Group: Cache La Poudre Is A Most Endangered River

April 16 FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) ― An organization that advocates healthy rivers has named the scenic Cache la Poudre River in northern Colorado among the 10 most endangered rivers in America.

http://cbs4denver.com/local/Cache.La.Poudre.2.701689.html

Sportsmen keep eyes on energy companies

By DAVE BUCHANANThe Daily Sentinel

Heading the campaign are the conservation groups Trout Unlimited, National Wildlife Federation and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.

Chris Wood, chief operating officer for Trout Unlimited, said the “Forest Service and (Bureau of Land Management’s) usual order (of energy development) is lease first, ask about water and wildlife next.

“But it shouldn’t take an act of Congress to ... ensure a place like the Roan Plateau is protected from energy development,” Wood said.

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/04/16/041708_responsible_energy.html

Outdoor groups "seek a balance"

By Andy Vuong and Steve Lipsher The Denver Post

Trout Unlimited's Chris Wood called the grass-roots lobbying effort a "last resort" because sportsmen have not been heard in discussions over oil and gas leasing.

Also, a new report shows that Colorado oil, gas and mining companies pay the seventh-lowest tax rate among firms in 10 Western states.

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_8950679

Congress revisits the Clean Water Act

Denver Post guest commentary

By Darrell Gerber and Myrna Poticha

As spring's welcome beauty flows to summer's sun, their climate cousins flood, drought and storms will likely be paying us a call as well. So whether you fish, swim or just drink it, April is a good time to be thinking about water and that's what the U.S. Congress is doing.

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_8934105

AG wants Roan gas line halted

By Andy Vuong and John Ingold The Denver Post

Ken Neubecker, a Carbondale resident and president of Colorado Trout Unlimited, said the erosion into a waterway is "basically one of our worst fears from this kind of development."

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_8937704

Colorado Springs should clean up its own mess

Colorado Springs Gazette Op-Ed by Bill Alt http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1208066400/1

If you think Xeriscaping is all rocks and cacti, think again

The Greeley Tribune - April 14 "With their variety of color, texture and fragrance, water-wise gardens are not only drought-tolerant, they provide year-round beauty....."

http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20080413/FEATURES/663309644

Engle: At home on the South Platte

Boulder Daily Camera

By Ed Engle, Great Outdoors Monday, April 14, 2008

When I got started in fly-fishing, you heard the phrase "home water" a lot more often than you do now....

http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/apr/14/at-home-on-the-south-platte/

Coal-bed methane and the real estate (ka) boom!

Residents worry about explosions, seeping coal

Boulder Daily Camera / Associated Press Saturday, April 12, 2008

http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/apr/12/coal-methane-boom-brings-opportunity-fear/

Grand County rivers may benefit from passage of instream flow legislation

By Katie LoobySky-Hi Daily News April 10, 2008

    The Colorado Legislature has given final approval to a bill that could benefit the Fraser and Colorado rivers.

    The legislation would allow water rights owners to leave their water in a stream or river without the risk of losing it, through special circumstances, said Kirk Klancke, Winter Park Ranch Water & Sanitation District manager.

http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20080410/NEWS/983196381