John Horning

Lesser Prairie Chickens are seen in this undated image. (Photo courtesy of Liza Rossi, Colorado Parks and Wildlife)

抖阴ap: Rooting for the lesser prairie chicken over the greater oil and gas industry

April 4, 2023 at 6:01 a.m.

For our nation鈥檚 laws to really mean something, they must be enforced, even when -- especially when 鈥� opponents are among the most economically and politically powerful industries.

A bear looks back as it wanders into the forest near Nederland in 2020. (Helen H. Richardson/Denver Post file)

抖阴ap: Colorado and Montana share an anti-carnivore bias

July 5, 2021 at 10:02 p.m.

It pains me that often those at the state level responsible for overseeing the management of wildlife seem to take more pleasure in the destruction of bears than in figuring...

Guest commentary: The Rio Grande is dying and only a new compact will save her

July 10, 2018 at 11:30 a.m.

Rivers without water are not rivers. They are ghosts. If we let the Rio Grande die, we will be haunted by our failure to save her when we had the...

Horning: What prairie dogs say about America and the Trumps

May 12, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.

The senseless slaughter of prairie dogs is fundamentally about the powerful and the vulnerable, which I see as the defining narrative of the Trump administration.

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