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The time is right to ban uranium mining in the Grand Canyon. But the Senate needs to hurry.

December 12, 2022 News & Media No Comments

Original Post ➡️ Bruce Gordon, EcoFlight A deadline is looming for the Senate to take action to stop new uranium mines adjacent to the Grand Canyon, conservation experts and Indigenous tribal leaders warned this week. An existing mine just south of the canyon, though dormant for 30 years, already poses a threat to nearby ecosystems and communities ...

EcoFlight and Buddy Program train future stewards

December 7, 2022 News & Media No Comments

Original Post ➡️ The Thompson Divide, as seen from the sky. Photo by Antoinette Brasier On Nov. 15-17, EcoFlight toured the Roaring Fork Valley with students as part of the Buddy Program’s outdoor leadership classes with Roaring Fork, Basalt and Rifle high schools.Departing from the Aspen Airport, with each flight lasting 30 minutes, students were ...

Public comment sought, events planned for proposed Valley County mine

December 3, 2022 News & Media No Comments

Original Post ➡️ Snow covers the mountain tops in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness near McCall on June 15. The mining company, Perpetua Resources, has proposed the building of an open pit antimony and gold mine at the site of an old antimony mine east of the town of Yellow Pine. Brian Myrick/ ...

Flathead Forest Seeks Input on Proposed Riverside Timber Sale

November 29, 2022 News & Media No Comments

Original Post ➡️ Hungry Horse Reservoir, seen from the air during an EcoFlight tour. Beacon file photo Flathead National Forest officials are seeking public comment on a proposed timber project along the east side of the Hungry Horse Reservoir that would include commercial logging operations on 4,600 acres of parcels spanning the Hungry Horse and ...

The U.S. Promised Tribes They Would Always Have Fish, but the Fish They Have Pose Toxic Risks

November 22, 2022 News & Media No Comments

For decades, the U.S. government has failed to test for chemicals and metals in fish. So, we did. What we found was alarming for tribes. Lottie Sam, front right, and other women prepare salmon in Toppenish, Wash., before a ceremony held by the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Credit:Tony Schick/OPB This article was ...

The Beauty Between: Can We Save The Great Salt Lake?

November 21, 2022 News & Media No Comments

The Great Salt Lake is often overlooked and misunderstood. Through her passion for wildlife photography, Mary Anne Karren unexpectedly fell in love with the lake’s unique landscape and the 10 million birds that rely on it. She now uses her photography to bring attention to the lake’s dire situation in an attempt to save it… ...

Roaring Fork Valley students get a bird’s eye view of land management

November 15, 2022 News & Media No Comments

Original Post ➡️ Steve Shute with Roaring Fork Valley High School students and teacher Wendy Kennedy before a flight organized by EcoFlight and the Buddy Program.Josie Taris/Aspen Times Today’s youth are the environmental stewards of tomorrow, and getting them to care about the environment they will inherit from older generations is easier when done from ...

BREAKING: Unaweep Canyon Climbing Protected for Now

November 7, 2022 News & Media No Comments

Original Post ➡️ Xcel’s Reversal on Energy Project Protects Canyon; Conserves Climbing EnvironmentOn November 2, Xcel Energy withdrew its plan for a massive energy development project in Unaweep Canyon, Colorado, citing “multiple concerns with the potential site.” As we noted in June, Access Fund holds conservation easements on property that the Western Colorado Climbers’ Coalition (WCCC) owns in ...

Hart: A major milestone for the Thompson Divide

November 7, 2022 News & Media No Comments

Original Post ➡️ An aerial view of the Thompson Divide region south of Glenwood Springs.EcoFlight photo In mid-October Interior Secretary Deb Haaland initiated a process to administratively withdraw 225,000 acres of the Thompson Divide from future oil and gas leasing and mining for the next 20 years. For everyone who has fought to protect the ...

The company behind the White Mesa uranium mill says it’s trying to be a good neighbor

November 4, 2022 News & Media No Comments

Original Post ➡️ Bruce Gordon/EcoFlightLakewood, Colorado-based Energy Fuels operates the White Mesa uranium mill near Blanding, Utah, seen in this aerial shot taken on Oct. 22, 2022. Executives of a Colorado company that runs a controversial uranium mill in rural Utah say opponents of the mill don’t understand their safety measures and how vital the ...

The time is right to ban uranium mining in the Grand Canyon. But the Senate needs to hurry.

EcoFlight and Buddy Program train future stewards

Public comment sought, events planned for proposed Valley County mine

Flathead Forest Seeks Input on Proposed Riverside Timber Sale

The U.S. Promised Tribes They Would Always Have Fish, but the Fish They Have Pose Toxic Risks

The Beauty Between: Can We Save The Great Salt Lake?

Roaring Fork Valley students get a bird’s eye view of land management

BREAKING: Unaweep Canyon Climbing Protected for Now

Hart: A major milestone for the Thompson Divide

The company behind the White Mesa uranium mill says it’s trying to be a good neighbor

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