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The wolves are coming to Colorado, and the state has stockpiled explosives and deterrents. How are ranchers preparing?
Colorado's ranching community, bracing for the reintroduction of wolves to the state as soon as this month, is weighing methods to protect livelihoods from the carnivore while facing new stresses.
How should we manage the drying Colorado River? Here’s what’s at stake in negotiations for its long-term future
An announcement last week of a short-term Colorado River management plan gives those working on the next batch of long-term plans for the river a breather, experts said. Now, those...
Nearly 40 years later, one of Colorado’s longest-running Superfund sites still has no radioactive waste cleanup plan
Nearly 40 years after federal regulators designated a former uranium mill near Ca帽on City as a Superfund site and mandated its cleanup, there is still no plan for how to...
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Despite near-normal snowpack, key Colorado River reservoir is expected to see lower spring flows
Snowpack across the entire Upper Colorado River Basin sits at 95% of median as the winter draws to a close.
Hundreds of wild horses roam Colorado. Can more state involvement head off helicopter roundups?
Colorado could take a more proactive and permanent role in managing the wild horse herds that roam the Western Slope under a bill in the state legislature.
New western Colorado congressman proposes reopening of thousands of acres of federal land to drilling
The Western Slope's newest congressman, Jeff Hurd, has proposed reopening thousands of acres of federal public land across Colorado to energy development and reducing protections for wildlife habitat.
Federal judge orders release of withheld funding as Colorado leaders decry “real pain” of holdups
A new court order for the Trump administration to release federal funding Thursday was the latest mandating the undoing of a sudden halt in spending that has plunged Colorado's industries,...
Two Colorado ranches to receive $343,000 for wolf damage — and more payments likely
The state will pay two Colorado ranching operations for livestock killed by wolves and other impacts from the apex predator.
$100 million settlement allows Colorado reservoir projects to move forward, ending decades of dispute
Communities supporting a $2 billion water supply project in northern Colorado -- which will create two new reservoirs -- have agreed to pump $100 million into a fund improving health...
Forest Service cuts exacerbate wildfire threats in Colorado, fire officials say: “We鈥檙e decreasing our ability to respond.”
Colorado, like many other states in the West, relies on federal firefighting teams to battle large-scale fires across its federal public lands, which cover about a third of the state.
National parks to reinstate seasonal hiring after outcry, but firings still hit Colorado sites
The National Park Service will resume hiring seasonal workers after a freeze on hiring for the positions prompted nationwide outcry.
Colorado lawmakers again target nonnative grasses to save water — this time, at apartment complexes
Colorado lawmakers are once again pursuing a new law that would save water by limiting the installation of nonnative ornamental turf as drought and climate change sap water supplies.
Federal mass firings will increase wildfire risk, endanger Colorado’s public lands, state leaders warn
Mass firings across federal agencies responsible for wildfire prevention and public lands management will endanger Coloradans and put at risk the state's beloved mountains, rivers and grasslands, state leaders said.