By Pamela DickmanLoveland Reporter-Herald
'The 90,000-acre-foot reservoir near Carter Lake (southwest of Loveland) would store water from the Windy Gap project for Front Range communities.'
Feds defend BLM’s Roan Plateau drilling plan
The government, in response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of 10 environmental groups [including CTU] in July, denied allegations that the BLM’s plan for natural gas development on the Roan Plateau violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), court documents show.
River Rehab
by David Halterman - Durango Telegraph
'Now that river levels have dropped, monsoon season is over, and tuber sightings are as rare as ants teeth, the banks of the Animas River have been calling for a bit of attention. Well, they got it last Saturday morning as local volunteers came out to cash in on a little river karma while tidying up the shoreline. Organized by Ty Churchwell of Trout Unlimited...."
http://www.durangotelegraph.com/telegraph.php?inc=/08-09-18/day.htm
River Rehab
photos by David Halterman
Now that river levels have dropped, monsoon season is over, and tuber sightings are as rare as ants teeth, the banks of the Animas River have been calling for a bit of attention. Well, they got it last Saturday morning as local volunteers came out to cash in on a little river karma while tidying up the shoreline. Organized by Ty Churchwell of Trout Unlimited, the river maids were given gloves, trash bags, water, and as many Cliff Bars as they could stuff into their pockets and sent out to clean a predetermined 1/4 mile stretch of river, between 32nd Street and Santa Rita Park. Whether it was beer cans, whiskey bottles, underwear or shopping carts, the crews dragged and bagged an assortment of river garbage, while the city did its part by collecting and disposing of the mess from collection points along the river trail. Keeping Durangos lifeblood unspoiled is everyones responsibility, so thanks to those who came out on Saturday to do their part.
Photos at: http://www.durangotelegraph.com/telegraph.php?inc=/08-09-18/day.htm
With heavy lifting, river restored at Middle Fork
by on September 18, 2008 The story on the outdoor page of Wednesday’s paper gave a fairly straightaway account of how Colorado Trout Unlimited has executed a $300,000 stream improvement project on the Middle Fork of the South Platte, where it crosses Highway 9 between Fairplay and Hartsel.
With money from the Colorado Division of Wildlife’s Fishing is Fun program, Park County and private donors, the conservation organization achieved meaningful channel restoration on a 1.5-mile stretch that had suffered degradation from uncontrolled cattle grazing.
Feds defend BLM’s Roan Plateau drilling plan
By Phillip YatesGlenwood Springs, CO Colorado
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — The Bureau of Land Management’s drilling plan for the Roan Plateau Planning Area does not violate federal environmental law, U.S. Department of Justice attorneys argued in court documents filed earlier this week.
The government, in response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of 10 environmental groups in July, denied allegations that the BLM’s plan for natural gas development on the Roan Plateau violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), court documents show.
The groups’ lawsuit argues that the BLM’s plan should be invalidated and that the issuance of any leases should be blocked because it “relies on the (agency’s) illegal plan and its inadequate environmental analysis.”
The environmental groups’ lawsuit argues the agency did not analyze the long-term environmental impacts of its actions nor did it consider a reasonable range of alternative approaches.
They argue that the BLM’s environmental impact statement for drilling “ignores the vast majority of the oil and gas development that eventually will result from the (BLM’s) leasing decision” and also ignores the possible ozone pollution that may result from natural gas development in the area.
The government, in a response filed Monday, denied those allegations.
The coalition of environmentalists — which include the Wilderness Society, Colorado Trout Unlimited, Colorado Mountain Club and the Wilderness Workshop — filed its lawsuit in July about a month before the BLM auctioned off 31 parcels that encompassed about 54,600 acres of the Roan Plateau Planning Area.
Trout Unlimited Asks Manufacturers to Eliminate Production of Felt-Soled Waders and Equipment by 2011
Pifher tabbed to lead Aurora Water
By Adam GoldsteinThe Aurora Sentinel
Mark Pifher will move up from his city post as deputy director for water resources to a new duty as director of Aurora Water, city officials announced Friday, Aug. 29....
http://www.aurorasentinel.com/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=8&ArticleID=20255
Stream's habitat gets help
Energy Committee Approves Colorado Land and Water Bills
From: Barn On Air and Online
[The Committee] approved legislation to rehabilitate the Jackson Gulch Irrigation Canal in Montezuma County, authorize construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in southeastern Colorado, designate lands in Mesa, Montrose and Delta Counties as the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Wilderness, and protect open space in and around the Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest in northern Colorado.
