/tags/public-land public land en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:30:59 GMT /2025-02-04/wyoming-wants-large-swaths-federal-public-land The resolution to hand over wide swaths of public land failed after a bumpy ride in the Senate. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:30:59 GMT /2025-02-04/wyoming-wants-large-swaths-federal-public-land Hanna Merzbach /2025-02-06/mountain-west-representatives-introduce-bill-meant-to-strip-presidential-powers-on-public-lands Two representatives from our region are seeking to strip presidential powers to designate national monuments and historic landmarks. But Indigenous communities caution the effort could remove a safeguard for sacred lands and pave the way for development. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:49:26 GMT /2025-02-06/mountain-west-representatives-introduce-bill-meant-to-strip-presidential-powers-on-public-lands Yvette Fernandez /2024-02-05/national-monuments-west-boost-economies-ecosystems-report A new report highlights how states in the West benefit from national monuments, which are waters and lands that are permanently protected. Mon, 05 Feb 2024 23:32:01 GMT /2024-02-05/national-monuments-west-boost-economies-ecosystems-report Kaleb Roedel /regional-news/2023-06-05/wyoming-judge-sides-with-corner-crossing-hunters-in-trespassing-case A federal judge in Wyoming has ruled in favor of four hunters in a case that tested the legality of "corner crossing," or stepping from one parcel of public land to another over a common corner shared with private property – a common practice due to the checkerboard pattern of land ownership in parts of the Mountain West. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:55:02 GMT /regional-news/2023-06-05/wyoming-judge-sides-with-corner-crossing-hunters-in-trespassing-case Will Walkey /regional-news/2023-01-19/wildlife-corridors-between-parks-can-help-species-live-hundreds-of-generations-longer-study-finds Researchers have new evidence that enhancing wildlife connectivity between national parks in the West would help animals live hundreds of generations longer. Thu, 19 Jan 2023 12:44:00 GMT /regional-news/2023-01-19/wildlife-corridors-between-parks-can-help-species-live-hundreds-of-generations-longer-study-finds Emma VandenEinde /politics/2019-11-07/on-blm-move-pendley-says-the-west-woos-workers-just-maybe-not-existing-ones There's been a lot of criticism of the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to move hundreds of positions from Washington D.C. to Western states. But the… Fri, 08 Nov 2019 06:21:18 GMT /politics/2019-11-07/on-blm-move-pendley-says-the-west-woos-workers-just-maybe-not-existing-ones Mountain West News Bureau /2019-09-10/in-congressional-hearing-democrats-and-tribes-remain-opposed-to-blm-move The House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing today on the Bureau of Land Management's plans to move headquarters out west . Congressional... Tue, 10 Sep 2019 22:24:22 GMT /2019-09-10/in-congressional-hearing-democrats-and-tribes-remain-opposed-to-blm-move Maggie Mullen /2019-06-20/new-web-tool-helps-break-down-public-land-ownership The Mountain West is home to huge swaths of public land. A new web-based tool is now showing people exactly where that land is and which agency is... Thu, 20 Jun 2019 22:17:59 GMT /2019-06-20/new-web-tool-helps-break-down-public-land-ownership Noah Glick /environment/2019-01-28/sen-bennet-rep-neguse-plan-measure-to-protect-state-land U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse are planning to introduce a measure that looks to protect about 625 square miles (1,620 square… Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:44:13 GMT /environment/2019-01-28/sen-bennet-rep-neguse-plan-measure-to-protect-state-land Associated Press /2018-08-13/more-people-means-more-poop-for-public-lands If there's a fee for either a camping site or a day use area on Forest Service land, there's probably some kind of toilet there. But solving the problem... Mon, 13 Aug 2018 22:03:15 GMT /2018-08-13/more-people-means-more-poop-for-public-lands Maggie Mullen