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Lake Powell and Lake Mead could collapse without more water cuts along the Colorado River, a new paper explains

July 21, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The peer-reviewed paper comes as Colorado River water users are planning for the biggest cutbacks in history. (Ecoflight) An aerial view of the Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell, Thursday, April 14, 2022.By Zak Podmore  | July 21, 2022, 12:14 p.m.| Updated: July 22, 2022, 11:58 a.m. Without significant, permanent cuts to water ...
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Advocates for wild horses dispute BLM’s reasoning for roundup in northwestern Colorado

July 21, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Wild horses feed in the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area on July 5. The Bureau of Land Management began gathering horses from this area and sending hundreds to a long-term boarding facility July 15. Pueden encontrar la versión en español aqui. On July 15, the Bureau of Land Management started rounding up wild ...
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A U.S. uranium mill is near this tribe. A study may reveal if it poses a health risk

July 6, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The Energy Fuels uranium mill and waste cells at White Mesa, Utah.Bruce Gordon/Ecoflight A Native American community neighboring the only operating uranium mill in the U.S. is hoping a new study will answer longstanding questions about whether it is affecting their health. Members of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe living in White ...
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Uinta Basin Railway faces obstacles

July 1, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Litigation takes aim at public funding for project that would run heated oil trains through Colorado The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway, Highway 191 and Highway 123 in Carbon County, Utah are shown in this aerial photo taken by EcoFlight, an Aspen-based environmental group. This is where the proposed Uinta Basin ...
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A new mining project could begin in Valley County. Stakeholders have mixed opinions

June 27, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ MCCALL — Valley County is like the greater backyard of the Treasure Valley — when it’s time for outside adventure, no matter the season, residents of the Treasure Valley often flock north to recreate in Valley County’s mountains, forests, lakes and rivers. A new project could bring change to the environment and ...
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Kenneth Maryboy: The White Mesa uranium mill is a bad neighbor to the Ute community

June 23, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Energy Fuels claims of creating green industry does not match the facts. (EcoFlight) White Mesa Mill as recently as September 2021. Liquid is meant to cover waste from Superfund sites which can emit radon, a radioactive gas that can cause lung cancer. This aerial image shows a portion of the site left ...
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The debate begins: The Lava Ridge Wind Project would double the amount of wind energy produced in Idaho. But at what cost?

June 19, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ For the past two years, the Lava Ridge Wind project has gathered fans and skeptics. Proposed by Magic Valley Energy, a subsidiary of LS Power, the up to 400-turbine project is projected to generate 1,000 megawatts, enough energy to power 300,000 homes. On the other hand, the project has raised concerns from ...
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‘The park and the river are the lifeblood’: Livingston takes stock nearly a week after historic floods

June 18, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ An EcoFlight tour on June 18 shows the muddy waters of the Yellowstone River, about a week after the historic flooding. Liz Weber From overhead, the muddy waters of the Yellowstone River wind through Livingston and Paradise Valley, in parts stretching beyond its banks. Almost a week after the massive flooding, residents ...
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EcoFlight takes CRMS students into the clouds to learn about the Crystal River

May 28, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Nonprofit is fighting to bring a Wild and Scenic federal designation to the free-flowing watershed near Redstone and Marble Colorado Rocky Mountain School juniors Makaya Mackie, left, and Persia Lovett look out of the plane during an EcoFlight trip on Saturday, May 28, 2022, over the Crystal River valley.Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times ...
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Flights over Klamath River provide view of dams set for removal

May 24, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The Klamath River begins in Klamath Falls with water from Lake Ewauna and Upper Klamath Lake On whitewater raft trips, many sections of the Klamath River rumble through walls of frothing whitewater. But from above the river looks benign, just a tiny thread of water passing through a fractured canyon carved over ...
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