NewsRack: 'Trees' news in 'Biodiversity-Regional' topic for user flenvcenter

Pitkin County OK with Windstar property sale	18.6.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
ASPEN —The sale of the Windstar property in April didn't violate any conditions of a conservation easement held by Pitkin County, according to the County Attorney's Office.
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Aurora's use of Fryingpan water challenged	31.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Aurora's use of Fryingpan water challenged
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Colorado River users form panels on supply concern	29.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 28, 2013 09:04PM MDT Water managers from seven states, Indian tribes and conservation groups are pledging to find ways to wring more from every drop of water in the drought-stricken Colorado River. Officials ended a Tuesday meeting in San Diego promising an update by the end of the year on the work of panels representing municipal, agricultural, environmental and tribal interests. Looming shortages are predicted on the river serving some 40 million people in Utah, California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico an... ...
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Utah joining meeting on Colorado River management	28.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Ken Ritter The Associated Press Published May 27, 2013 06:21PM MDT Top water decision-makers from Utah and six other Western states plan to join conservation groups and Indian tribes in San Diego on Tuesday to begin hammering out rules for squeezing every useable drop from the overtaxed Colorado River. The work meeting hosted by federal water managers comes amid dire predictions for the waterway. The U.S. Interior secretary five months ago issued a call to arms and declared that the river already described as the most plumbed and regulated in the world would be... ...
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Celebrated climbing location may get a face-lift	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 21, 2013 01:01AM MDT The U.S. Forest Service is looking to improve access to the world-renowned rock-climbing routes in lower Little Cottonwood Canyon. Its Salt Lake Ranger District is proposing to remove a dilapidated Grit Mill and equipment from the north side of the canyon road, just uphill from the park-and-ride lot and below The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ vaults, and replace them with a better parking lot and an improved trail system for reaching the granite faces that attract thousands of cli... ...
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Drilling firms: White River plan stifles growth	15.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
ASPEN, Colo.—The oil and gas industry said land closures and increased regulations being considered for White River National Forest would make drilling uncompetitive by limiting the
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Oil and gas industry lobbies for land in Colorado mountains	15.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Oil and gas industry lobbies for land in Colorado mountains
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Thompson Divide fight gets cash infusion	10.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
ASPEN —An environmental foundation controlled by employees of Aspen Skiing Co. gave a $50,000 grant to three organizations fighting to prevent natural gas drilling in Thompson Divide,
Windstar property in Old Snowmass sells for $8.5 million	2.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
ASPEN —The Old Snowmass property once purchased by John Denver to serve as home to his Windstar Foundation sold Monday for $8.
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With nets and chainsaws, Utah Valley University students help rehabilitate wetland	27.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 27, 2013 01:01AM MDT The Russian olive trees were planted as windbreaks for their ability to grow in poor soil. The mosquito fish went into the water to eat their namesake biting bugs. But now the thorny trees are crowding out the native willows, and the aggressive fish are taking over from the least chub, whose Utah ancestry traces back some 18,500 years. The ecosystem at Mona Springs is being decimated by those and other non-native species, said Utah Valley University student Josh Brook. “Utah has very little we... ...
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Colorado snow forecast too late for closing ski areas	15.4.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
Skiers were treated to a burst of new snow over the weekend, but a forecast for more this week won't do them any good at many locations in the Colorado high country.
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Piece of Aspen's ranching history restored	7.4.2013	Vail Colorado: Editorials
ASPEN - On a windswept hillside overlooking the Owl Creek Valley, a piece of Aspen's ranching history is being carefully dismantled and put back together again. Soon, passers-by will get their first glimpse of restoration ...
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Aspen power utility sees less revenue	2.4.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
ASPEN —It appears that on one front, the city of Aspen is a victim of its own success.
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Energy-gobbling Aspen area home to create funding for green projects	28.3.2013	Denver Post: Business
Energy-gobbling Aspen area home to create funding for green projects
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Three more beavers plucked from Willard Bay diesel spill	27.3.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Mar 26, 2013 07:00PM MDT Yet another trio of beavers turned up Tuesday in the wetlands tainted by Chevron’s latest petroleum spill near the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. All three, two adults and a youngster, were captured in their lodge at Willard Bay State Park by late afternoon, said Scott Walker, habitat manager for the Utah Division of Wildlife. They were being taken to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah in Ogden, which has been caring for three other beavers from the area since last week. The ... ...
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Ride a horse, study gas wells too	9.3.2013	Durango Herald
DE BEQUE AP A western Garfield County guest ranch that sits in the middle of the regions gas patch is looking to expand its growing focus on scientific research aimed at protecting the areas natural environment.
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Agency squirrels native seeds	26.2.2013	Durango Herald
DELTA In a climate-controlled warehouse here, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, much like a squirrel storing acorns for hard times, is putting away seeds of native plants and grasses for forest restoration and wildlife habitat improvement.
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County asks VP, first lady to help stop drilling	16.2.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
ASPEN, Colo.—Pitkin County officials plan to ask Vice President Joe Biden and first lady Michelle Obama for help in preventing a Texas energy company from drilling natural gas wells in
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Drilling issues spur request for more Pitkin County legal power	11.2.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
ASPEN —The Pitkin County Attorney's Office has proposed adding a third attorney to its staff in response to the added demands posed by defending the Thompson Divide area outside of
Colorado snowpack way below normal	7.2.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
ASPEN, Colo.—Colorado's snowpack has dropped to 72 percent of normal and time is running out to make up the difference.
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