Colorado snowpack now at 95% of season to date average, a huge jump thanks to our recent run of storms. Just 11 days ago, we were at 83% and each of our 8 main basins were below average! #COwx

Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies science.org/content/articl…

“I want people to know that we were important,” said Ryver, 26. “We were working hard trying to do what we felt was right: connecting people to the environment, and protecting this place. It was not wasteful.” tampabay.com/news/environme…

In my experience, governments almost never actually meet the existing CORA deadlines. I doubt they'll meet these proposed extended deadlines either, which means obtaining public records will take even longer -- much longer than the proposed extended time frame

SCOOP: Recent government actions have all but derailed ongoing efforts to save the black-footed ferret. Benji Jones has the story Vox: vox.com/down-to-earth/…

If you are a NOAA or NWS employee in Colorado who was fired today, I'd like to talk to you for a The Denver Post story. I'm also on the other blue app, DM for signal.

Tune in as we provide live context about Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's testimony and the questions he gets from Rep. Lauren Boebert and Congressman Gabe Evans. I'll try to post some things here but the link below is where most stuff will go! #copolitics

Last month, I filed a FOIA request to the National Park Service for recent staff terminations, resignations and probationary notices at Mammoth Cave National Park. Today, the agency told me I can expect a response by October 2026, about 18 months from now.

On Sunday I wrote about the president dismantling the EPA, especially the agency's role in protecting the most polluted communities. denverpost.com/2025/03/09/col…

Suncor spilled some poison into Sand Creek last month. Here's what the company reported tonight: denverpost.com/2025/03/12/sun…

“Depraved and mind-blowing”: Water officials knew that opening dams to meet Trump’s wishes was ill-advised. Here’s why it happened anyway: latimes.com/environment/st…

While atop a mountain Saturday at Chiricahua National Monument, I heard the news the Trump administration was finally doing what many public land advocates feared: targeting recently created national monuments for elimination. My story: insideclimatenews.org/news/18032025/…

The federal 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has backed four hunters who were sued for corner crossing at Carbon County's Elk Mountain, opening millions of acres of federal property in Wyoming to the public. wyofile.com/appeals-court-…

Colorado #immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra has been detained by ICE, according to the American Friends Service Committee. The group says she was detained Monday and placed at the detention facility in Aurora. For The Denver Post with Lauren Penington. denverpost.com/2025/03/18/jea…

New U.S. EPA Mountains and Plains Region Administrator Cyrus Western says engaging with tribes, residents and industry leaders key to dual goal of protecting the environment and supporting blue-collar jobs. - WyoFile wyofile.com/a-qa-with-cyru…

New: Federal agency killed one of Colorado's newest wolves this weekend after it wandered into Wyoming. The wolf was suspected of killing sheep. It was one of the wolves relocated from Canada to Colorado in January as part of CO reintroduction. denverpost.com/2025/03/20/col…

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing 1st Amendment.

Some good news! Endangered steelhead trout, snatched from harm's way in the Palisades fire burn scar, have spawned in their new home -- a creek west of Santa Barbara. Roughly 100 baby fish were tallied. latimes.com/environment/st…

In what would be a dramatic shift for the National Park Service, the Trump admin's "skinny" budget proposes handing over the cost and responsibility of some parks to states subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

Millions of acres of Colorado's public land are eligible for sale under the Republican budget bill. They include popular mountain biking (Lunch Loops) and hiking trails, all of the forest east of Indian Peaks Wilderness, and more. Map and context here: denverpost.com/2025/06/17/col…