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Original Post ➡️ Basalt High School’s outdoor leadership class joined EcoFlight in a flight over the Roaring Fork Valley Thursday morning to discuss land management and water conservation.Lucy Peterson/The Aspen Times Students in Basalt High School’s outdoor leadership class flew above the Roaring Fork Valley to see views of the Crystal River and Thompson Divide ...
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Original Post ➡️ The Crystal River valley as seen through EcoFlight in May 2022.Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times The Crystal River is both wild and scenic, but whether or not a federal Wild and Scenic protective designation is in its future is still in the hands of the community. The Crystal River Wild and Scenic and Other ...
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Original Post ➡️ As conservation groups emerge from court victorious in their mission to stop controversial logging projects, the future of the Yaak Valley and its timber industry remains in limbo Aerial views of forests in northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley on Oct. 4, 2023. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon Thousands of feet above northwest Montana’s ...
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Original Post ➡️ ‘The BLM’s plan to close trails in this treasured region is completely unacceptable,’ Utah governor says The Hey Joe Canyon trail, a narrow off-road trail that weaves along the bottom edge of Labyrinth Canyon and the Green River, as seen from an EcoFlight above one of the areas that will be impacted ...
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Original Post ➡️ Editor:My family has been living in and exploring this valley for more than 15 years.We love taking advantage of the opportunities to enjoy the beautiful spaces near our home in the Roaring Fork Valley and the Colorado River Basin throughout all seasons. From skiing in the winter, and camping in the summer ...
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Original Post ➡️ “The 4,200 Project” calls on lawmakers to adopt more aggressive conservation policy. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Great Salt Lake is photographed Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, from an aerial tour provided by EcoFlight. The Utah Rivers Council has released a 12-part plan to bring the struggling Great Salt Lake ...
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Original Post ➡️ A Friday morning flyover, organized by the non-profits EcoFlight and the Center for Biological Diversity, offers a view of the Patagonia Mountains. Photo by Angela Gervasi As early morning sunlight cast a rose-colored glow over Western Santa Cruz County, pilot Bruce Gordon steered his single-engine plane over several mountain ranges, gliding parallel ...
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Original Post ➡️ Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River. Courtesy of EcoFlight For more than 40 years, Bruce Gordon has flown people over wild lands and wildlife habitats across the West, from Oregon’s Klamath River to Wyoming’s Red Desert. He said he helped found EcoFlight to give people a bird’s eye view of controversial ...
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Original Post ➡️ EcoFlight, an environmental advocacy nonprofit that gives organizers, politicians, educators and others a bird’s eye view, has offered to fly all of the steering committee members over the Crystal River drainage for a new perspective on what’s at stake. Courtesy photo Few would disagree that the Crystal River is a treasure worthy ...
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