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CARBONDALE, Colorado — 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. more...
  03/12/2010 11:12am
CARBONDALE, Colorado — One of the leading land conservation agencies in the region believes a proposed land swap that would turn over 1,268 acres of public land to a private landowner is the best way to preserve the 520-acre Sutey Ranch north of...
  03/08/2010 12:35pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — A portion of the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign's proposal will be turned over to U.S. Rep. Jared Polis in the next “two or three weeks,” Wilderness Workshop Executive Director Sloan Shoemaker said...
  03/05/2010 12:03pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — The Carbondale Town Council has maintained its endorsement of the proposed Sutey-Two Shoes land exchange, including new provisions offered by landowner Leslie Wexner in a compromise proposal presented to Pitkin County last...
  03/03/2010 12:35pm
As the Hidden Gems wilderness proposal continues to make its way through the thickets of local politics, one controversial claim by an apparent critic is being denied by the proponents and a Garfield County commissioner.
  03/01/2010 11:49am
CARBONDALE, Colorado — The town of Carbondale is preparing to have an air quality monitoring station installed to establish baseline data for the surrounding area.
  02/26/2010 5:02pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — A water quality monitoring study that's currently about half completed will provide baseline data in case of contamination from future natural gas drilling activity in the Thompson Divide area west of here.
  02/05/2010 5:25pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — One of snowboarding's hottest trick riders will be here next week, along with a locally born educator who now is working for a national nonprofit, to help local high school students learn more about global...
  01/25/2010 12:30pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — Elected officials in Carbondale may reconsider their support for what has become a controversial proposal to swap a chunk of federal land for a privately owned ranch.
  01/22/2010 2:40pm
BASALT, Colorado — The best way to preserve trout fishing on the Fryingpan River and a large chunk of Basalt's economy might be constructing a culvert or ditch to deliver water purchased from Ruedi Reservoir, according to some...
  01/11/2010 2:05pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — The 2010 Naturalist Nights speaker series kicks off at Dos Gringos Burritos in Carbondale at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6. The topic will be “Bighorns of the Crystal River Valley."
  01/05/2010 12:27pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Garfield County officials now have the ability to pinpoint the location of practically any single gas well or gas compressor station instantaneously, thanks to a recently completed project by the county's oil and gas...
  12/29/2009 2:12pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — Just as work on a series of wildlife safety improvements along Highway 82 between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale are nearing completion, a local advocate for further protections will have the ear of Rep. Kathleen Curry later...
  11/10/2009 5:15pm
ASPEN, Colorado — An association for mountain bikers in the Roaring Fork Valley has formally come out in opposition to the Hidden Gems Wilderness proposal.
  11/03/2009 2:07pm
AVON, Colorado — Famous mountain climber Aron Ralston says he explored most of the land that would become protected wilderness under the Hidden Gems proposal.
  10/27/2009 12:56pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — Opponents of a wilderness-designation proposal for public lands in this region want to have a pow-wow with those in favor of the proposal.
  10/20/2009 1:48pm
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