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Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. It was a counterpoint to the West’s flurry of dam-building in the 1950s and 1960s that saw dams erected across many of the region’s...
DATE: June 16, 2018 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
With spring full bore upon us, it’s hard not to cast an envious eye toward the high country and start daydreaming about alpine wildflower hikes. One favorite destination for many is Ice Lake Basin...
DATE: May 19, 2018 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
This year’s La Plata Electric Association board election is a pivotal referendum on the future of our electric supply. Are co-op members happy with the status quo, being joined at the hip for the...
DATE: April 21, 2018 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
Five years versus five days. That succinctly describes the different weights accorded to constituents raising objections to expanded oil and gas leasing in landscapes with special circumstances. As...
DATE: March 17, 2018 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
It’s a challenging time for La Plata Electric Association. The electric utility world is undergoing a classic technology disruption, where rapid advances threaten to upend decades-old business...
DATE: Feb. 18, 2018 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
It might be easy to chuckle at the silliness of the conspiracy theorists convinced the United Nations is scheming with La Plata County to forcibly relocate rural folks into urban housing centers....
DATE: Jan. 21, 2018 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
Last week’s events punctuated by the Trump administration’s cavalier abandonment of a century’s worth of American conservation practice is greatly discouraging. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wiped...
DATE: Dec. 16, 2017 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
With the onset of winter, it’s never too early to daydream of next year’s adventures. Nowhere compares with the raw, spontaneous wildness of Alaska’s primeval landscapes teeming with abundant...
DATE: Nov. 18, 2017 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
Last week, the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee passed a bill to prevent presidents from creating national monuments. It would severely limit the future preservation of many...
DATE: Oct. 20, 2017 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
As we stand transfixed by the enormously powerful hurricanes churning across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, one can’t help but think about our place in the climate-change continuum. Here in the...
DATE: Sept. 15, 2017 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
A few weeks ago, we sent forth our champion with bated breath and hopeful expectations to plead our case before Tri-State, to please allow us to generate more electricity locally here at home in La...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2017 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
Waiving rules to prevent methane pollution. Stripping wetlands of protection under the Clean Water Act. Throwing out restrictions against strip-mining mountaintops and dumping the spoils into...
DATE: July 14, 2017 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
Herald readers share their photos from the 416 Fire and support of firefighting efforts. If you have photos to share, please email claws@bcimedia.com. Reminder: do not go to the fire to take photos. Please stay clear of the area. Also, do not fly drones over the fire area; it is illegal.
