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Snowmaking on Nell

Written by Brent Gardner-Smith

January 14th, 2012 at 2:16 pm

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Battle For The Crystal River
“The river districts are already in court, trying to protect the right to build the dam and they say at this point, there is no guarantee that they will ever build it. They just want to retain the right in the future.” - KJCT Grand Junction
05/18/12
Guest Commentary: Keep the Thompson Divide like it is
“Energy development is simply not compatible with our valley’s long successful outdoor-based economic structure.” - The Denver Post
05/17/12
Water: Feds once again reject Flaming Gorge pipeline
“FERC rejected the application once and Million subsequently appealed that decision under an administrative procedure. This week’s FERC ruled denies his appeal and appears to put the project on hold, at least for now.” « Summit County Citizens Voice
05/17/12
Protest planned for Utah nuke Plant
“The plan has come under fire by opponents who say not only would it store radioactive fuel rods just 4 miles from the Green River, but gobble up the West’s most precious resource: water.” Durango Telegraph
05/17/12
No Nuclear Power Plant in Green River, Utah (advocacy site)

05/17/12
Edwards' Defense Rests Without Calling Him or Rielle to Testify
“How much did you want to hear from the woman who had a ‘breakdown at an Aspen, Colo., restaurant when the Reuben sandwich she ordered came with the wrong dressing?’” - The Atlantic Wire
05/17/12
Aspen sees 1.8 percent drop in skier visits
“Hanle said Skico racked up about 1.33 million skier visits at Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk and Snowmass this season.” | AspenTimes.com
05/17/12
Water loans might aid some Colorado rivers
“A spokesperson for the (Salvation) ditch company said Tuesday that the company did not file an offer with the Water Trust to participate in the Request for Water program, but declined to elaborate.” | AspenTimes.com
05/17/12
Is cattle-grazing damaging public lands in the West?
“According to the federal report, slmost 40 percent of BLM allotments surveyed since 1998 have failed to meet the agency’s own required land health standards, with impairment of more than 33 million acres, an area exceeding the State of Alabama in size, attributed to livestock grazing.” « Summit County Citizens Voice
05/16/12
'Close Encounters' With Gas Well Pollution
“Companies can drill 20 wells or more at a single site. They come back again and again over the course of years. Each time, there’s an onslaught of strange smells.” / NPR
05/16/12
The Girls of Aspen, 1971

05/15/12
Big Chicago fund-raiser for Obama June 1
” … Obama also will be the centerpiece at two very private and pricey events while in town … (one) dinner will be hosted by Paula & Jim Crown …. $35,800 per person and $71,600 per couple. - Chicago Sun-Times
05/15/12
Romney to collect $2.3 million at Winnetka fund-raiser hosted by Pat Ryan
“On the direct Romney campaign fund-raising front, Susan Crown and her husband, William Kunkler, are part of Romney’s National Finance Committee and co-chair his Illinois Finance Committee.” Chicago Sun Times
05/15/12
Report: Green River is No. 2 most endangered river in U.S.
“The greatest threat to the river — which meanders about 730 miles from its headwaters in the Wind River Range in Wyoming through Utah, Colorado and back into Utah where it ends in a confluence with the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park — is the proposed Million pipeline, says the report.”
05/15/12
Former foes come together to sign Colorado River Cooperative Agreement
“In exchange for environmental enhancements, including financial support for municipal water projects and providing additional water supply and service area restrictions, the agreement, with the required mitigation, will remove opposition to Denver Water’s Moffat Collection System Project.” | SummitDaily.com
05/15/12

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