Congressman Grijalva and friends on the power of storytelling and why the Sonoran Desert is worth protecting

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, […]

This episode features highlights from a symposium celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Conservation in the West Poll from the Colorado College State of the Rockies Project. In this episode: Governor Steve Bullock, Montana Senator Tom Udall, New Mexico Lori Weigel, New Bridge Strategy David Metz, FM3 Research Collin O’Mara, National Wildlife Federation Len Necefer, […]

“Today’s vote is yet another instance of ‘two steps forward, one step back’ for our public lands. While today’s vote ensures another year of funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, it falls far short of the full, dedicated funding our parks and public lands need and deserve.”

Representative Deb Haaland and Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Lujan join us in this episode of CWP’s Go West, Young Podcast, recorded at the Wildlife Corridors Summit in Taos, New Mexico. News Sage-grouse populations continue to decline in Idaho and across the West Conservation groups warn new oil and gas leases will threaten the sage-grouse even […]

This episode of Go West, Young Podcast is a wide-ranging conversation with Professor Mark Squillace, director of the Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado law School. Squillace first weighs in on whether President Trump has the authority to erase or shrink a national monument, then he debunks all of the legal theories […]