May 21, 2022
Join us June 25 at the Salida SteamPlant as Clay Jenkinson portrays John Wesley Powell, the American explorer and geologist whose expeditions included boating western U.S. rivers. Proceeds will go to the Central Colorado Humanists Scholarship...
Dec 13, 2021
The Uinta Basin Railway in Utah has received preliminary approval, and if constructed, the UBR will maximize shipments of dirty tar sands oil through Colorado along hundreds of miles of the Colorado River, further threatening a critical water resource that is already...
Oct 9, 2021
With A LOT of help from our Friends, we successfully defeated an attempt to reactivate the long-dormant Tennessee Pass rail line without any environmental review. But the Uinta Basin Railway in Utah remains on track for approval. If constructed, the UBR will maximize...
Jul 10, 2021
Thirteen Friends of Browns Canyon volunteers and three U.S. Forest Service staffers from the Salida Ranger District joined forces to complete a work project Friday, June 25, in the Aspen Ridge Roadless Area of Browns Canyon National Monument. We hiked a mile into the...
May 7, 2021
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...
Mar 25, 2021
Colorado Midland & Pacific’s request for expedited approval of a plan to restore rail service was nixed on Thursday by the Surface Transportation Board. by Jason Blevins — The Surface Transportation Board on Thursday rejected a plan by a rail operator to revive...
