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January 15, 2010--Gold, silver mining plan makes Ouray County commissioners nervous (Colorado Independent)
Ouray County commissioners are wary of a plan to conduct exploratory gold and silver drilling in one of the most scenic areas of Colorado – Yankee Boy Basin near both the San Juan Mountain towns of Telluride and Ouray. The Telluride Watch reported this week the Mt.
November 25, 2009--Interior Department bill has $24 million for regional projects (Grand Junction Sentinel)
Projects as varied as Mesa Verde National Park improvements, Rifle drinking-water lines and trail access to Dominguez Canyon would benefit from an Interior Department appropriations bill that is headed to President Barack Obama’s desk.
November 3, 2009--Fracing foes concur on water study (Durango Herald)
Leaders both nationally and locally have been divided on hydraulic fracturing and its potential to contaminate drinking-water supplies. But a call from Congress for a study on the matter by the Environmental Protection Agency is being hailed as a positive development by both sides of the issue.
October 18, 2009--Global warming blamed for aspen die-off across the West (Los Angeles Times)
The trees, which were already under duress, are being killed by insects that thrive as the climate changes. Scientists call it Sudden Aspen Decline. From the hillsides of extinct volcanoes in Arizona to the jagged peaks of Idaho, aspen trees are falling by the tens of thousands, the latest example of how climate change is dramatically altering the American West.
September 3, 2009--Wolf Creek development is still slumbering (Durango Herald)
August 15, 2009--Popular Vail camping spot to be closed for stream improvements (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
August 8, 2009--Group traces metals in water (Cortez Journal)
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