http://eryngable.com/blog A blog about environmental issues in Colorado Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:37:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Colorado Democrats Sen. Mark Udall, Sen. Michael Bennet, Rep. John Salazar and Rep. Betsy Markey sent a letter yesterday to conferees working on the fiscal year 2010 military appropriations asking them to maintain the moratorium on funds for expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in southern Colorado. Language continuing ... http://eryngable.com/blog/2009/12/01/lawmakers-push-for-continuation-of-pinon-canyon-expansion-spending-ban/ Four counties in Colorado -- Boulder, Eagle, Gunnison and Pitkin -- have approved the creation of a special district for installing solar-power systems, but La Plata County officials decided yesterday not to pursue a similar plan, the Durango Herald reports. http://eryngable.com/blog/2009/12/01/la-plata-county-decides-not-to-pursue-solar-district/ Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) sent a letter yesterday to the Environmental Protection Agency asking that public comments be sought on a proposed uranium mine in Weld County, noting that many northern Coloradans are raising serious concerns that the mining technique proposed, called in-situ leaching, could ... http://eryngable.com/blog/2009/12/01/bennet-markey-ask-epa-to-gather-public-input-on-uranium-mining-proposal/ Summit County officials signed off last week on a $900,000 deal to purchase a 129-acre mining parcel between Copper Mountain and Fremont Pass to protect it from development, the Summit Daily News reports. http://eryngable.com/blog/2009/11/30/summit-county-inks-deal-to-protect-land-from-mining/ Ski resorts in Colorado and across the West showed marked improvement in environmental ratings for the third year in a row, according to an annual report released today by the Ski Area Citizens Coalition. While the scores for protecting habitat and watershed protection are weaker in Colorado than other states, Colorado ... http://eryngable.com/blog/2009/11/30/colorado-ski-resorts-lack-a-comprehensive-strategy-for-addressing-climate-change-report/ The Bureau of Land Management’s Kremmling field office is seeking public comment on nine commercial recreation permit renewal applications. The applicants include a commercial photography company and several companies that provide guided fishing and rafting trips on the Colorado River. BLM is seeking public comment regarding each applicant’s safety history, conflicts ... http://eryngable.com/blog/2009/11/30/blm-seeks-comment-on-commercial-recreation-permits/ Federal fire officials will be holding a public meeting Dec. 10 at the Bureau of Land Management office in Silt about a proposed prescribed fire planned 14 miles south of Silt in Reservoir Gulch. BLM and the White River National Forest and Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre national forests are working together on ... http://eryngable.com/blog/2009/11/30/feds-to-hold-meeting-on-prescribed-burn-near-silt/ The federal government is dropping its appeal of a federal court decision that found the Army didn't adequately assess the environmental effects of increasing training at its Pinon Canyon training site in southeastern Colorado, the Denver Post reports. http://eryngable.com/blog/2009/11/19/feds-drop-appeal-of-pinon-canyon-expansion-decision/ A wolverine that wandered more than 500 miles from Wyoming into Colorado last year has apparently found a home near the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park, and environmental groups are now eying the Centennial state as a possible reintroduction site for the elusive predator, the Denver Post reports. http://eryngable.com/blog/2009/11/17/wolverine-finds-home-near-rocky-mountain-national-park/ At a meeting Monday in Denver, the Colorado Water Conservation Board approved a deal that would allow Pitkin County to donate 4.2 cubic feet per second of water rights it holds on Maroon Creek to augment in-stream flows in the Roaring Fork River, the Aspen Times reports. http://eryngable.com/blog/2009/11/17/pitkin-county-to-donate-water-to-roaring-fork-river/