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Woodsy Owl on Hiking and Backpacking

Before your hike, study maps of the area, get permits if necessary, and learn the terrain. Be familiar with all options-- time, alternative routes, and weather. Keep in mind the shorter daylight hours of fall and winter. LIMIT THE SIZE OF YOUR GROUP Limit your group to a size a leader can safely han

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Western State College of Colorado Spring Environmental Symposium

Join Theodore Roosevelt at Western's 9th Spring Environmental Symposium: Gunnison National Forest at 100 Years April 20-21, 2005, in Gunnison, Colorado CONFERENCE INFORMATION: 9th Spring Environmental Symposium: Western’s Spring Environmental Symposia are organized and presented by the students and

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Well water dropping to critical levels

lly DElll3IE PITTMAN the La J ara and Capulin a rea, is too s ma ll to lower a pump into. reach the receding water level. said. ALAMOSA - Drought condi- but we're seeing problems in all The only alternative is to drill a "While not necessarily 'drying "I think the problem is state- tions are becomin

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Utility-Scale Energy Storage Will Enable a Renewable Grid

Utility-Scale Energy Storage Will Enable a Renewable Grid A roadblock to sustainable energy solutions is coming unstuck By Andrea Thompson on July 1, 2019 Credit: Vanessa Branchi The Away D V E the R T I Sworld E M E N Tgets its electricity is undergoing a rapid transition, driven by both the increa

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Thoughts on Dialogue

These thoughts are purely my own. No one else is responsible for them. So far as I know, no one agrees with them. And no organization endorses them. But dialogue has to start somewhere. And I have learned through thirty years of building dialogue in the interest of conservation that where there is a

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Summary of the Gunnison Water Situation

In 1986 the City of Aurora and the Natural Energy Resources Company (NECO) filcd claims for the right to divert massive amounts of water from Gunnison County to the Front Range. The Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District also filed for rights to the same water for in-basin use. The High Cou

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Some legacy

ing ~ater and shipping it north out of this basin. And being a fast-growing, affluent suburb of Denver, it has deep pockets. . So it is tempting for the owners of the remaining 44 percent of .Rocky Ford Ditch water to consider Aurora's recent offer of about $56,000 per share for their rights in the

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Small-Capacity Reservoirs Are Needed to Thwart Drought

Small-capacity reservoirs are needed to thwart drought By KEN BAKER The drought of the year 2002, the dri- est of a series of drought years in South- ern Colorado and reported to be the driest year in Colorado history, generated more -public interest and newspaper space than any previous drought yea

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Should plastics be a source of energy? The plastics crisis has some asking if we should burn more plastic waste and at least get energy out of it

The plastics crisis has some asking if we should burn more plastic waste and at least get energy out of it by Alexander H. Tullo SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 | APPEARED IN VOLUME 96, ISSUE 38 Credit: Yang H. Ku/C&EN/Shutterstock I ADVERTISEMENT n Rahway, N.J., near Route 1&9, looming cooling towers and a huge

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Report Backs Using River for Fishing

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Reclamation and Exploitation

VER H EAR O F RECLAMATI ON law' s 16 0-acre limi tatio n o n E water d eliveri es to irrigators? H ave you been told tha t this is " pe tty p o liti cal tyra nny," inefficient a nd uneco nom ic? Tha t because o f it the h o usewife p ays m o r e for foo d in the m arke t? T hat it is an o utmoded my

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Proposition 3, the Nuclear Safeguards Initiative, would require that before additional nuclear power plants are built in Colorado, the legislature must hold public hearings and determine their safety.

Sierra Club Nuclear Initiative Committee. Sierra Club Rocky Mountain Chapter. ?

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Plasma Arc Recycling: An intro

You are here: Home page > Environment > Plasma arc recycling Home A-Z index Random article Timeline Teaching guide About us Privacy & cookies Advertisement Plasma arc recycling by Chris Woodford. Last updated: May 7, 2020. H umans are machines for turning the world into waste—at least that's how it

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Petition to Initiate Goals for Colorado Land Use

For anyone to sign any initiative or referendum petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his name more than once for the same measure or to sign such petition when not a qualified elector. DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A QUALIFIED ELECTOR. TO BE A QUALIFIED EL

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Mount Emmons Project Fact Sheet

in Denver, Colo., employs approximately 5,000 people in the state, primarily the company's Climax and Henderson Mines. The Mount Emmons Project is located in Gunnison County in southwest Colo- rado. Gunnison County has a population of approximately 10,000 people con- centrated mainly in the towns of

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Low Energy Growth Study

plant ecologist , a limnologist, and a re- The vehide to convey McHarg's all - of Emerson and Thoreau. Then on to hu· source economist. Students arc required embracing personal vision has been a man behavior, the effects of environ- to have competence in the physical sci- course he ha been running f

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House Bill 97-1214 protect SLV Artisian Pressure

House Bill 97-1214 protect SLV 'A:r~sian lJressure · Bill Summary injury in any plnn for augmen- aquifers will materially injure other words. you replace the aged to leave the Committee at (Note: This summary tation. vested s urface and under- groundwater used with the 13-0 in favor. Robert Krassa i

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Harnessing the power of algae: new, greener fuel cells move step closer to reality

Harnessing the power of algae: new, greener fuel cells move step closer to reality A new design of algae-powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more cost-effective to produce and practical to use, has been developed by

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Gunnison County Fuels Planning

Introduction: Fuels treatments have occurred within the Gunnison Basin for nearly 30 years. Since 1976, approximately 120,000 acres have been treated. Emphasis was on disposal of slash from timber sales, prescribed burning for wildlife and livestock improvements as well as restoration of threatened

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Golf and the Environment: What Partners!

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