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In $100 million Colorado River deal, water and power collide

February 9, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The Shoshone Hydroelectric Facility sits beneath a busy stretch of Interstate 70 on Jan. 26, 2024. The Colorado River District is poised to spend $98.5 million on rights to its water in an effort to keep the Colorado River flowing for farms and cities in Western Colorado. Alex Hager/KUNC Colorado’s Glenwood Canyon ...
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Film series ‘Legends of Aspen’ debuts Feb. 14 at library

February 8, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Fritz Benedict’s enduring influence on Aspen will be explored in the “Legends of Aspen” film series that begins Feb. 14 at the Pitkin County Library. Courtesy of Aspen Hall of Fame The “Legends of Aspen” film series, a joint project of the Pitkin County Library and the Aspen Hall of Fame, begins at ...
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Company drops bid for Thompson Creek reservoir water rights

January 29, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Puckett Land Co. says decision to voluntarily cancel 58-year-old conditional rights was for business purposes This photo shows the Thompson Creek drainage on the right as it flows into the Crystal River just south of Carbondale. A company with oil shale interests has voluntarily abandoned its conditional water rights for a reservoir ...
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As Wyoming Coal Creek Mine Nears Closing, Locals Want To Build Industrial Park

January 23, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ With the closure of Arch Resources Inc.’s Coal Creek mine south of Gillette, local and Wyoming officials want to turn part of it into an industrial park. An aerial view of the Coal Creek mine about 30 miles southeast of Gillette. (Courtesy Ecoflight) Another industrial park built on an old coal mine ...
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One of first US uranium mines opens near Grand Canyon after eight years

January 23, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Pinyon Plain’s start comes amid US’s push to boost production, but tribes fear contamination of water and cultural sites The Pinyon Mine in Arizona. Photograph: US Forest Service A uranium mine in Arizona located just 7 miles south of the Grand Canyon national park has begun operations, one of the first in the US to ...
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Company with shale oil interests seeking to keep rights alive for reservoir on Thompson Creek

January 20, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ An aerial view of the Thompson Divide area, looking south along West Divide Creek, with the Bull Mountain pipeline running roughly parallel, to the left, of the creek bottom. Mount Sopris, at upper left, and Chair Mountain, upper right, frame the background. Dan Bayer/EcoflightDan Bayer/EcoFlight Puckett Land Co.’s 23,893 acre-foot proposal dates ...
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AGNC receives $100K Repurposing Energy Assets Grant

January 13, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Dylan Anderson/Steamboat Pilot & Today. Steam rises from the Craig Station just west of Craig, as seen from an EcoFlight tour in February 2022, of the Yampa Valley. Officials are bracing for the closure of the station and the Colowyo Mine that supplies it in 2030, and what that means for the ...
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Energy Fuels ramps up uranium mining in La Sal

January 5, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Expects to process ore at Blanding’s White Mesa Mill in 2025 Colorado-based Energy Fuels announced Dec. 21 that it has commenced uranium production at three mines, including two locations in San Juan County. The company is the largest domestic producer of uranium. Energy Fuels plans to stockpile uranium ore at the White Mesa Mill in ...
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Salt Lake City wins $1 million for a public art project about the Great Salt Lake

January 5, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The proposal the city submitted to Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Public Art Challenge is for a project called “Wake: The Great Salt Lake.” (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake is photographed Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, from an aerial tour provided by EcoFlight. Salt Lake City received ...
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Draft Federal Decision Would Pause Thompson Divide Oil, Gas Drilling

January 2, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ An aerial view of Assignation Ridge in the Thompson Divide area of Colorado. Photo Courtesy EcoFlight (Colorado Newsline) A long-debated proposal to protect more than 220,000 acres of national forest land on Colorado’s Western Slope is close to becoming reality, but federal officials want to hear feedback from the public first.In a ...
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