Some western Colorado locals were nervous when Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt visited the Colorado National Monument in November to announce his latest land-protection initiative. “Any time the secretary of the Interior comes to little Grand Junction, you’re apprehensive about what he’s got on his mind,” said Warren Gore, a third-generation grazing permittee. “The last thing […]
Adam Burke
Posted inJune 21, 1999: The disappearing farm
Cattlemen make use of a conservation tool
GUNNISON, Colo. – Frost gilds the branches of the elder and cottonwood trees bordering the Redden family’s pastureland as Brett Redden climbs into a tractor at dawn and delivers hay to 300 cattle. Then he goes to his “regular” job with the fire and rescue crew at Gunnison Airport. Some months he’ll pick up extra […]
Posted inJune 7, 1999: Mining the past
Mountain to get a facelift
Facing a lawsuit from the Sierra Club, the City of Colorado Springs has agreed to clean up streams and wetlands on Pikes Peak – a project that could cost $14 million to $21 million, according to a preliminary study. The Sierra Club sued in 1998, claiming that the city-operated toll road to the top of […]
Posted inApril 26, 1999: Visionaries or dreamers?
Counties put a bounty on coyotes
The price of a movie ticket or six gallons of premium gasoline is now the going rate for a pair of coyote ears in two southeastern Colorado counties. Baca County now pays $7.50 per coyote, the first bounty in Colorado in almost 30 years. Since January, the bounty has brought in 412 pairs of ears. […]