[Stand-by to pull your hair out. ED]
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/06/news/economy/birger_shale.fortune/?postversion=2008060614
The Fraser Board of Trustees voted 6-1 Wednesday night to allow commercial fly-fishing on the Fraser River. Trustee Joyce Burford voted against it....
At a May 19 ADEQ hearing in Tucson on declaring Davidson Canyon as “Outstanding Arizona Water” — a designation that strengthens water quality protection — a controversial Supreme Court Decision raised questions of a larger significance to Arizona and other Western states.
The hearing also provided an opportunity for those in attendance to comment on he state's proposed revisions to water quality regulation, which was of little concern to most were present to overwhelmingly support protecting the canyon by giving it a higher surface water quality standard than other surface water bodies.
Come to this slideshow to find out! Wild Connections is sponsoring a "Roadless Roadshow" in 7 communities in early June. This free public presentation will discuss the ecological values of Roadless areas, give details and facts pertaining to the current management of these areas such as fire management flexibility, and provide trails and hiking information so you can go explore Roadless areas in your own backyard. Please attend one of these shows!
Salida - Monday, June 9 Bongo Billy's Coffee 300 West Sackett Ave. Salida, Colorado 81201
Westcliffe - Tuesday, June 10
Rancher's Roost Cliff Lanes
25 Main Street (west end of Main)
Westcliffe, Colorado 81252Leadville - Wednesday, June 11
National Mining Hall of Fame
120 West Ninth St.
Leadville, CO 80461
All Presentations are:
Why is this timely and important?
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| Jefferson Roadless Area 2008 vs 2001 Inventory |
The US Forest Service is working right now on developing a Colorado-specific rule. The draft Colorado Roadless Rule is slated to be published in just a few weeks. While we don't know the details of what this new Colorado rule will look like, we are certain that it will weaken current protections currently afforded to these undeveloped lands. Wild Connections, and the broader conservation community, have made it a priority to analyze the impacts of the proposed rule, and we will need your voice to help ensure that the human and ecological services that Colorado's Roadless lands provide are not compromised.
Save Our Wild Salmon is a nationwide coalition of conservation organizations [including TU], commercial and sportsfishing associations, businesses, river groups, and taxpayer advocates working collectively to restore self-sustaining, healthy, and abundant wild salmon to rivers, streams and oceans of the Pacific Salmon states. "Last year, just four Snake River sockeye salmon survived their journey from the Pacific Ocean to their ancestral spawning grounds in Redfish Lake in Idaho’s Rocky Mountains — an ancient upstream migration of more than 900 miles inland and 6,500 feet above sea level. Just four fish...."
Colorado Daily Staff ReportOriginally published 04:25 p.m., May 29, 2008
"Now everyone can have a view of Boulder Creek from the comfort of their living room..."
http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2008/may/29/word-jump-line-here-city-installs-creek-cam-web/
Excavating oil and gas has a little-known byproduct that costs the energy industry billions of dollars annually in removal--smelly sludge water.
A New Mexico start-up is trying to deal with the problem. Privately held Altela has developed a hydrothermal system that aims to turn the ancient groundwater extracted in oil or gas production into clean drinking water....
| Associated Press Writer - 12:06 AM CDT, May 28, 2008 "Climate change is increasing the risk of U.S. crop failures, depleting the nation's water resources and contributing to outbreaks of invasive species and insects, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a report released Tuesday...."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-climatechange-cropfa,0,3711650.story
Governor Ritter appoints TU member Bob Streeter to Colorado Wildlife Commission http://www.examiner.com/a-1417438~Ritter_names_members_to_state_wildlife__water_quality_panels.html
