/tags/federal-lands Federal Lands en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT /news/2025-03-22/western-colorado-republican-seeks-to-open-up-millions-of-acres-in-the-west-to-oil-and-gas Freshman Representative Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) is sponsoring a bill that would require Bureau of Land Management field offices across the west to adopt plans that would open up more lands to oil and gas drilling. Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT /news/2025-03-22/western-colorado-republican-seeks-to-open-up-millions-of-acres-in-the-west-to-oil-and-gas Caroline Llanes /regional-news/2025-03-18/is-federal-land-the-solution-to-the-housing-crisis-trump-officials-think-so The announcement comes as many cities and rural communities across the Mountain West struggle with housing affordability. About half the land in the West is owned by the federal government. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:22:18 GMT /regional-news/2025-03-18/is-federal-land-the-solution-to-the-housing-crisis-trump-officials-think-so Rachel Cohen /regional-news/2024-11-19/biden-has-designated-6-national-monuments-could-he-do-more Biden has created six new monuments and expanded or restored more. He’s had a particular emphasis on protections called for by tribes. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:03:52 GMT /regional-news/2024-11-19/biden-has-designated-6-national-monuments-could-he-do-more Rachel Cohen /news/2023-02-03/colorado-considers-using-public-land-for-affordable-housing Colorado lawmakers are wading into the housing crisis with a proposal to free up vacant parcels of state-owned land that could be leased or sold at a discount for affordable housing projects. The proposal is part of a snowballing trend kicked off by cities utilizing city-owned parcels and has since spawned requests to the federal government to open up land for residential development. Fri, 03 Feb 2023 19:55:23 GMT /news/2023-02-03/colorado-considers-using-public-land-for-affordable-housing Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America /news/2022-08-26/colorado-democrats-call-for-new-national-monument-in-rockies Top Colorado Democrats are asking President Joe Biden to declare a new national monument in the heart of the state's Rocky Mountains. The monument would be called Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument. Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:23:43 GMT /news/2022-08-26/colorado-democrats-call-for-new-national-monument-in-rockies Associated Press /regional-news/2022-05-23/analysis-of-recent-federal-land-protections-shows-western-states-are-all-over-the-map A new report shows that Western states vary widely in how much federal public lands within their borders have been protected from extractive uses over the last decade – with some surprising discrepancies. Tue, 24 May 2022 01:52:21 GMT /regional-news/2022-05-23/analysis-of-recent-federal-land-protections-shows-western-states-are-all-over-the-map Kaleb Roedel /news/2021-11-30/interior-seeks-higher-fees-to-drill-for-oil-and-gas-on-federal-lands The Biden administration wants Congress to increase drilling companies' royalty rates, which have stayed at 12.5% for 100 years. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:32:12 GMT /news/2021-11-30/interior-seeks-higher-fees-to-drill-for-oil-and-gas-on-federal-lands Nate Hegyi /environment/2021-09-03/biden-administration-starts-process-to-re-open-oil-and-gas-leases-on-federal-land The Biden administration is starting the process of re-opening federal lands to oil and gas leasing. That comes after a federal judge ruled Biden’s across-the-board moratorium on the leases was an executive overreach. Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:15:50 GMT /environment/2021-09-03/biden-administration-starts-process-to-re-open-oil-and-gas-leases-on-federal-land Madelyn Beck /2020-02-25/budget-watchdog-calls-for-hiking-oil-and-gas-royalty-rates-on-federal-lands On the 100th anniversary of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the nonpartisan group Taxpayers for Common Sense published a report Tuesday calling for an... Wed, 26 Feb 2020 01:10:10 GMT /2020-02-25/budget-watchdog-calls-for-hiking-oil-and-gas-royalty-rates-on-federal-lands Noah Glick /environment/2018-03-12/blm-plans-for-drilling-near-great-sand-dunes-national-park If it weren’t for the snowy alpine peaks in the background, camels would look perfectly at home in the undulating yellow sand hills of Colorado’s Great… Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:49:58 GMT /environment/2018-03-12/blm-plans-for-drilling-near-great-sand-dunes-national-park Rae Ellen Bichell