Dan Gibbs on finding balance in Colorado

Mass layoffs across the federal government along with a freeze on new hires are expected to have devastating effects on America’s national parks and public lands in the coming weeks and months. The purge, which was ordered by billionaire Elon Musk, approved by President Donald Trump, and carried out by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, is […]

Despite significant disruptions and budget shortfalls caused or exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, states across the West continued to invest in conservation, renewable energy, and improve access to the outdoors during the 2021 legislative session. In some cases, the ability and the necessity to conduct hearings and testimony over Zoom actually led to improvements for […]

Across the West, spills from oil and gas development take a toll on lands, waters, and communities that live nearby. In Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming — the Mountain West’s top oil and gas-producing states — companies report thousands of spills each year, which release toxic materials such as crude oil and produced water. For […]

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, […]

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“