Conservation - The Journal

Landowners in Chicken Creek permanently conserve 720 acres outside Mancos

The easement is on land that’s a ‘transition and gateway to public lands,’ landowner says

DATE: Apr 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

What Trump’s ‘emergency’ logging declaration could mean for Colorado’s U.S. Forest land

Order comes on heels of a separate directive to expand American timber production by 25%

DATE: Apr 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Explore piñon-juniper ecosystems: Mancos Conservation District offers field trip and speaker series

Locals are invited to learn about their local landscape

DATE: Apr 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wolf from Canada released in Colorado shot and killed in Wyoming after it killed multiple sheep

Wolves are managed differently in Wyoming, and state officials said the wolf was legally shot after finding evidence of depredation

DATE: Mar 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rep. Lauren Boebert wants wolves off the endangered species list

It won’t end Colorado’s wolf program

DATE: Feb 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwest Conservation Corps hiring high school students for summer conservation work

There will be two four-week sessions offered, and no experience is necessary

DATE: Jan 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Education

Mancos Conservation District announces its new podcast

The first episode will be out Jan. 24

DATE: Jan 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

First e-bike trail in San Juan National Forest opens

6.2-mile Cutthroat route runs parallel to Hermosa Park Road

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Conservation means listening to what the land already knows

As Earth’s degradation becomes increasingly unignorable, Charissa Miijessepe-Wilson spoke about how Indigenous teachings can help restore it

DATE: Aug 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

What’s happening on the ground with Southwestern water?

A panel highlights local achievements at the water district’s 40th seminar

DATE: Mar 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores River, CORE Act bills heard by Senate subcommittee

Bennet, Hickenlooper say proposed land protections have support in Colorado

DATE: Jul 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Biden wants to make conservation equal to ranching and mining. The GOP won’t have it

Republican-led House committee voted to withdraw a BLM rule it links to ‘Biden’s preservationist agenda’

DATE: Jun 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News