NewsRack: flenvcenter/Biodiversity_Regional

Big cat finds a home along closed trail - Vail Colorado: News

Scott Condon Aspen Correspondent Post Independent — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Rio Grande Trail guardians received unexpected help keeping intruders out of a section of the path that was closed for the winter to benefit wildlife. A female mountain lion and her juvenile have prowled the section between Catherine Store and Rock Bottom Ranch throughout the winter. They have been captured on motion-sensor cameras erected by the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority to track activity in the closed stretch. Jonathan Lowsky, a wildlife biologist who is helping RFTA monitor wildlife conditions along that sensitive stretch of the Rio Grande, saw tracks that showed the female ambushed an elk calf. The big cat's tracks show she leaped from a vantage point, bounded off the top of a wood rail fence at Rock Bottom Ranch, then ...

Rocky Mountain Bird Conservation More Critical Because of Climate Change - NewWest.Net All Headlines

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Rocky Mountain Bird Conservation More Critical Because of Climate Change

Mountain Exchange - Durango Telegraph

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

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VFPP shifts gears into conservation role - Telluride: News

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Buying the Valley Floor was just the beginning. Now, the non-profit group that raised $24.5 million to buy the land running West out of Telluride is shifting it’s mission toward stewardship of the property.

MV Mayor to ask for end to hunting on the Wedge - Telluride: News

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The Mountain Village Town Council unanimously voted on Thursday to ask for an end to hunting on the wooded parcel adjacent to the Valley Floor lying between Telluride and Mountain Village known as “the Wedge.”

USFS adds three new backcountry gates off ski area - Telluride: News

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The United States Forest Service removed Lower Bear Creek’s veil on Wednesday, making the tempting terrain legal to ski this winter by adding two backcountry gates — into Reggae and Contention — just off the top of Lift 9.

A push for public lands - Telluride: News

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Patchwork preservation in the San Juans is slowly forming a quilt of public lands.

Gunnison sage-grouse gets another review - Telluride: News

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week it would again consider the Gunnison sage-grouse for an endangered species listing, marking yet another review of the bird’s plight in the American West.

Sheep Mountain holds annual meeting Friday - Telluride: News

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The Sheep Mountain Alliance will hold its annual meeting this Friday, where the conservation group will discuss several projects in the works — one to save more than 60,000 acres of wilderness — and dine on locally grown delicacies.

Town to wade into VF annexation - Telluride: News

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The town of Telluride could experience a 570-acre growth spurt this year, as the municipality is looking into annexing the Valley Floor.

Salazar announces tougher rules on drilling - Telluride: News

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signaled an end to long standing oil and gas leasing rules on Wednesday, announcing a host of policy changes designed to bring more scrutiny and greater public voice to how leases are awarded on the nation’s public lands.

On a deer-heavy section of road, wildlife improvements - Telluride: News

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The stretch of Highway 550 between Ridgway and Montrose passes Ridgway State Park, traces the Uncompahgre River and winds through mountainous terrain.

For congress, a Tea Party man steps forward - Telluride: News

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Republicans see the 2010 midterm elections as their moment, their chance to chip away at the large majorities held by the Democrats in the U.S. Congress.

Dogs a bane for wildlife in snowy San Juans - Telluride: News

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT

From the Colorado Division of Wildlife Dogs are harassing big game animals in southwest Colorado this winter and Division of Wildlife officials are reminding pet owners to keep their animals under control.

EnvironmentSage grouse endangered? Decision delayed one week - Telluride: News

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been granted a one week extension to announce its decision on the sage grouse.

ENVIRONMENTBillionaire Meg Whitman buys Alta Lakes; conservation may be goal - Telluride: News

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In the end, houses might not be built at Alta Lakes. Meg Whitman, a conservationist and one of the richest women in the world, has bought the land around Alta Lakes. And the county planner said he believes that she intends to preserve the land.

Mountainfilm focuses on the extinction crisis - Telluride: News

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In keeping with the International Year of Biodiversity, Mountainfilm will launch its 32nd annual festival on May 28 with an in-depth look at species extinction.

Sage Grouse Misses ESA Listing By A Feather - NewWest.Net Development

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Sage Grouse Misses ESA Listing By A Feather

‘Only a balance will work’ - Telluride: Opinions

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:30:00 GMT

M. David Allen I respect and applaud Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s perspectives on solving the wild horse crisis. All wildlife will suffer if we continue to manage wild horses according to the status quo.

A push for public lands - Telluride: News

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Patchwork preservation in the San Juans is slowly forming a quilt of public lands.

Editorial: Sage grouse rule is classic Salazar - Denver Post: Opinion

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision not to list the sage grouse as an endangered species, but to keep a close eye on it, is a classic Salazar move.

Feds sage grouse finding disputed - Durango Herald

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - An environmental group is challenging plans by the Interior Department to classify sage grouse as merely a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act and not list the bird as threatened or endangered. The department announced Friday that federal protection as an endangered or threatened species is warranted but precluded by higher priorities - species

‘Only a balance will work’ - Telluride: Opinions

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:30:00 GMT

VFPP shifts gears into conservation role - Telluride: News

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

MV Mayor to ask for end to hunting on the Wedge - Telluride: News

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT