Tagged: U.S. Forest Service

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12:09pm

Wed April 18, 2012

2:52pm

Tue April 17, 2012
Wilderness

Frozen Cows Present a Conundrum for Forest Service

Credit Chris Bartle / Creative Commons/Flickr

The U.S. Forest Service is considering using explosives to dispose of a half-dozen frozen cows that died after getting stuck inside a cabin about nine miles from Aspen.

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2:48pm

Tue April 17, 2012
Environment

As Deadly Bat Disease Inches West, U.S. Forest Service Weighs Options on Colorado Cave Closures

Credit USFWS/Ann Froschauer

The U.S. Forest Service says it’s weighing options when it comes to renewing a closure of caves and abandoned mines in Colorado and four other states. The news comes as one environmental group is calling for even more closures in the West to prevent the spread of White Nose Syndrome, which has killed millions of bats on the East Coast.

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10:20am

Mon April 16, 2012
Politics

Bill Pushes for Sale of Federal Lands in Colorado

Credit Colorado General Assembly / www.state.co.us

A state house committee is set to hear a controversial bill today that seeks to force the federal government to sell certain public lands in Colorado and put some of the proceeds into a state trust fund for education and water projects.

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