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BLM opens Environmental Assessment for Copper Creek Mine Project to public comment

March 7, 2025 News & Media No Comments
Original post ➡️ Located in Arizona’s rugged Sky Islands, the proposed copper mine could impact ecosystem and water resources. Looking out of an EcoFlight plane over the Sky Islands in Southern Arizona on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Katya Mendoza, AZPM News I’m in a small Cessna Centurion 2-10, a six-seater plane, flying southeast over the ...
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Through clear skies, Four Corners energy transition underway

March 2, 2025 News & Media No Comments
Shuttered San Juan Generating Station replaced by expansive solar projects Original post ➡️ The San Juan Solar and Storage Project on Wednesday west of Farmington with the remains of the San Juan Generating Station in the upper left background, as seen from above. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) FARMINGTON – Shiprock, the 1,500-foot formation that towers almost ...
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‘It’s just astounding:’ 4,200-plus acres conserved in Colorado’s mountains

February 20, 2025 News & Media No Comments
Original post ➡️ Three Meadows Ranch sprawls 4,200 acres on the west side of Cottonwood Pass. ECOFlight photo Land managers in Colorado’s central mountains are celebrating what they’re calling an unprecedented open space acquisition.Eagle and Pitkin counties recently finalized their acquisition of Three Meadows Ranch — 4,251 acres sprawling to the west of Cottonwood Pass over ...
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WATCH: Community concerned about future of San Pedro Watershed environment

February 13, 2025 News & Media No Comments
The community is hoping to shed a spotlight on this unique habitat to save it before it is too late Original Post: Watch the Video ➡️ San Pedro Watershed is one of the last major riparian ecosystems in Arizona that has not been overrun by humans.This last major untouched ecosystem plays a vital role in ...
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How the Trump administration’s public land orders could impact national monuments like Camp Hale

February 12, 2025 News & Media No Comments
In the face of uncertainty, local advocates are leaning back on broad community support for some of the protections granted to Colorado’s public lands Original post ➡️ Camp Hale, located between Red Cliff and Leadville, was used during World War II as a training base for members of the 10th Mountain Division. The monument could ...
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Commissioners OK biggest open space purchase in Eagle County history

February 4, 2025 News & Media No Comments
Original post ➡️ Preserving Three Meadows Ranch a ‘once in a lifetime’ deal The Eagle County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved spending $12.5 million in open space funds in a three-way deal to purchase the Three Meadows Ranch near Cottonwood Pass.EcoFlight/Courtesy photo The Eagle County Board of Commissioners Tuesday signed off on Eagle County’s ...
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Elk Valley mine named in report on Hyundai’s harmful steel supply chain

February 3, 2025 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Alec Underwood/ EcoFlight For immediate release February 3The Elk Valley’s Line Creek coal mine has been named in a new report exposing environmental impacts and human rights abuses occurring in Hyundai’s steel-making supply chain around the world.The report, which was released by Mighty Earth with support from coalition partners including Wildsight, highlights ...
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Navigate Snowmass’ public data, information with new online tool

January 29, 2025 News & Media No Comments
Original post ➡️  Snowmass Base Village as seen on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the air with EcoFlight.Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times Snowmass Village has launched a new tool that allows the public to navigate public data and information in an accessible manner, according to a news release.The new geographic information system and open data portal, ...
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Money for the Colorado River Faces an Uncertain Fate Under Trump

January 28, 2025 News & Media No Comments
Original post ➡️ Funding from the IRA for more than 50 projects in four states and four different tribes was put on hold by the new administration, but experts are optimistic that it won’t dry up. The Colorado River flows through the Shoshone diversion structure on Jan. 29, 2024. A group trying to purchase Shoshone’s ...
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Buddy Program and EcoFlight raise environmental awareness

January 22, 2025 News & Media No Comments
Original post ➡️  Koda G. was among other youth to catch of glimpse of the number of oil and gas wells in the Rifle area from above. Photo courtesy of the Buddy Program This story originated from Sol del Valle and has been translated for our English readers.On December 10, 2024, the Buddy Program wrapped up the ...
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