Tag: National Forest
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Oak Ridge fire near Beulah goes beyond 1,000 acres, 0% contained
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Oak Ridge fire, three miles northwest of Beulah in Pueblo County, broke the 1,000 acres-burned milestone with no containment Wednesday. Road closures and evacuations in the area initiated earlier this week continue, according to…
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10th Circuit rebuffs environmental group’s lawsuit over government records
The federal appeals court based in Denver has rejected the arguments from a wildlife and habitat conservation group that the U.S. Forest Service failed to conduct a legally-adequate search for records — despite disclosing 140,637 pages of documents related to a controversial roadway project. Rocky Mountain Wild filed an open records request with the Forest Service…
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U.S. Forest Service in Colorado to waive fees for two days this fall
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region will waive any fees in several states, including Colorado, on National Public Lands Day and Veterans Day this fall. Fees will be waived in Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, and the Bighorn, Medicine Bow and Shoshone national forests…
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Denver Parks & Rec close all mountain parks in Clear Creek County
The Denver Parks and Recreation department is temporarily closing the city’s mountain parks in Clear Creek County, in response to the fires that have engulfed the state. “Due to continuing high fire danger and the closure of National Forest System lands in Clear Creek County and surrounding areas … all Denver Mountain Parks properties located in Clear…