By: Megan Mueller, Rocky Mountain Wild May 4, 2018 Today the Department of the Interior released draft land management plans aimed at making changes to a 2015 greater sage-grouse conservation plan that protected habitat in Colorado and across the West. Here is...
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RMW’s wildlife win for Gunnison sage-grouse in Court
By: Chris Talbot-Heindl, Rocky Mountain Wild May 3, 2018 Yesterday we had a great wildlife win for Gunnison sage-grouse in Court! Last October, Rocky Mountain Wild (RMW), San Miguel County, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and Conservation Colorado brought a lawsui...
A Biologist’s Perspective on Wolf Restoration
By: Mike Phillips, Science Advisory Team, Rocky Mountain Wolf Project Recently I spoke in Carbondale and Aspen about restoring the gray wolf to the public wildlands of western Colorado. Some have claimed that my presentations were misleading. They were not. I ...
We spoke en masse and the Omnibus Spending Bill got a little greener
By: Chris Talbot-Heindl, Communications & Membership Manager Congress somehow agreed on a spending bill for the rest of the 2018 fiscal budget year, and it isn’t totally horrible for the environment! While I wholeheartedly agree with other environmen...
Pika Eep!le
We would like to extend our warmest thank you to our pika parents, or Pika Eep!le as we like to call them (pika’s calls sound a whole lot like “Eep!”). Here are just some of our Pika Eep!le:
Compromise Reached with Eldora Ski Area Over Expansion Plans
Boulder County, Eldora Ski Resort, Sierra Club, and Middle Boulder Creek Coalition reach agreement on Eldora Mountain Ski Resort expansion By: Dave Hallock and Bill Ikler, Middle Boulder Creek Coalition An historic agreement was signed by Middle Boulder Creek ...
Dear Utah – Tehri Parker
A poem by: Tehri Parker Dear Utah, For the last few days I have been exploring your back roads, moving through your landscapes, taking in your aromas of cedar, aspen, and alfalfa fields from my vantage on the back of a motorcycle. I have had some time to ponde...
One Woman for the Wild
By: Gabby Vermeire, Rocky Mountain Wild Intern As our northern hemisphere tips away from the sun and our summer draws to a close, so do the internships of countless college students. Hopefully their internships will have given them more than just another line ...
Another Reason We Fight for Bears Ears
By: Erica Prather, Campaign Assistant During the last weekend of August, Rocky Mountain Wild sent me to volunteer with scientist Robert Gay, performing paleontological surveys in Bears Ears National Monument. There were 3 other volunteers, and they all happe...
Paul’s Trip to See the Solar Eclipse
By: Paul Millhouser, GIS Analyst GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, involves using maps and other geographic information to analyze, interpret and illustrate data. At Rocky Mountain Wild, that means figuring out when proposed oil and gas leases on federal...