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‘A ticking time bomb for a mass die-off’

November 4, 2021 News & Media No Comments

Click here for original post Recent grazing decisions continue to risk Southwest Colorado’s bighorns. The edge of a grazing allotment permitted to Etchart Sheep Ranch turns into rugged San Juan Mountain terrain. A few years ago, one bighorn ram traveled for more than 60 miles across this area, which is not considered bighorn habitat by ...

EcoFlight Views: Fall 2021

November 2, 2021 Newsletter No Comments

Text Only Version Safe at Last October 8th 2021 was a monumental day for conservation – President Biden restored protection for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, among others! This is an issue near and dear to EcoFlight. We have provided hundreds of overflights for the tribes, press, scientists, and concerned citizens over these ...

The nation’s last uranium mill plans to import Estonia’s radioactive waste

November 1, 2021 News & Media No Comments

Utah says the White Mesa Mill isn’t contaminating groundwater, but its neighbor, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, disagrees. Click here for original post On a warm July evening, Yolanda Badback described the noxious fumes that haunt the air where she lives. Unlike the fragrance of sagebrush or the sweet scent of juniper and piñon, the odor ...

PRB coal sales steady as Peabody nets $679M for 3Q2021

October 28, 2021 News & Media No Comments

Click here for original post An aerial view of Peabody Energy’s North Antelope Rochelle Mine. (Powder River Basin Resource Council) Peabody Energy coal sales from the Powder River Basin (PRB) held steady during the third quarter of 2021 (3Q2021) with total revenues from all segments exceeding $679 million, the company announced Thursday. This past quarter, ...

GUEST OPINION: BLM MOVING AHEAD ON EASTERN COLORADO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN

October 27, 2021 News & Media No Comments

Click here for original post A view of Table Mountain, Image courtesy of Ecoflight It sounds like the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving forward with their Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan (ECRMP), which began in 2015, and once complete, will guide management for nearly 670,000 acres of public land, with the majority of ...

Learning about the Valley’s water from above

October 19, 2021 News & Media No Comments

Click here for original post OCTOBER 19, 2021 Salazar Center and EcoFlight supportWater Studies minor at Adams State Flying above the San Juan Mountains, over the pivots, small houses and tiny cows on the Valley floor, and feeling the rise and fall of elevation in my stomach and the jostling reminder of turbulence, there isa ...

Streamflows in southern half of upper Colorado River basin declining faster

October 18, 2021 News & Media No Comments

Data could factor into how water managers develop a plan for shortages Click here for original post Rafters float down the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon.Chelsea Self / Post Independent New climate data that shows a north/south split in streamflow declines in the Colorado River basin could have implications for water managers as they navigate ...

Lawsuit challenges Trump Administration for leasing helium drilling in Utah wilderness

December 19, 2020 News & Media No Comments

Click here for original post Bowknot Bend, Labyrinth Canyon (lease area located at upper right). Photo: Pete McBride/EcoFlight WASHINGTON, D.C (ABC4 News) – The Bureau of Land Management is currently under fire following a heated lawsuit in regards to the alleged illegal leasing of 1,400 acres for helium extraction. Monday, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Natural ...

PHOTOS: Grizzly Creek, Pine Gulch fires as seen from above

August 25, 2020 News & Media No Comments

Original Post ➡️ The Grizzly Creek fire grew overnight Monday to 32,060 acres, 50 square miles, but fire crews were able to gain significant containment, fire officials said in a news release. Containment jumped to 44% Tuesday morning from 33% the day before. Evacuations were lifted Sunday evening for residents of No Name, who can ...

Students tell BLM to ‘let the leases expire’ in Thompson Divide

March 20, 2013 News & Media No Comments

Click here for original post Photo courtesy Renee RamgeLea Linse, a founder of the Thompson Divide Action Club at Colorado Rocky Mountain School, presents a stack of more than 1,000 letters to BLM office manager Steve Bennett. The letters urge Bennett to allow gas drilling leases in Thompson Divide to expire this year, as they ...

‘A ticking time bomb for a mass die-off’

EcoFlight Views: Fall 2021

The nation’s last uranium mill plans to import Estonia’s radioactive waste

PRB coal sales steady as Peabody nets $679M for 3Q2021

GUEST OPINION: BLM MOVING AHEAD ON EASTERN COLORADO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN

Learning about the Valley’s water from above

Streamflows in southern half of upper Colorado River basin declining faster

Lawsuit challenges Trump Administration for leasing helium drilling in Utah wilderness

PHOTOS: Grizzly Creek, Pine Gulch fires as seen from above

Students tell BLM to ‘let the leases expire’ in Thompson Divide

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