Dennis Webb

Grand Junction

Reporter at Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Reporter, Garfield County bureau, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, specializing in energy and other natural resource issues

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Articles

Colorado BLM director: New plans, redirected staff will help with energy focus

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dennis Webb

The Colorado state director of the Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday said the completion of numerous planning processes and the redirecting of some of the staff involved with them will help the agency implement Trump administration directives regarding increased domestic energy development, despite the agency’s workforce limitations.
Stone-Manning, Hickenlooper worried by talk of public land sales

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dennis Webb

The last director of the Bureau of Land Management is voicing alarm about the possibility of selling federal lands to help pay for tax cuts, something U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper also unsuccessfully sought to block in a recently passed Senate budget resolution. “I’m concerned that there are people talking about selling off our public lands to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
Report details statewide, area forest pest threats

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dennis Webb

An insect called the western spruce budworm continues to be the most widespread forest pest in Colorado, but a bark beetle with notable infestations in places such as the Grand Mesa is the deadliest such pest, according to a new report. The annual forest health report from the Colorado State Forest Service makes use of aerial survey data it generates along with the U.S. Forest Service, supplemented by field inspections and other information-gathering.
Ute Water to see leadership change

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dennis Webb

General Manager Larry Clever will be stepping down from leading the Ute Water Conservancy District after guiding the utility through 30 years of change, and another top official there has who got his start as a meter reader has been named the finalist to replace him. Ute Water said in a news release that Clever has announced that he’ll be retiring effective May 30.
Report details statewide, area forest pest threats

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dennis Webb

An insect called the western spruce budworm continues to be the most widespread forest pest in Colorado, but a bark beetle with notable infestations in places such as the Grand Mesa is the deadliest such pest, according to a new report. The annual forest health report from the Colorado State Forest Service makes use of aerial survey data it generates along with the U.S. Forest Service, supplemented by field inspections and other information-gathering.
Ute Water to see leadership change

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dennis Webb

General Manager Larry Clever will be stepping down from leading the Ute Water Conservancy District after guiding the utility through 30 years of change, and another top official there has who got his start as a meter reader has been named the finalist to replace him. Ute Water said in a news release that Clever has announced that he’ll be retiring effective May 30.
Tri-State looks to build gas-fired power plant in Moffat County

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dennis Webb

Allen Best/Special to The Daily SentinelTri-State Generation and Transmission Association's coal-fired Craig Generating Station. Allen Best/Special to The Daily Sentinel Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is hoping to build a 307-megawatt natural-gas-fired power plant in Moffat County and contract for a 200-megawatt battery storage facility there to help offset the impacts of shutting down the coal-fired Craig Station power plant in that same county.
Tri-State looks to build gas-fired power plant in Moffat County

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dennis Webb

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is hoping to build a 307-megawatt natural-gas-fired power plant in Moffat County and contract for a 200-megawatt battery storage facility there to help offset the impacts of shutting down the coal-fired Craig Station power plant in that same county. Tri-State included the plans Friday in a report it filed with the state Public Utilities Commission for its consideration.
Sgamma no longer BLM director nominee after Jan. 6 comments disclosed

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dennis Webb

Coloradan and former oil and gas lobbyist Kathleen Sgamma, who has spoken favorably about the idea of the Bureau of Land Management headquarters being located in Grand Junction, is no longer the nominee to serve as the director of that agency after the recent disclosure of comments she made that were critical of the Jan. 6, 2021, events at the U.S. Capitol and President Trump’s role in them.
Sgamma no longer BLM director nominee after Jan. 6 comments disclosed

2 weeks ago | gjsentinel.com | Dennis Webb

Coloradan and former oil and gas lobbyist Kathleen Sgamma, who has spoken favorably about the idea of the Bureau of Land Management headquarters being located in Grand Junction, is no longer the nominee to serve as the director of that agency following the recent disclosure of comments she made that were critical of the Jan. 6, 2021, events at the U.S. Capitol and President Trump’s role in them.