2006 Report Card
The 2006 Colorado College State of the Rockies Report Card
The 2006 State of the Rockies Report Card continues the Rockies Project tradition of reporting key issues in this unique region of spectacular natural beauty, cultural wealth, abundant resources, and fragile environment. In these pages you will find analysis and discussion of some key issues that confront the Rockies: biodiversity, ranch economics, climate change, land conservation, and child development.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
President's Introduction
Colorado College, The Rocky Mountain West, and The State of the Rockies Project
Editors' Preface and Executive Summary
Rockies Baseline: Vital Signs for a Region in Transition
A Common Western Voice: Can the Rockies Be Heard in Washington, D.C.?
Ranching in the Rockies: Threats and Signs of Hope
Conservation Easements: Preserving Private Land in the Rockies
New Resource Management: Innovative Approaches in the Rockies
Experiments in Managing the Federal Estate: The Case of the Valles Caldera
Biodiversity: a Coat of Many Colors
The Invasion of Our Rockies: Hype or Management Priority
Myths Versus Realities Concerning Threatened and Endangered Species in the Rockies
The Endangered Species Act of 1973: An Overview
Preserving Biodiversity: Mapping Habitat Threat in the Rockies
Fragmenting the Western American Landscape
Regional Challenges of Future Climate Change
Climate Change: Modeling a Warmer Rockies and Assessing the Implications
Environmental Justice: Income, Race, Ethnicity and Toxic Pollution in the Rockies Metro Areas
Grading the Rockies: Nurturing the Youth - REVISED April 14, 2006
Methods, Additional Acknowledgements, and Contributors' Biographies