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DENVER—A new report released today by Rocky Mountain Wild and the Center for Western Priorities illustrates how the Trump administration’s giveaway of national public lands for oil and gas drilling is impacting wildlife, outdoor recreation, and cultural resources across the West. The report, “On the doorstep: How a surge in drilling nominations threatens America’s public lands,” uses eight case […]

This year, Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Conservation in the West Poll, which has become a benchmark for assessing Western attitudes towards conservation and public lands throughout the past decade. The poll shows clearly that voters in the West care deeply about clean air and water, wildlife, […]

The Center for Western Priorities (CWP) is continuing our “Go West, Young Podcast” summer road tour. In July, we hosted another live episode in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Second Street Brewery Rufina Taproom. CWP’s Deputy Director, Aaron Weiss, facilitated an engaging conversation with a panel of experts on public lands, oil and gas […]

The Center for Western Priorities is taking our “Go West, Young Podcast” on the road this summer, highlighting key conservation issues across the West and featuring local leaders in their own communities. We launched the podcast road tour at the Outdoor Retailer show in Denver with a panel of experts focusing on the growing impact of the […]

A conversation with Luis Benitez, director of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office. Links mentioned in the show: Headwaters Economics, Federal Lands in the West: Liability or Asset? The history of “This Land is Your Land“