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Court upholds flows for Dolores River

Water district lawsuit to block water rights to bolster habitat rejected

DATE: Apr 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Along the border, 500 miles of desert species

BioBlitz records biodiversity in 500 miles of desert along wall site

DATE: Apr 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

1st alligator snapping turtle in decades spotted in Illinois

CHICAGO – A scientist searching for a young male alligator snapping turtle that was put in a Southern Illinois creek at least a year ago instead grabbed a 22-pound adult female, raising hope...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Walleye delay action on endangered Colorado pikeminnow

GRAND JUNCTION – Just as it approaches recovery, the endangered Colorado pikeminnow faces a new threat, a predator that eagerly scarfs down young pikeminnow, taking a jagged bite out of the ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Frizzy-haired, smaller-headed orangutan may be new great ape

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia – A remote population of frizzy-haired orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra seems to be a new species of primate, scientists say. ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

2 states warn Trump against big changes in sage grouse plan

FORT COLLINS – Two Western governors on Tuesday warned the Trump administration against making big changes in a plan to protect a ground-dwelling bird across the West, saying it would send a...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Estimated population of squirrel plummets after wildfire

PHOENIX – An endangered squirrel species’ estimated population has plummeted since a major wildfire burned much of its habitat atop a southeastern Arizona mountain last summer. An...

DATE: Oct 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Environmentalists, San Miguel county sue to protect Gunnison sage grouse

Lawsuit alleges lack of environmental studies invalidates lease sales

DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

As grouse rules ease, some see boost for oil, gas exploration

CRAIG – Officials in northwest Colorado say they hope changes to federal plans for dealing with an imperiled bird species will allow more energy development in their part of the state. ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Suit seeks to stop oil-gas drilling on 9 public land parcels

TELLURIDE – A Colorado county and three environmental groups have sued the federal government, saying the sale of nine oil and gas leases on public land in southwestern Colorado could harm t...

DATE: Oct 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Feds remove protections for 10M acres of sage grouse habitat

WASHINGTON – The Interior Department said Thursday it is withdrawing protections for 10 million acres of federal lands used by the threatened sage grouse to open it up for energy development...

DATE: Oct 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Federal government: No threatened species listing for walrus

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not list the Pacific walrus as a threatened species based on diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice, concluding that the mar...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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