Tag: Public Lands
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Grand Junction roundtable spotlights public access while Interior faces scrutiny over targeted land sales
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum joined Bureau of Land Management Director Steve Pearce in Grand Junction Wednesday for a roundtable focused on linking public land access to improved physical activity and public health outcomes. The officials promoted new initiatives including GetActive.gov, a website aimed at…
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Hickenlooper hits airwaves with 1st TV ad in Colorado’s Democratic US Senate primary
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper launched his reelection campaign’s first TV ad Tuesday, a week before Colorado voters start receiving primary ballots, with a spot taking aim at the Trump administration’s foiled plans to sell public lands. Hickenlooper is facing a primary challenge from state Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat running at the incumbent from…
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A win for keeping public lands in public hands
The Public Lands Rule has been rescinded. The rule, first proposed in 2023, would have complicated the balanced partnership between federal agencies and all multiple uses on those public lands. In 2024, the Bureau of Land Management made the rule worse by allowing conservation to rise above the level of all other multiple uses, essentially locking public lands from…
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Challenges and solutions for Colorado’s public lands
Panel discussion highlights funding, compatibility, climate change, and over-development.
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Dozens of state leaders urge Biden to preserve Colorado’s public lands
Dozens of state politicians and local leaders wrote to President Joe Biden, urging him to use his executive powers to protect Colorado’s public lands by designating Camp Hale and a surrounding mountain range as a national historic monument. Camp Hale and the Tenmile Range are where the 10th Mountain Division trained for mountain and winter…
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Colorado College poll: More support for outdoors, little for Trump’s policies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (Editor’s note: This story was updated with comments from the luncheon to release the poll and analyze its contents.) Colorado College’s Conservation in the West Poll released Thursday shows a big gain in the number of Coloradans and Westerners, in general, who consider themselves conservationists.…
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Colorado College poll: Mountain West voters oppose public lands transfer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Voters in the Mountain West like their public lands, and they don’t want them sold off or transferred to states, according to a comprehensive poll released Tuesday. By more than three-to-one, voters across seven states said they prefer that the Trump administration protects water, air…