Conservation - The Journal

Nonprofit offers environmental summer camp for students in Southwest Colorado

Program partners with Fort Lewis College to introduce career pathways

DATE: Jun 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Four Colorado mountain lions died from avian flu, but mammal crossover has slowed

Bobcats, skunks, foxes and a bear have all died of the bird disease, but state wildlife officials say trends are better now

DATE: Apr 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado River Basin reservoirs still face grim outlook despite healthy snowpack

Winter snow accumulation offers water officials a breather as they face the basin’s long-term drought

DATE: Apr 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bennet Introduces ‘Protect the West’ Act to address wildfires and drought

Legislation aims to invest in the environment with sustainable financial efforts

DATE: Mar 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wolf reintroduction evolves as challenges threaten early 2024 deadline

Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners hosted final public meeting on plan Wednesday

DATE: Feb 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Public land crossing creates a private-property conundrum that’s tough to fix

House Bill 1066 would allow lawful passage between parcels bordering private property, settling a decades-old conundrum in the West

DATE: Feb 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Use executive action to protect more BLM land, say Colorado’s House Democrats

Rep. DeGette asking Biden to step up effort to conserve public lands

DATE: Feb 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Can Colorado’s seedling tree nursery curb forest fires and disease?

Facility has begun its resurgence with mission to be an ‘epicenter of reforestation’

DATE: Feb 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hunting groups quit Colorado Outdoor Partnership, cite lack of focus on wildlife

Partnership was convened to shape conservation and recreation policy. Three groups say the focus has been elsewhere.

DATE: Feb 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado legislation takes ‘galloping step’ toward horse slaughter ban

The Senate Agriculture Committee passed a weaker version of the original bill that’s intended to protect horses during transport

DATE: Feb 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Water conservation remains a huge concern in the West, annual Colorado College poll shows

The State of the Rockies project’s 13th annual poll found that Coloradans and other western states are still on high alert about water shortages – and willing to act

DATE: Feb 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Two wolves captured, collared by Colorado wildlife biologists in North Park

The two males, the only GPS-tracked wolves in Colorado, will provide CPW with insight on future wolf behavior in the state

DATE: Feb 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News