By: Tessa Lightfoot With an introduction by: Chris Talbot-Heindl Introduction: the 100 Women for the Wild Emerging Female Leader Internship In Rocky Mountain Wild staff meetings, it’s not unusual to hear Matt lament about being vastly out-numbered. This ...
Author: Chris Talbot-Heindl
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation Advocates Promise Continued Scrutiny of Village at Wolf Creek, Vow to Challenge Latest Attempt to Avoid Public Review
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 20, 2018 The Rio Grande National Forest announced its intention July 19, 2018 to circumvent a federal court ruling that invalidated prior approvals for the controversial Village at Wolf Creek real estate development. The Village a...
Colorado County and Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Again Over Southwest Colorado Oil and Gas Leases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2018 San Miguel County, Rocky Mountain Wild, the San Juan Citizens’ Alliance, and Conservation Colorado filed another lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over the agency’s decision to ...
PRESS RELEASE: Developers attempt another end run around public on Village at Wolf Creek
The developers of the controversial Village at Wolf Creek recently demanded the Forest Service simply ignore recent court decisions and instead approve road construction to begin the proposed real estate development. In a January 12, 2018 letter to the Forest ...
PRESS RELEASE: Forest Service Declines to Appeal Decision Nullifying Wolf Creek Land Exchange
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2018 Denver, CO – The United States Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service has declined to appeal an Order issued last May by Senior Judge Richard P. Matsch setting aside decisions approving a land exchange that would pro...
RMW responds to draft land management plan aimed at making changes to the greater sage-grouse conservation plan
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...
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...
PRESS RELEASE: Colorado Judge Rules Against Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill License
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2018 Contacts: Travis Stills, Energy & Conservation Law, stills@frontier.net, 970-375-9271 Lexi Tuddenham, Sheep Mountain Alliance, lexi@sheepmountainalliance.org, 617-285-4715 Matt Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild, matt@roc...
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...