GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management's Colorado State Office issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Grand Junction Field Office and Colorado River Valley Field Office Resource Management Plans. The Draft Supplemental EIS was completed in response to court decisions on both plans and considers an expanded range of alterna  more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 4 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release: A pair of laws aimed at supporting rural Colorado will go into effect on Monday, August 7. SB23-006, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator Dylan Roberts, D-Avon, and Rep. Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango, will foster economic development in rural communities by formally creating the Rural Opportunity Office (ROO) within the Office of Economic Development and International Trade. Also sponsored by Senator  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) stated, "Biden's Bureau of Land Management just announced two land grabs to kill responsible oil and gas leasing on Colorado's West Slope. Locking up another 1.6 million acres at a time when gas prices are skyrocketing just shows how out of touch this administration is with rural America. Families in the Third District depend on these jobs to put food on  more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 4 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Today, Governor Polis and the Business Support division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced the 40 recipients of the digital marketing grant that is distributed through the Small Business Accelerated Growth Program. This grant awards small businesses in Colorado $5,000 to help business owners across the state establish an online presen  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a draft plan for public lands in western Colorado that has significant potential to reduce climate emissions and increase protections for sensitive wildlife habitat, cultural sites, and wildlands. The BLM's supplemental environmental review for the Colorado River Valley and Grand Junction Field Offices is the result of litigation filed by The Wildernes  more