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Articles

Defining state's forests: Conservationists, industry at odds over fate of 300,000 roadless acres   The Denver Post (8/27/08)

Editorial: Legislative Lessons: Roadless Rules   Seattle Post-Intelligencer (8/25/08)

Our View (editorial): Beetles teach balance   Steamboat Pilot (8/24/08)

Managing leases in roadless areas confusing   Grand Junction Sentinel (8/24/08)

Event focuses on roadless rule   The Coloradoan (8/24/08)

Roadless Rule Takes Another U-Turn   New West (Missoula, MT) (8/23/08)

Roadless plan called ‘purposely’ vague   The Pueblo Chieftain (8/22/08)

Bush admin wades into roadless rule legal mess   Greenwire (8/22/08)

GMUG Forest Plan delayed longer   Delta County Independent (8/21/08)

Residents say roadless rule leaves too much room   Durango Herald (8/21/08)

Forest Service will present roadless plan tonight   Denver Post (8/21/08)

Roadless rules concern group   Craig Daily Press (8/21/08)

Roadless meeting draws comments   Valley Courier (8/20/08)

Editorial: There Ought to Be a Roadless Law   New York Times (8/20/08)

National Forest roadless review begins   Summit Daily News (8/19/08)

Groups plan fight against draft rules for forests   The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (8/19/08)

Editorial: Move forward on roadless plan   The Denver Post (8/19/08)

Roadless rule draws criticism   Colorado Springs Gazette (8/18/08)

Federal Court Rules Against Western Road Building Ban   Natural Gas Intelligence (8/18/08)

Comments sought on plan for roadless areas in forests   Pueblo Chieftain (8/17/08)

Open House set on Roadless Rule   The Del Norte Prospector (8/14/08)

Roadless debate lands in Durango   The Durango Telegraph (8/14/08)

District Judge in Wyoming Again Overturns 2001 Roadless Rule Banning Development   BNA (8/13/08)

U.S. Judge in Wyoming Rules Against Ban on Forest Roads   New York Times (8/12/08)

Federal judge in Wyo. overturns 'roadless rule'   Associated Press (8/12/08)

Proposed FS roadless rule for Colorado rouses criticism   Public Lands News (8/8/08)

HD Mountains drilling set to begin   The Durango Telegraph (8/7/08)

Proposed Colorado Roadless Rule and Draft Environmental Impact Statement Open Houses Planned across State
United States Forest Service Press Release (8/5/08)

Plan would limit roads in forests statewide   Colorado Springs Gazette (8/3/08)

Federal panel weighs in on Colo. forest plan   Associated Press (7/31/08)

Road plan for forests debated   Denver Post (7/31/08)

Forest Service releases draft EIS for Colo. roadless plan   E&E News PM [via Greenwire] (7/23/08)

Forest plan full of holes, critics say   Denver Post (7/23/08)

Environmental group: Ritter forest plan backfired   Aspen Times (7/23/08)

Pew Environmental Group says Gov. Ritter's drilling plan backfired   Daily Camera (7/23/08)

Pew Environmental Group: Ritter's forest plan allowed for gas leasing   Glenwood Springs Post Independent (7/23/08)

97 forest leases couth go through despite Ritter plan   Grand Junction Sentinel (7/23/08)

Court ruling clears way for gas pipeline in some roadless forest in western Colorado  Rocky Mountain News (6/21/08)

Enviros can't stop Bull Mountain Pipeline   Grand Junction Sentinel (6/19/08)

Oil and Gas: BLM's lease sale plan for Roan Plateau parcels sparks outcry  Land Letter (6/12/08)

Wildlife supporters at COGCC meeting say wildlife and energy development can coexist  Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (6/10/08)

Judge stops Colorado pipeline work  Aspen Times (6/7/08)

The rush to drill: BLM pushes for oil and gas exploration in sensitive areas  Durango Telegraph (6/5/08)

BLM Deferred 82% of Colorado Lease Sale Acreage  Natural Gas Intelligence (5/12/08)

Energy Development: 'It's David vs. Godzilla'  Summit Daily News (5/17/08)

Oil, gas industry wants to split up proposed Colorado rules overhaul  Aspen Times (5/2/08)

Judge denies motion to block gas pipeline in Colorado roadless area  Aspen Times (5/2/08)

Colo. officials weigh in on auction of oil, gas leases  Associated Press (4/23/08)

Proposed oil, gas leases in southern Colorado net protests  Associated Press (4/22/08)

Summit a green light for alliance  Associated Press (4/22/08)

Rocky Mountain Roadless Ruckus  The Roadless Report (3/21/08)

Pitkin County, environmental groups sue feds over pipeline  Aspen Daily News (3/6/08)

Rey: States that back roadless forests should pay for fire costs  Associated Press (3/6/08)

Report: Manage Colorado forests  Casper Star-Tribune (2/22/08)

EPA raises concerns about Colorado's roadless plan  Summit Daily News (2/20/08)

A decade later, roadless plans going in circles  Aspen Daily News (2/17/08)

Enviros win one on drilling near Carbondale  Aspen Times (1/31/08)

Groups sue to stop gas drilling in HDs  Durango Herald (1/24/08)

Environmentalists object to gas line planned in roadless areas Denver Post (1/9/08)

U.S. Forest Service plans to lift roadless area protections Environment News Service (12/31/07)

Comment sought on roadless proposal Ouray News (12/28/07)

State may soften its roadless stance Denver Post (12/27/07)

Feds open environmental analysis of Colorado roadless forests Denver Post (December 26, 2007)

Roadless plan supported  Daily Camera (8/8/07)

Colorado, feds start crafting rules on roadless forest land  Summit Daily News (5/21/07)

Ritter sends roadless petition to Feds  Durango Herald (4/12/07)

Articles published before January 1, 2007

 

Op-Eds

Colorado roadless areas deserve as much protection as other states'   Grand Junction Sentinel (7/28/08)

Colorado loses in Roan plan  Denver Post (6/10/08)

Fight over the Roadless Area rule in national forests is purposeless  Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1/22/08)

No retreat on wild lands  Rocky Mountain News (2/13/07)

Op-eds published before January 1, 2007

 

Letters to the editor

Colorado needs to act to protect roadless areas   Grand Junction Sentinel (8/19/08)

Letters to the editor published before January 1, 2007
 

Press Releases

TWS responds to Bush’s latest court moves against “roadless rule” (08/21/08)

Udall Statement on BLM Decision to Lease Roan Plateau in August (06/09/08)

Senator Salazar's Comments on Roan Lease Sale Announcement (06/09/08)

Gov. Ritter Statement on BLM Decision to Issue Roan Leases in August (06/09/08)

Roadless Rulemaking Begins for National Forests in Colorado United States Forest Service (07/5/08)

Response from Undersecretary Rey to Gov. Ritter about Colorado Inventoried Roadless Areas 2007 Petition (04/27/08)

Letter from Gov. Ritter to Undersecretary Rey about Colorado Inventoried Roadless Areas 2007 Petition (04/11/08)

Press releases published before January 1, 2007