President Biden will designate as a national monument today Flying over Camp Hale provides an up-close look at the mountains and hills where 10th Mountain Division troops gained the skills and resilience necessary to defeat German forces in the Alps.Chris Dillmann/Vail ...

Original Post ➡️ Camp Hale seen from an ECO Flight plane Tuesday in between Red Cliff and Leadville. Camp Hale is being dedicated a National Monument by President Joe Biden today.Chris Dillmann/Vail Daily The flight path mimicked the trip that Pres. Biden will make tomorrow to designate the site as a national monument The Camp ...

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Original Post ➡️ A waterfall cascades down from Cedar Lake, a remote alpine lake in the Taylor Hilgard Unit of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness, west of Big Sky, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. As average temperatures warm and more people move to southwest Montana in the coming decades, ecosystems will change, and pressures on wildlife ...