Tag: greg walcher
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Town hall to tackle wolf reintroduction, rural economy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Agriculture and outdoor recreation are considered two of Colorado’s most important industries. The outdoor recreation industry contributes over $65.8 billion and 511,000 jobs to Colorado’s economy, while the agriculture industry generates $47 billion and 195,000…
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Town hall to tackle wolf reintroduction, rural economy
Agriculture and outdoor recreation are considered two of Colorado’s most important industries. The outdoor recreation industry contributes over $65.8 billion and 511,000 jobs to Colorado’s economy, while the agriculture industry generates $47 billion and 195,000 jobs annually, according to the most recent data. Yet as Colorado Politics’ recent Rural Reckoning series indicated, these two powerhouses…
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TRAIL MIX | Jockeying for open seats is the same old House race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By the end of the year, the outline of Colorado’s newest congressional district — the state’s 8th CD — should be finalized, and by next July the major party candidates for the seat will have been chosen in what could be barn-burner primaries. While the…
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TRAIL MIX | Jockeying for open seats is the same old House race
By the end of the year, the outline of Colorado’s newest congressional district — the state’s 8th CD — should be finalized, and by next July the major party candidates for the seat will have been chosen in what could be barn-burner primaries. While the state’s independent redistricting commission has relatively free rein when it…
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Outdoor Channel joins opposition to reintroducing wolves to Colorado
The Outdoor Channel has joined a movement to stop grey wolves from being reintroduced to Colorado. Colorado’s Stop the Wolf Coalition is campaigning against Initiative 107, whose backers are currently seeking signatures to qualify for the 2020 November ballot. The ballot measure, if approved and passed, would reintroduce between 20 and 30 wolves to the Western…
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Stop the Wolf in Colorado adds Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Add the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union to those who don’t want wolves reintroduced to Colorado. The 20,000-member organization has joined the Colorado Stop the Wolf Coalition campaign against Initiative 107 on the 2020 ballot. “Colorado embraces the economic and cultural value of livestock ranching, and the forced introduction…
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Stop the Wolf in Colorado adds Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Add the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union to those who don’t want wolves reintroduced to Colorado. The 20,000-member organization has joined the Colorado Stop the Wolf Coalition campaign against Initiative 107 on the 2020 ballot. “Colorado embraces the economic and cultural value of livestock ranching, and the forced introduction of wolves will create too many headaches with no real…
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IN RESPONSE | Bringing back wolves can restore balance to Colorado’s Rockies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The last wolf was killed in Colorado in the 1940s. As a result, over the following 70-plus years, the balance that nature had settled on, through millions of years of evolution, has been thrown off. It is one of the key challenges, along with climate…
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IN RESPONSE | Bringing back wolves can restore balance to Colorado’s Rockies
The last wolf was killed in Colorado in the 1940s. As a result, over the following 70-plus years, the balance that nature had settled on, through millions of years of evolution, has been thrown off. It is one of the key challenges, along with climate change, invasive pests, wildlife disease, and overuse and development, that…