by Jennifer Oldham | Jun 5, 2026 | Bureau of Land Management, Colorado, Fossil Fuels, national monuments, News, Oil and Gas Drilling, Oil and Gas Lease, public lands
A federal agency will offer tens of thousands of acres in northwestern Colorado that the nation’s largest elk herd relies upon for migration, foraging and winter habitat to oil and gas companies for lease in the state’s biggest such sale in modern history. More than 100 parcels included in a June 16 lease sale by the Bureau of Land Management encompass elk, pronghorn and mule deer migration…
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by Wyatt Myskow | Dec 20, 2025 | Climate Change, Donald Trump, Drinking Water, Extractivism, Mining, national monuments, News, oil and gas, Oil and Gas Drilling, public land, public lands, Trump Administration, Water, Water Shortage
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The 31 national monuments designated since the Clinton administration, which could be downsized as the Trump administration pushes to open more public lands to extractive industries, safeguard clean water for…
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