Tag: public lands
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LETTERS: Every second counts; protect public lands
Every second counts I am alive today because the people around me knew what to do when I collapsed during a junior varsity football game. As I was heading to the huddle after a turnover, my heart suddenly stopped. Thankfully, my team’s athletic trainer started CPR right away and used an automated external defibrillator, or…
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Hickenlooper hits airwaves with 1st TV ad in Colorado’s Democratic US Senate primary
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper launched his reelection campaign’s first TV ad Tuesday, a week before Colorado voters start receiving primary ballots, with a spot taking aim at the Trump administration’s foiled plans to sell public lands. Hickenlooper is facing a primary challenge from state Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat running at the incumbent from…
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A win for keeping public lands in public hands
The Public Lands Rule has been rescinded. The rule, first proposed in 2023, would have complicated the balanced partnership between federal agencies and all multiple uses on those public lands. In 2024, the Bureau of Land Management made the rule worse by allowing conservation to rise above the level of all other multiple uses, essentially locking public lands from…
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LETTERS: The last great cash cow; a violent act
The last great cash cow In Colorado we have 24 million acres of public lands, including 4.2 million roadless acres encompassing some of the best elk habitat on the continent. However, since the days of Theodore Roosevelt, people driven by myopic greed have endeavored to remove public lands from public hands. Earlier this year they…
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1 body found, 2 more believed dead in Illinois plant blast
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WAUKEGAN, Ill. — An explosion and fire at an Illinois silicone factory was believed to have killed three people, authorities said Saturday, as they recovered the body of one victim while suspending the search for…
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1 body found, 2 more believed dead in Illinois plant blast
WAUKEGAN, Ill. — An explosion and fire at an Illinois silicone factory was believed to have killed three people, authorities said Saturday, as they recovered the body of one victim while suspending the search for the other two. Crews suspended their search due to concerns about the stability of the structure, and Waukegan Fire Marshal…