Tag: Department Of The Interior
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Colorado River crisis deepens as 7 states miss deadline for water management plan
The seven states that share the Colorado River blew past the Nov. 11 deadline without reaching even a framework for how to manage the river after 2026. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of the Interior is prepared to act if the seven states of the Colorado River basin failed to come up with at least a…
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Trump taps ex-N.M. congressman to head BLM
Steve Pearce, a former Republican congressman from New Mexico and, until last December, the chair of the New Mexico Republican Party, is the latest nominee from the Trump administration to head the federal Bureau of Land Management. The BLM manages public lands, a critical issue for Colorado, where the federal government owns more than a…
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Colorado receives $25 million from the Department of the Interior to plug orphan wells
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is getting another $25 million from the Department of the Interior to assist in cleaning up and plugging 106 of more than 1,100 orphan oil and gas wells in the state to prevent methane leaks. The agency confirmed the grant last week in a…
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Department of the Interior withdraws Thompson Divide from mineral extraction
Nearly 222,000 acres of National Forest and Bureau of Land Management property known as the Thompson Divide, south of Glenwood Springs and extending south beyond Crested Butte, was withdrawn from mining and oil and gas exploration by the Biden administration Wednesday. Citing a “broad interest in retaining the Thompson Divide’s contiguous landscape and protecting the…
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Bureau of Land Management releases crowdsourcing and citizen science plan
Looking to get deep into Colorado’s nature, including counting bugs, birds and animals? The Bureau of Land Management has the opportunity for you. The U.S. Department of the Interior is leveraging volunteerism to help document and manage public lands through a program run by the BLM. Dubbed the “Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Action Plan,” officials…
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Climate change driving expansion of Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Department of the Interior is reacting to climate change by proposing an expansion of the Endangered Species Act. The final rule, published in the Federal Register Monday, would allow it to establish experimental populations of endangered species in places outside of their normal historical range. The department claims that because climate change may…
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Colorado River Compact turns 100
Seven states signed the historic Colorado River Compact a century ago this week. The Compact provided a framework for fair sharing of the then-estimated 17.5 million annual acre-feet of water flowing past Lee Ferry, Arizona, located between Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the Grand Canyon. The agreement has been hotly debated in 2022 as…
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Colorado River management may change under Biden administration
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The new Biden administration could take action on the Colorado River that would go well beyond the president-elect’s term in office. The week of Dec. 14, the seven states that are part of the Colorado…