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2006 News
2006 Rockies Project News Coverage
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The Environmental Magazine - "Points of Light: The World Wakes Up to Climate Change" , 7/1/06USA Today - "Making sense of global warming: Downhill slide ahead?" , 6/5/06RedLodgeClearinghouse.org - "Conservation Easements: Key Concepts" , May 2006Laramie (WY) Boomerang - "County Ranks Sixth in Nurturing Youth", 5/19/06Denver Post - "Perspective: Grading the Rockies" , 5/12/06Nevada Appeal - "Storey district attorney aiming for reelection" , 5/3/06Reno Gazette-Journal "Storey County rates as kid-friendly", 5/1/06Tooele Transcript Bulletin (Utah) - "Study: few opportunities for Tooele County youth", 4/28/06Skipressworld - "Snow News from Around the World: Global Warming Alert", 4/27/06Colorado Springs Independent - "Elephant hunting in the West" , 4/27/06The Vail Trail - "Those meddling kids" , 4/26/06Sun Valley Online - "41% reduction in Baldy snowpack projected, high rivers and more" , 4/25/06Summit Daily News (Breckenridge, Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mtn., Colo.) - "Restoring respect for bugs?" , 4/24/06 (also ran on www.americanlands.org )New West Network - New Approaches to Managing Resources in the Rockies , 4/24/06Summit Daily News (Breckenridge, Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mtn., Colo.) - "'Environmental justice' an emerging topic in Rockies" , 4/24/06 (Also ran in the Vail Daily)AdventureJournalist.com - "Earth Day 2006: Humans in Nature" , 4/22/06Aspen Times - "Report warns of disaster in Colorado ski country" , 4/22/06New West Network - "Conservation Easement Movement Showing Strong Signs in the Rockies" , 4/21/06New West Network and Headwaters News - "Housing in the Rockies: Is Colorado’s Present the Ghost of Utah’s Future?" , 4/21/06 New West Network - "Report on Ranching Finds Challenge and Hope in the West" , 4/20/06New West Network - "One Scientist Forecasts an El Niño Respite from the Southwest’s Drought -- For Now" , 4/20/06Colorado Springs Independent - "Political science: Global-warming panel explores the role of scientists in politics" , 4/20/06AdventureJournalist.com - "Comment on coyote photograph in report" , 4/19/06New West Network - "Study Suggests Substantial Snowpack Loss at West's Ski Resorts by 2085" , 4/19/06New West Network - "Spring Snowpack Projected to Drop by 50% at Colorado Ski Areas by 2085" , 4/19/06New West Network - "Spring Snowpack Projected to Drop by over 30% at Montana Ski Resorts by 2085" , 4/19/06Headwaters News - "A Region that Makes Sense" , 4/6/06New West Network - "Conference Offers a Rocky-Mountain Wide Look at Region ", 4/6/06Tooele (Utah) Transcript Bulletin - "Toxic study puts county close to top in Rockies", 4/7/06Summit Daily News (Breckenridge, Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mtn., Colo.) - "'State of the Rockies' report to be released ", 4/8/06New West Network - "State of the Rockies: 2006 Report Card ", 4/10/06Rocky Mountain News - "Warming may be death of state’s winter sports ", 4/11/06 The Denver Post - "6 Colo. counties among top that threaten Rockies’ nature ", 4/11/06The Gazette - "Study: Ski resorts, water supply at risk ", 4/11/06The Gazette - "Rockies population rises 3 times more than nation’s ", 4/11/06KPCW-FM Public Radio, Park City, Utah - "State of the Rockies: Interview with Bryan Hurlbutt ", 4/11/06Headwatersnews.org - "Reporting on the Rockies, Editor’s Notes "Summit Daily News (Breckenridge, Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mtn., Colo.) - "Report: Habitat fragmentation a major issue facing Colorado ", 4/11/06New West Network - "Grading ‘The State of the Rockies’ ", 4/11/06Summit Daily News (Breckenridge, Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mtn., Colo.) - "The roots of noxious weeds ", 4/11/06, also ran in the Vail DailySummit Daily News (Breckenridge, Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mtn., Colo.) - "Weed invasions often caused by human impacts ", 4/11/06Western Skies - "State of the Rockies: Fighting Habitat Fragmentation ", 4/11/06New West Network - "Report: Population Threat Looms on Land Conservation and Biodiversity ", 4/11/06HighPlainsMessenger.com - "Are We Doomed Yet? ", 4/11/06Summit Daily News, (Breckenridge, Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mtn., Colo.), and Vail Daily - "‘Balance of nature’ as a myth ", 4/11/06Limenow.com - "Ski while you can!", 4/11/06The Gazette - "Reports: Valuable rural lands vanishing ", 4/12/06New West Network - "Report: The New Ranch May Be Key to the Success of the New West ", 4/12/06HeadwatersNews.org - "Report: Growth biggest threat to conservation and biodiversity ", 4/12/06Aspen Public Radio - "State of the Rockies, Part 1", 4/13/06 Greenwire - "Land Letter Short Takes: Rockies' ski resorts will suffer due to climate change – report", 4/13/06New West Network - "Montana Counties Do Well for Habitat, Worse for Toxicity ", 4/13/06,Independent - "Public Eye: A time to get mad ", 4/13/06The Denver Channel ABC 7 News - "Is Colorado’s ski industry doomed to global warming? Study Says Disaster Possible by 2050 ", 4/13/06, (also appeared on www.stopglobalwarming.org )New West Network - "Report: Defining Environmental Justice, Finding a Common Voice ", 4/13/06HeadwatersNews.org - "State of the Rockies 2006: Panel: Key to Ranching’s Future is Employing New Techniques ", 4/13/06Denver Post - "Warming could melt ski-area take ", 4/14/06The Gazette - "An ‘A’ for Effort ", 4/14/06Aspen Public Radio - "State of the Rockies, Part 2", 4/14/06Summit Daily News (Breckenridge, Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mtn., Colo.) - "Warming temps threaten water supplies and ecosystems ", 4/14/06, (also ran in the Lake City, Colo. News)New West Network - "Report: Unsettling Climate Changes Hover Over Ski Industry ", 4/14/06Aspen Daily News - "Report claims Aspen’s future is melting away", 4/14/06The Gazette - "Into the skin of historical figures ", 4/14/06HeadwatersNews.org - "State of the Rockies 2006: Environmental Justice Too Often Overlooked in the Region ", 4/14/06HeadwatersNews.org - "State of the Rockies 2006: Climate change could doom Colorado ski areas by 2050 ", 4/14/06New West Network - "The Heat Is On In Colorado Country ", 4/14/06Axcess News - "Global Warming Poses Major Threat to Ski Industry By 2050, Study Shows", 4/15/06Axcess News - "Rocky Mountain Region's Non-Whites and Poor Live Closest to Toxic Places", 4/15/06YubaNet - "Rocky Mountain Region’s Non-whites and Poor Live Closest to Toxic Places: Annual State of the Rockies Report Points out Cities’ Environmental Justice Issues ", 4/15/06, (also ran on dwej.com (Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice)Summit Daily News (Breckenridge, Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mtn., Colo.) - "Western states seek national political clout ", 4/16/06, (also ran in the Vail Daily, 4/17)The Gazette - "Letters: STATE OF THE ROCKIES -- Annual conference an educational experience ", 4/16/06New West Network - "Rockies Growing More Than Three Times Faster Than U.S., Report Shows ", 4/16/06Bozeman Daily Chronicle - "Dire predictions can’t quell local resorts’ optimism", 4/16/06New West Network - "Report Shows Rockies States are Neglected in National Politics ", 4/17/06New West Network - "Spring Snowpack Projected to Drop by 50% at Colorado Ski Areas by 2085 ", 4/19/06Vail Daily - "Climate change: How bad could it be? ", 4/19/06Vail Daily - "Report depicts grim future for ski industry ", 4/19/06The Gazette - "Briefly: County’s nurturing grade bumped up ", 4/19/06New West Network - "Spring Snowpack Projected to Drop by 82% at Telluride by 2085 ", 4/19/06New West Network - "Spring Snowpack Projected to Drop by 43% at Aspen by 2085 ", 4/19/06New West Network - "Spring Snowpack Projected to Drop by 89% at Taos by 2085 ", 4/19/06New West Network - "Spring Snowpack Projected to Drop by 41% at Sun Valley by 2085 ", 4/19/06New West Network - "Spring Snowpack Projected to Drop by over 60% at Utah Ski Resorts by 2085 ", 4/19/06
