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The Department of Agriculture has issued a federal order to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The disease has been detected in dairy cattle in the U.S.
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The funding will go towards building and maintaining residential solar installations on a number of reservations.
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The Biden administration has released a beta version of the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas, a massive mapping project that visualizes conservation efforts across the country. The Atlas is intended to show progress toward the administration’s goal of conserving or restoring 30% of American territory by 2030.
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Thousands of immigrant workers survived perilous conditions to build the transcontinental railway – a new monument wants to make sure we don’t forget about them.
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In annual reports sent to Dark Sky International, Utah’s national and state parks list light pollution from development and tourism as the main threat to maintaining their certification.
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Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate-warming pollution from existing coal and new gas power plants.
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A coalition of Western conservationists and tribes are working to protect more public lands before the November presidential election.
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Across the region, Planned Parenthoods are seeing a spike in out-of-state patients. Many of Colorado’s neighboring states have enacted strict abortion laws in the past two years, leaving many with no choice but to travel for care.
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Despite the separation of church and state, prayers are said on the floors of state legislatures across the United States. Many states also have Bible study classes at their statehouses, including Colorado.
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Newly discovered damage to part of the dam holding back America's second-largest reservoir has people who rely on the Colorado River worried about their ability to get the water they need.
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Last year, lawmakers handed Gov. Jared Polis a major defeat when they rejected his controversial plan to tackle Colorado’s housing crisis. Now, a similar set of proposals is advancing in the legislature despite bipartisan opposition. Polis signed one proposal into law Monday that will ban occupancy limits statewide, but the rest of his housing proposals face an uncertain future.
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Each spring, a week-long quilt workshop takes over the Gateway Resort along a remote stretch of the Dolores River in Colorado's Canyon Country.
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The BLM has announced a final rule to revise their oil and gas leasing regulations. It includes the first royalty rate increase in more than 100 years, as well as an increase in the minimum bond for oil and gas companies.
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Social media can influence everything from what we eat to where we vacation. Now, a new study shows it’s also driving more visitors to U.S. national parks, especially in the Mountain West.
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Tillie Torres is an English teacher in Las Vegas with more than $80,000 in student loan debt. She tells her students to be careful with loans, and in a bittersweet moment, saw her own child graduate debt-free and become a teacher. When she had her own loan forgiven, it felt like a "huge weight" was lifted.
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For the first time, the federal government is putting limits on “forever chemicals” called PFAS in the nation’s drinking water – a move that will protect communities across the Mountain West.
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The National Park Service is seeking the public's help in identifying the two men, caught on video pushing rocks off a cliff near the Redstone Dunes Trail earlier this month.
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Some 70 West Bank-rescued dogs were flown across the Atlantic Ocean, ending up at different shelters across the country. It’s a taxing journey for any animal, but for 10 of these dogs, their trip ended here in Wyoming at The Kindness Ranch, an animal sanctuary tucked into flat, grassy lands on Wyoming’s eastern plains.