Environment - The Journal

U.S. gives protections to rare Midwest bird as prairie suffers

Prairie chicken’s range includes oil-rich Permian Basin

DATE: Nov 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Neighbors organize to halt Hesperus solar installation

Company plans estimated 500,000 panels in southwest La Plata County, but residents worry about environmental impacts

DATE: Nov 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Parks and Wildlife funds countywide efforts to reduce human-bear conflict

City of Durango puts $60,000 toward expansion of secure trash containers

DATE: Nov 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildlife numbers on the decline in Southwest Colorado, plummeting worldwide

Species threatened locally include Gunnison sage-grouse, Townsend’s big-eared bat and Humpback chub

DATE: Oct 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wolf Creek Village plan loses third legal fight for access road atop Wolf Creek Pass

Texas billionaire has spent 36 years vying for access to an inholding where he plans a resort village for 10,000 residents

DATE: Oct 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s official state fish makes second comeback after previously thought extinct

Wildlife officials report a breeding population of greenback cutthroat trout

DATE: Sep 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado is falling behind on its mandate to cut greenhouse gases

New state assessment shows big gaps in goals for transportation emissions

DATE: Sep 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A new mosquito is stalking New Mexico. Is the state ready?

Climate change creates a hospitable environment as United Nations warns of potential for disease spread

DATE: Sep 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

How do you keep Colorado hikers from falling 300 feet down a mine shaft? Foam

Since 1980, officials have gated and plugged more than 13,000 inactive mines

DATE: Sep 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Climate damage from oil leases on U.S. land gets second look

Leases put up for sale during Trump administration

DATE: Sep 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Monarch butterfly placed on international endangered species list, but might it be making a comeback?

Western insect population sees surge in 2021

DATE: Sep 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

With CORE Act stalled, supporters want Biden to use executive action

Public lands bill has been unable to advance past the Senate for years because of Republican opposition

DATE: Aug 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News