Over the past three years, the Western Slope community has wrestled over the proposal to redesignate the Colorado National Monument to an official National Park. Now, after a year of work by a legislation drafting committee, Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) … Continue reading
by Rich Levy, Steamboat Springs Renowned Colorado nature photographer John Fielder has launched a special touring event, “Celebrating 50 Years of Colorado Wilderness”, hosted by WCC, Community Alliance of the Yampa Valley (CAYV) and Conservation Colorado. Fielder will be in … Continue reading
by Rachel Zatterstrom, WCC Organizer Building on our legislative success in 2012 and 2013, WCC members are launching a campaign to make the Colorado Cottage Foods Act bigger and better in 2015. And, we need YOUR help! We will need … Continue reading
by Wink Davis, Mesa Winds Farm & Winery, Hotchkiss As I drove out the farm gate at 4:00 am on a recent Friday and turned toward Grand Junction, I was seized by doubt about the wisdom of the trip I … Continue reading
by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer In late March, the Department of Energy (DOE) released its Uranium Leasing Program Final Environ-mental Impact Statement (PEIS), a document that governs future uranium mining across 26,000 acres of public land in San Miguel, Montrose … Continue reading
by Frank Smith, WCC Director of Organizing When it comes to oil & gas, the Colorado legislature sure was busy from January to May. Over the past few months, there have been efforts to study health impacts, review severance taxes, … Continue reading