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Bill aiming to pause Colorado wolf reintroductions passes — with amendments allowing program to continue
Denver 7 - Colorado
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August 25, 2025
DENVER — New legislation that aimed to pause Colorado's gray wolf reintroduction program and reallocate some of the funds underwent amendments — ultimately allowing the program to continue as planned — and is now headed to the governor's desk....
Colorado wildfires: Western Slope fires continue to grow ahead of forecasted rain storms
The Canon City Daily Record - Colorado
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August 24, 2025
Rain showers will start Sunday across Colorado, including on the drought-stricken Western Slope where multiple wildfires are burning on hundreds of square miles, and continue through at least midweek, according to the National Weather Service....
Court of Appeals Affirms Service Decision to Retain Protections for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
JD Supra - California
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August 29, 2025
On August 22, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the decision of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to deny a petition to remove the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) from the...
CPW releases reminders on ‘responsible recreation’ for the upcoming holiday weekend
KRDO - Colorado
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August 28, 2025
STATEWIDE, Colo. (KRDO) -- Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) reminds everyone heading outdoors this Labor Day long weekend to prioritize safety. The following tips and reminders have been provided by Wildlife experts on how to remain safe: Be...
Arizona cities form alliance to defend Colorado River water amid deepening drought
Environmental Health News
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August 25, 2025
Arizona mayors from across the state have launched a new coalition to push back against looming water cuts from the Colorado River, warning that current negotiations could leave their communities at risk. Wyatt Myskow reports for Inside Climate...
Day Five of Special Session: Colorado legislature moves key measures forward
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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As artificial intelligence legislation remained in limbo, Colorado's legislators turned their attention on several other measures during Monday's special session, notably debating a change to a measure bill to set aside $100 million to help lower...
Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the American Southwest into permanent drought
Space.com
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August 24, 2025
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. A new wave of climate research is sounding a stark warning: Human activity may be driving drought...
Arizona Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Guiding Hunts in Colorado
The MeatEater - Montana
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August 25, 2025
Timothy Rawlings of Laveen, Arizona is facing a year in federal prison after getting busted for illegally outfitting hunts in Colorado—and a slew of other wildlife infractions. According to a Department of Justice press release, Rawlings was...
Capturing the spirit of Northwest Colorado: Local photographer Janele Husband reflects on art, community and Craig’s creative future
Craig Daily Press - Colorado
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Over the last four decades that Janele Husband has called Moffat County home, she has been a teacher, musician, photographer and advocate for the role of the arts in Northwest Colorado. On Friday, she unveiled a photographic exploration of the...
SCTCC hires new Vice President of Community, Culture, and Institutional Climate
St. Cloud Live - Minnesota
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August 25, 2025
ST. CLOUD — St. Cloud Technical & Community College has a new Vice President of Community, Culture, and Institutional Climate. Alberto Ramos started on Wednesday, Aug. 20, according to an SCTCC news release. The Vice President of Community,...
Capital Chatter: Oregon’s poor economic state
Oregon Capital Insider
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August 29, 2025
This is a tale of two progressive states. Oregon hasn’t had a business executive as governor since Republican Vic Atiyeh left office in 1987. For the past 14 years, Colorado has been led by Democratic businessmen, and it shows. The states have...
Water, Water Everywhere, But Most of It Stressed or Unsafe to Drink
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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August 28, 2025
About 60% of the Ocean State’s most valuable, and vulnerable, watershed lies in Massachusetts. Between the two states and 105 municipalities, including 71 in the Bay State, some 14% of the Narragansett Bay watershed is covered by streets,...
Air Pollution From Oil And Gas Causes 91,000 Premature Deaths In The US Every Year
IFL Science
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August 25, 2025
Over 91,000 people in the US die early every year due to air pollution from oil and gas, says a new study. Along with premature deaths, dirty air from fossil fuels was linked to 10,350 pre-term births and 216,000 new cases of childhood asthma per...
Youth suicide rate falls to 17-year low in Colorado
KRDO - Colorado
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August 25, 2025
STATEWIDE, Colo. (KRDO) -- The suicide rate among Colorado youth has fallen to the lowest level in years, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). According to the agency, in 2024, there were 39 reported...
Dim view of Colorado River too optimistic?
Ark Valley Voice - Colorado
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August 25, 2025
How low will Lake Powell get while the states try to reach agreement about natural flow formula? The words “urgency” and “immediate action” were used by Trump administration officials on Aug. 15 in releasing the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 24-month...
Few know the Battle of the Palouse rivalry better than Idaho offensive coordinator Matt Linehan and family
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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MOSCOW, Idaho – Any Idaho fans younger than 60 years old remember the high-water mark in its iconic Battle of the Palouse with Washington State coming in 1999-2000, when the Vandals won back-to-back games in the 94-game series dating to 1894....
Meet the landscape studio reviving the eco-brutalist Barbican Conservatory
Wallpaper*
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August 29, 2025
Earlier in 2025, the Barbican Centre shared proposals for its extensive upcoming renewal project. Addressing not only the deteriorating structures and systems of the centre’s original construction – built between 1965 and 1982 – the brutalist...
Horned ‘Zombie Rabbits’ Spook Locals in Colorado But Scientists Say These Could Hold Secrets to Cancer
ZME Science
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August 25, 2025
This June 26, 2013 photo by Gunnar Boettcher shows a rabbit that Boettcher dubbedGunnar Boettcher / AP At first glance, they appear to be creatures out of a nightmare—cottontail rabbits in northern Colorado with dark spikes and twisted horns...
Easy-assembly music player among projects from Metropolitan State University of Denver
Dezeen
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August 25, 2025
Dezeen School Shows: a music player designed for easy assembly is among the industrial design projects from Metropolitan State University of Denver. Also featured is customisable furniture designed to be suitable for e-commerce transactions and a...
Sopris Sun wins twenty awards from Colorado Press Association
KDNK Community Radio - Colorado
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August 25, 2025
Every year, the Colorado Press Association Awards dozens of newsrooms for their work in photography, environmental reporting, opinion, political reporting, and much, much more. The Sopris Sun with its modest staff of seven swept through the Class...