10 years of the Conservation in the West Poll

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 22, 2021 DENVER—A new report released today by the Center for Western Priorities examines how Western states are contributing to the bold goal to protect 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030. Home to iconic natural landscapes, varied ecosystems that support wildlife, and strong local communities and economies, Western states can lead the […]

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, […]

Colorado and Montana receive high marks; New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming in the middle of the pack; Idaho and Arizona receive low marks FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 17, 2017 DENVER—The Center for Western Priorities released a new Western States Conservation Scorecard today, ranking state policies on public lands access, outdoor recreation, and responsible energy […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 11, 2017 DENVER—The Center for Western Priorities today released a reporter brief on public lands issues in 2017 state legislative sessions across the West. “As lawmakers get to work, we thought it was important to give reporters a bird’s-eye view of what’s happening across the region,” said Greg Zimmerman, deputy director […]

Last year more than 300 million people visited our national parks; maybe you were one of them. That’s more than the number of people who went to every Disney park, NASCAR race, NBA, NFL, and MLB game combined. There’s no way around it, our national parks are more popular than ever‚Ää—‚Ääand that’s great. In 2015, […]