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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Original post ➡️ Sen. John Hickenlooper is inviting the newest Secretary of the Interior nominee to tour Thompson Divide — a 224,713-acre swath of mostly public land between Pitkin, Garfield, and Gunnison counties that for years has been a focal point for prospective gas drilling.Doug Burgum, serving as North Dakota governor from 2016-2024, is incoming ...

Original post ➡️  This July 2024 aerial shot depicts a load-out silo and the Black Thunder coal mine in the southern Powder River Basin. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile, courtesy EcoFlight) Wyoming’s fossil fuel industries “have weathered the worst” under four years of the Biden administration, and now they are poised to rebound under President-elect Donald Trump, Gov. ...