Chaffee County Camping and Travel Management Plan

Chaffee County Camping and Travel Management Plan

BLM accepting comments through May 20 The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to develop a plan to manage camping and associated vehicle routes in Chaffee County and is seeking public input. The management plan is being developed in response to: Increased demand...
Stop the Uinta Basin Railway

Stop the Uinta Basin Railway

AN OIL TRAIN, AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER, A BOONDOGGLE. The proposed Uinta Basin Railway is designed to carry oil from Utah to distant refineries and markets. The project would drag the region’s economy deeper into an unhealthy dependence on fossil fuel extraction. The...
Transportation board kills plan for trains to return to Colorado’s dormant Tennessee Pass

Trains could carry crude oil through Browns Canyon

Surface Transportation Board accepting comments through Jan. 28. The Rio Grande Pacific railroad has announced that it will lease Union Pacific’s Tennessee Pass rail line from Eagle to Parkdale, near the Royal Gorge. According to a press release, Colorado...