Biden’s CSP expansion could face Hill resistance, staffing questions
The centerpiece of Joe Biden’s plan to help farmers address climate change is a “dramatic” expansion of the Conservation Stewardship Program, but he’ll quickly find skeptics on Capitol Hill and…
Read More...Western politicians from both parties back wildfire bill
The Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020 would require the U.S. Forest Service to pick forests in three western states on which to carry out landscape projects to reduce fire…
Read More...The BLM to award contracts for seven new wild horse off-range pastures
The BLM is completing contracts with ranchers in four states to place as many as 5,000 wild horses and burros rounded up off federal rangelands onto private pastureland. As part…
Read More...Colorado soil health program one-pager
A “one-pager” describing a proposal soil health program for Colorado which outlines the need, legislative proposal, and background on the Colorado Collaborative for Healthy Soils stakeholder engagement process.
Read More...USFWS proposes listing New Mexico thistle
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting as threatened the Wright’s marsh thistle. Along with the litigation-pressured Endangered Species Act listing, the federal agency proposed designating as critical habitat 159…
Read More...Reintroduction of gray wolves to be on Colorado ballots this November
Gray wolves stood on the top of nature’s food chain in Colorado over eight decades ago, but were eradicated from most of the western united states by the 1930s. Now…
Read More...Judge rules Pendley illegally leading BLM
A federal judge in Montana has ordered William Perry Pendley, the acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, to leave the position after finding that he had served unlawfully…
Read More...Utah asks U.S. to delay decision on tapping Colorado River
Facing opposition from six states that rely on the Colorado River for water for their cities and farms, Utah asked the federal government to delay a fast-track approval process for…
Read More...Proposition 114 explained: What’s at stake with the effort to reintroduce gray wolves in Colorado
The question on Colorado’s November ballot marks the first time that voters, not the federal government, would direct state wildlife managers to script a recovery plan for wolves.
Read More...Groups threaten suit over rare bird’s fate in Colorado, Utah
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Western Watersheds Project said yesterday they intend to file a lawsuit contending that several federal agencies are relying on an outdated plan to…
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