by Audrey Wheeler | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog Post, Latest News, Public Lands, Wilderness
With his recent executive order, President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke are threatening to remove protections for millions of acres of our public lands. By conducting a “review” of 27 of our country’s national monuments, including Colorado’s...
by Audrey Wheeler | May 22, 2017 | Blog Post, Latest News, Public Lands, Wilderness
The first-ever Colorado Public Lands Day was celebrated this weekend with 137 events across the state. This new holiday is the first of its kind for any state in the nation, and was created by our Colorado legislature in 2016 to occur on the third Saturday of May each...
by Audrey Wheeler | May 14, 2017 | Blog Post, Latest News, Public Lands, Wilderness
May 20th, 2017 is the first-ever Colorado Public Lands Day. Conservation Colorado worked hard last year to designate this state holiday as a day to celebrate and honor our public lands. There will be activities across the stateto celebrate the day, including many...
by Audrey Wheeler | May 12, 2017 | Blog Post, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Dirty Fuels, Latest News, Public Lands, State Legislature, State Legislature Featured, Water
Every year in Colorado, 100 legislators buckle down for five months of proposing, hearing, amending, discussing, killing, and passing bills. This year’s legislative session had several great, bipartisan wins for conservation issues. Conservation champions on both...
by Katy Dalton | May 2, 2017 | Blog Post, Climate Change, Latest News
The People’s Climate March on April 29th was a record-breaking day of action for the climate. Around the country, over 300,000 people participated in more than 370 marches. In Denver, although the weather forecasted a foot of snow, more than 5,000 people joined the...
by Katy Dalton | May 1, 2017 | Blog Post, Climate Change, Dirty Fuels, Latest News
The recent home explosion in Firestone is a wake-up call Update 5/2/17 3pm: The Denver Post has reported that the fatal Firestone home explosion was the result of a cut supply line running from the nearby gas well. The cut seeped volatile gas into the home that...
