RBC I For more than a century the western United States has engaged in a debate over federal control of Western lands. This debate, which started early in the 1880s, gained popularity during the 1970s and ‘80s, when President Ronald Reagan declared himself a member of the Sagebrush Rebellion, a[Read More…]
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Rifle airfield gets huge aerial firefighting center
RIFLE I The Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) presented its recommendations and selection of Rifle-Garfield County Airport to Gov. John Hickenlooper as host community for the Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting.
From My Window… It appears as though state has lost 1,500 RBC workers
Looking out my window this week offers me a cloudy picture of what is going on in our fair county and/or state.
BOCES to offer new contract to director
RBC I The Rio Blanco Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), which is composed of the combined Meeker and Rangely school board members, met March 12 in Meeker to review the preliminary budget for next year and to assess Executive Director Teresa Schott.
One Person’s Opinion: Should we protect our federal lands for, or from, humans?
RBC I You may have heard that conservation biologists are arguing with each other. Some say nature should be protected “for” humans; others say it should be protected “from humans;” others say it’s possible to do both.
Court: BLM violated law in horse roundup
WYOMING I Last week, U.S. District Court of Wyoming Chief Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal issued an order stating that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it conducted a massive “Checkerboard Roundup” last fall, during which 1,263 wild horses were permanently removed from[Read More…]
Comments sought on soda plant expansion
RBC I The Bureau of Land Management is now seeking public comments on a proposed sodium bicarbonate plant expansion 37 miles southwest of Meeker.
Game, especially deer, do well this winter; watch ice
RBC I In Rio Blanco County, Colorado’s big game ungulates are having a great winter, according to Bill deVergie, the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife’s area wildlife manager in Meeker.
CPW: Licenses, permits and registrations now available for 2015-16
RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife licenses, permits and registrations are on sale now for the 2015-16 season at licensing agents, CPW offices and online at cpw.state.co.us/.
Man in fatal shooting identified; officers placed on paid leave
DINOSAUR I On March 9, Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife District Wildlife Manager Nathan Martinez of Rangely told investigators that around 2 p.m. he was off Highway 40, approximately 10 miles east of the Utah border issuing a road kill permit when he took note that Moffat County Deputy[Read More…]
Guest Opinion: Communities neighboring national forests in need of a break
RBC I The failure to include the Secure Rural Schools program in this year’s budget puts a spotlight on a public-lands identity crisis that has been simmering, and sometimes boiling over, for decades.
Centennial Farms Award nominees sought
RBC I History Colorado invites families who have owned and operated their Colorado farm or ranch for 100 years or more to nominate their property for the 2015 Colorado Centennial Farms Award.
