/tags/public-lands Public Lands en-US Copyright »ĘąÚÍřÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT /news/2025-03-22/western-colorado-republican-seeks-to-open-up-millions-of-acres-in-the-west-to-oil-and-gas Freshman Representative Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) is sponsoring a bill that would require Bureau of Land Management field offices across the west to adopt plans that would open up more lands to oil and gas drilling. Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT /news/2025-03-22/western-colorado-republican-seeks-to-open-up-millions-of-acres-in-the-west-to-oil-and-gas Caroline Llanes /regional-news/2025-03-18/is-federal-land-the-solution-to-the-housing-crisis-trump-officials-think-so The announcement comes as many cities and rural communities across the Mountain West struggle with housing affordability. About half the land in the West is owned by the federal government. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:22:18 GMT /regional-news/2025-03-18/is-federal-land-the-solution-to-the-housing-crisis-trump-officials-think-so Rachel Cohen /regional-news/2025-02-20/mountain-west-voters-support-public-lands-and-land-agencies-poll-finds A bipartisan team of researchers leads Colorado College's annual "Conservation in the West" poll of about 3,300 voters in eight western states: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:15:06 GMT /regional-news/2025-02-20/mountain-west-voters-support-public-lands-and-land-agencies-poll-finds Rachel Cohen /regional-news/2025-01-13/u-s-supreme-court-squashes-utahs-public-lands-lawsuit Public lands advocates worried that allowing Utah’s case to move forward would threaten to upend management of 200 million acres of public lands across the West. Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:20:16 GMT /regional-news/2025-01-13/u-s-supreme-court-squashes-utahs-public-lands-lawsuit Rachel Cohen /regional-news/2024-12-02/biden-administration-says-utahs-public-lands-lawsuit-plainly-lacks-merit The Department of Justice says Utah gave up the rights to the federal lands within its boundaries when it joined the union in 1896. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:49:12 GMT /regional-news/2024-12-02/biden-administration-says-utahs-public-lands-lawsuit-plainly-lacks-merit Rachel Cohen /regional-news/2024-10-25/more-states-are-backing-utahs-landmark-public-lands-case-against-the-federal-government If the U.S. Supreme Court hears the case, it could drastically change the ownership and management of public lands across the West. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:48:19 GMT /regional-news/2024-10-25/more-states-are-backing-utahs-landmark-public-lands-case-against-the-federal-government Rachel Cohen /news/2024-10-03/utah-is-still-fighting-bears-ears-court-arguments-show-a-state-desperate-to-take-its-land-back The outcome of the case could determine how much authority a president has to resize national monuments, which could impact Colorado’s Camp Hale and Dolores River. Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:34:26 GMT /news/2024-10-03/utah-is-still-fighting-bears-ears-court-arguments-show-a-state-desperate-to-take-its-land-back Tracy Ross, The Colorado Sun /regional-news/2024-08-30/blm-proposes-plan-to-streamline-solar-in-the-west The plan opens up 31 million acres of public lands to solar development across 11 western states. Fri, 30 Aug 2024 19:41:36 GMT /regional-news/2024-08-30/blm-proposes-plan-to-streamline-solar-in-the-west Rachel Cohen /regional-news/2024-08-21/utah-sues-the-feds-for-control-over-millions-of-acres-of-public-land Fights over public lands aren’t unusual in the West. But Utah is now going straight to the U.S. Supreme Court to wrest control of 18.5 million acres of federal land. Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:45:27 GMT /regional-news/2024-08-21/utah-sues-the-feds-for-control-over-millions-of-acres-of-public-land Saige Miller /regional-news/2024-08-15/blm-announces-next-steps-on-public-lands-conservation-rule The guidance documents tell state and field office managers across the West how to carry out the new rule, which officially went into effect in June. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:06:02 GMT /regional-news/2024-08-15/blm-announces-next-steps-on-public-lands-conservation-rule Rachel Cohen