| Healthy Rivers Reform Swept Into Law |
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| Becky Long (CEC) |
Governor Ritter signed a measure aimed at reviving the health of state rivers and streams into law on Monday. The measure, HB 1280, sponsored by Representative Randy Fischer (D-Ft. Collins) and Senator Gail Schwartz, protects water right holders when they choose to lease or donate water to the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
Representatives from a broad coalition of state leaders, conservation groups, sportsmen, agricultural representatives, water right holders, water districts, cities, and counties spoke in favor of the legislation.
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| Farewell to Outdated Mining Law |
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May 10, 2008 is the 136th anniversary of the 1872 Mining Law, passed before Colorado was even a state, well before uranium mining, open pit and cyanide leach mining, and when our population was under 100,000 people. Yet in spite of the many changes the American West has undergone in the last century, this law still governs how this industrial activity—the leading cause of toxic pollution in the United States—occurs today.
Colorado's two senators will play key roles in passing meaningful reform legislation in the Senate, but they need to hear from you today!
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| Roan Plateau decision ignores Colorado’s interests |
| The announcement today by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management that it will plow ahead with its plans to drill the last scenic lands of the Roan Plateau demonstrates bad faith in working with the region's elected officials, and stands contrary to public sentiment. The Save Roan Plateau campaign, a coalition of conservationists, sportsmen and local elected officials, called on Colorado's governor and Congressional delegation to introduce legislation to protect the Roan's important wildlife habitat and watersheds before the government moves to lease these lands this summer.
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| Support Conservation in the 2007 Farm Bill |
In the coming weeks the U.S. Congress will be working on a bill that represents the single-largest source of conservation funding in the country. The 2007 Farm Bill includes such vital programs to Colorado as the Grasslands Reserve Program and Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, which help protect and restore some of the most threatened ecosystems in the West.
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