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Original Post ➡️ EcoFlight founder Bruce Gordon explains land and water conservation rights in the Roaring Fork Valley while flying past Mt. Sopris.Lucy Peterson/The Aspen Times Two months after hundreds of community members submitted comments supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s mineral withdrawal of the Thompson Divide, high school students with the Buddy Program flew above ...
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Original Post ➡️ Roads cuts through the open space of Paradise Valley as seen from an EcoFlight to showcase potential wildlife crossings in June. Isabel Hicks/ Chronicle Yellowstone Safe Passages, a coalition dedicated to improving the safety of people and wildlife on Montana Highway 89, published a comprehensive assessment of wildlife-vehicle collisions along the stretch between Livingston ...
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Original Post ➡️ Editor,The Feb. 8 edition of The Times-Independent included an article with the line, “It’s painful to be discriminated against … because people have a stereotype of what off-roaders are or do.”  (“Moab’s off-road community reflects on change and responsibility,” The Times-Independent, Feb. 8.) Under the BLM’s new travel management plan, the roads ...
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At Siskiyou County meeting, water quality, loss of lakes were top issues Copco Lake, as it appeared before Copco 1 dam was breached last month and the reservoir was drained.EcoFlight, Klamath River Renewal Corporation HORNBROOK, Calif. — Dozens of people came to the microphone Tuesday during a meeting with Siskiyou County officials to express their ...
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Original Post ➡️ The potential sale of thermal coal assets by Arch Resources isn’t the first time the St. Louis company has talked about getting rid of its thermal coal assets in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, which continue to struggle with production. An aerial view of Black Thunder Coal mine in northeast Wyoming. It’s owned ...
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Original Post ➡️ Testimony focuses on rights to life, health, culture, environment and water The white Mesa Uranium Mill on Saturday as seen from EcoFlight on Oct. 22, 2022. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) The inter-American Commission on Human Rights heard about the contamination of Native American lands by uranium extraction and milling during a thematic hearing ...
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Original Post ➡️ Water quality expert left role in November citing lack of engagement by federal agency The Gladstone water treatment facility at the heart of the Bonita Peak Mining District visible from a 2016 EcoFlight. The Environmental Protection Agency is responding to criticisms leveled by the former chairman of the BPMD Community Advisory Group, ...
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Original Post FILE PHOTO – Tri-State’s Craig Station power plant, seen here in January 2023.Amber Delay/Craig Press State Coal Transition Community funding will be used to create a Northwest Small Business Development Center satellite office to serve Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt counties as local communities in that region look to diversify their economies.According to ...
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Original Post A May 2023 aerial view of Lead’s Open Cut, which was part of the Homestake Mine. Although gold was discovered in the Black Hills in the 1870s, South Dakota didn’t impose a tax on gold mining until 1935. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight, via EcoFlight) When lawmakers convened in Pierre during the depths of ...
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Original Post ➡️ The Colorado River flows through the Shoshone diversion structure on Jan. 29, 2024. The diversion structure routes river water into the hydropower plant. Alex Hager/KUNC / EcoFlight In Colorado, the water that comes from our taps and keeps our fields growing can be in limited supply. That means heated debates over water ...
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