Original Post ➡️  A partial aerial view of the Wharf Mine near Lead in May 2023. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight, via EcoFlight) Gold production was up and silver production was way up last year at South Dakota’s only active large-scale gold mine, according to new numbers reviewed Thursday by a state board.Chicago-based Coeur Mining owns the Wharf ...

Original Post ➡️ A new rule adopted by the BLM will give the agency the ability to place conservation on equal footing with other uses Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post Existing gas and oil development near the Roan Plateau can be seen from an EcoFlight plane on June 25, 2018 near De Beque. On April ...

Original Post ➡️  A May 2023 view of wildfire smoke from Canada cloaking the Black Hills. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight, via EcoFlight) The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources issued an air quality alert Monday for areas of South Dakota where smoke from wildfires in Canada has settled.The alert is in effect through ...

Original Post ➡️ Speakers at a three-day forum expressed hope for the lake’s future, and listed the things Utahns can do that others haven’t to protect and sustain the Great Salt Lake. (Megan Banta | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fremont Island during a flyover of the Great Salt Lake with EcoFlight on Tuesday, April 9, ...

Original Post ➡️ Local coalitions are urging the president to meet his administration’s conservation goals and fight the climate and biodiversity crises by creating new national monuments. But even some locals who want to see such lands saved don’t want them protected like that. OWYHEE CANYONLANDS, Ore.—Drive 50 miles from Boise, Idaho, past the suburbs, ...

Original Post ➡️ NATURITA, Colo. (KREX) – Residents of the small town of Naturita gave Sen. John Hickenlooper an ear full of concerns about the Dolores National Monument proposal.Now let’s hand the microphone to the advocates.Scott Braden, project director of Colorado Wildlands, tells Western Slope Now Protect the Dolores, a coalition of conservation, community and business groups, ...

Original Post ➡️ An aerial view of the San Gabriel Mountains from an EcoFlight tour of the terrain, April 17. (SFVS/el Sol Photo/Semantha Raquel Norris) SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS (CNS) – The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument will be expanded in a proclamation signed by President Joe Biden today. It is part of the White House ...

Original Post ➡️ Agreement calls for Colorado Democrats to abandon four bills aimed at tightening industry regulations Oil and gas infrastructure is seen on the Roan Plateau in far western Colorado. (Courtesy of EcoFlight) Click the link to read the article on The Denver Post website (Seth Klamann and Nick Coltrain). Here’s an excerpt:April 29. 2024Leading Colorado ...

Original Post ➡️ Stretching from the San Fernando Valley to the San Gabriel Valley, the San Gabriel Mountains are the defining landscape for many Angelenos. The Angeles National Forest is one of the most frequented recreational outdoor spaces for Angelenos, with over 4.6 million visitors annually. Northeast San Fernando Valley residents have long depended on ...

Original Post ➡️ The Great Salt Lake dropped to a historic low in 2022 because of water diversion, drought and impacts from climate change. (Megan Banta | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stansbury Island during a flyover of the Great Salt Lake with EcoFlight on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. A coalition of environmental groups is asking ...