Sophie Stuber

1 week ago | telluridenews.com | Sophie Stuber

The San Miguel County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) voted to approve a wetlands special use permit for the Telluride Regional Airport’s southside hangars project during their meeting on Wednesday, June 11. There are two wetlands in the proposed project area, which total 1.51 acres, along with a 0.37 acre non-wetland waterbody. These wetlands are located within the stormwater detention basins south of the airport runway and help slow runoff discharge into the San Miguel River.

1 week ago | telluridenews.com | Sophie Stuber

Nationally, it hasn’t been a good week for public lands advocates — a proposal to sell off millions of acres of federal lands is back. The plan from Senate Republicans, as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, would have the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) select anywhere from 2.2 million to 3.3 million acres of public lands across 11 Western states, including Colorado, to build housing.

2 weeks ago | telluridenews.com | Sophie Stuber

With changes in federal regulations and a high demand for critical minerals, southwestern Colorado’s mining potential is once again gathering attention, especially as the Department of the Interior plans to accelerate the permitting process for energy resources.

2 weeks ago | montrosepress.com | Sophie Stuber

Eighteen months after the first wolves were released in Colorado, a lone female wolf has traveled into the northern San Juans. The most recent Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) map, updated at the end of each month, showed the wolf’s GPS collar was tagged in the San Juan and Animas watersheds. Although it is the first instance a wolf has come back into the local region, there is no way to know whether she is still here or simply passing through.

2 weeks ago | telluridenews.com | Sophie Stuber

Eighteen months after the first wolves were released in Colorado, a lone female wolf has traveled into the northern San Juans. The most recent Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) map, updated at the end of each month, showed the wolf’s GPS collar was tagged in the San Juan and Animas watersheds. Although it is the first instance a wolf has come back into the local region, there is no way to know whether she is still here or simply passing through.