Oil producers want to quadruple the amount of fracked waxy crude that comes out of Utah’s Uinta Basin. Between 80,000 and 90,000 barrels per day are currently trucked to refineries in Salt Lake City, but refinery production there is capped due to air pollution on the Wasatch Front. So, Utah officials and oil producers have […]
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Forest Service to hold El Jebel property open house
The U.S. Forest Service will hold an open house on Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at the El Jebel Community Center, 20 Eagle County Rd., El Jebel. The purpose of the event is to give the public the opportunity to obtain more information on the service’s plan to sell or lease an […]
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Responsible recreation begins with education
National Forest Week (July 11-17) was started four years ago by the National Forest Foundation to “celebrate our incredible 193-million-acre National Forest System and all the benefits it provides to the public.” How do we responsibly celebrate our surroundings? Sam Massman, White River National Forest recreation program manager, said educating the public about responsible recreation […]
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Part 1: If an aspen grove falls…
Since February 14, 2022, the popular backcountry recreation area Williams Peak, located along Four Mile Road, has undergone a transformation. A 90-acre “treatment area,” as it’s referred to by the Forest Service, sees a forest once so dense it required bush whacking to navigate, turning into a field of stumps. According to a road closure […]
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Proposed Forest Service conveyance advances
Perhaps you’re familiar, perhaps not, but the Forest Service administrative site on Valley Road, east of El Jebel and Crown Mountain Park, is bracing for change. Thirty acres of the 70-acre site, which has been used for Forest Service employee housing for decades, is slated for conveyance and its future use is yet to be […]
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Input sought for Sweetwater management
Although it’s over the hill and through the woods, Sweetwater Lake is still part of Garfield County and of particular interest to outdoor enthusiasts. For decades, the acreage has fluctuated between private landowners but was recently sold, yet again, to the most attractive bidder: the federal government. The 488 acre purchase was financed by the […]
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Defiende's new director continues old traditions
To bring a piece of foliage indoors during the darkest days of the year; it’s a tradition that has taken many forms over millennia. What we call Christmas trees today signal back to pre-Christianity, with the Celts, Vikings and Egyptians all honoring evergreens — symbols of eternal life — around the winter solstice. On Dec. […]