As Seth Boster discussed in “Western Colorado officials present alternative to controversial national monument idea,” a national conservation area (NCA) was recently proposed for part of the Dolores River Canyon. While this proposal would provide some protection, the counties are excluding historical and cultural sites, along with other lands important for wildlife. The soaring cliff sides and riparian ecosystem along the full Dolores River are currently threatened, not just in the proposed NCA area.
In contrast to a national monument, a national conservation area requires legislative support to be established. It seems unlikely that the NCA will promptly receive the necessary congressional delegation. Given the significance of the Dolores Canyonlands, I believe we need to consider alternate methods.
The previously proposed Dolores Canyons National Monument could be designated by the president, eliminating the delay of a NCA. This proposal includes almost 400,000 acres, including the proposed NCA area, and is known as Colorado’s largest and most biodiverse area of unprotected lands. The Dolores area exemplifies all of the amazing opportunities public lands provide.
From whitewater rafting to hiking, this land is a space to enjoy Colorado’s beautiful landscape. While there should be continued input from stakeholders, I believe a national monument designation could be used to balance the future use of the land while mitigating environmental impacts. I urge anyone similarly concerned with the Dolores’ protection to share their thoughts.
Together we can work to protect this unique landscape. Noah Schroder Denver Why Ballot Initiative 91 (to prohibit the trophy hunting and trapping of Colorado wildcats) will pass: I participated in signature gathering for this petition, and collected signatures from two hunters — real hunters. They were happy to sign the petition, while denouncing the concept of “trophy hunting,” acknowledging that it is not really hunting, despite being labelled as such.
They wanted no association with trophy hunters, were eager to sign, and thanked me for volunteering my time. This ballot will pass because a majority of Coloradoans want it, and we live in a democracy. Animal cruelty to generate profit is gradually becoming less and less acceptable to a well-informed public.
A majority of Colorado residents believe that trophy hunting, and slaughtering wildcats to support the China fur trade have no place in Colorado. And finally, Colorado residents also know that the animals cannot speak up for themselves and as such, will be prepared to do so this November. John Lieberman Denver If the rules don’t work for you, change them.
That appears to be the belief of the Biden Administration and the Democratic Party. Democratic Party primaries were held in 48 states between Jan. 23 and June 8.
During these primaries President Joe Biden won 3,905 delegates of the 3,949 delegates available. When it became clear after the June 27 presidential debate between former President Trump and President Biden that the President’s mental acuity had declined significantly, and he could not win the upcoming Presidential Election, he was pressured to remove himself from the November election. Within days, without receiving a single Democratic primary vote, Vice President Kamala Harris was chosen to be the Democratic Party’s Presidential nominee.
If you can’t win with the candidate who was selected to be the nominee by voters in 48 states, pressure him to remove himself from the race, and replace him with an individual who has a chance of winning. Simply put, change the rules. Last week President Biden forcibly argued to change the Constitution of the United States to impose restrictions on Supreme Court Justices.
Simply put, if you do not agree with how the Supreme Court Justices are deciding cases, change the rules. The Democratic Party has said this election is about saving democracy. Sadly, when the rules don’t work for them their solution is to change the rules, to change the Constitution, and to leave democratic principles in the dust.
Daniel Bradley Monument GOP VP nominee JD Vance, previously known as James Donald Bowman, James David Hamel, James David Vance, J.D. Hamel, (look it up) has stated that Kamala Harris is a DEI hire.
The inference being that her long history as a prosecuting attorney, District Attorney, Attorney General of California, US Senator of California, and Vice President of the United States was achieved only because of her gender and race. This from a white dude with 18 months experience in government. I too question DEI designations.
Here’s a DEI group we could do without: Don Jr., Erik, and Ivanka. But let’s look at the GOP ticket.
The “D” they hate stands for diversity. The “D” they represent means dictatorship, deceit, dishonesty, discrimination, defamation, dangerous, delusional, decadent, deranged, drill baby drill. You get the idea.
The “E” stands for equity, another term they dislike. Their “E” represents egotistical, erratic, exclusionary, extramarital, expletive, exhibitionist, and represents erosion, entropy. The “I” stands for Inclusion.
To the GOP, the “I” stands for incite, inflame, idolize, illiberal, ignorance, impeached, idiocy, ill-gotten, insanity, I-Donald. Just a short list of many D, E, I nouns, verbs, and adjectives that apply to the modern Republican party. As a multi-cat male who never had children, I fit a group that JD Vance and his ilk wish to silence.
The Project 2025 (that Trump “never heard of”), 920 page manifesto that was written by numerous Trump aides and the Heritage Foundation, spells out their plan to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. They plan to end democracy, screw the environment, and incarcerate those of us that dare to believe that all people have a right to live a life with a decent income, health insurance, affordable education, clean air and water, safe food, and access to safe abortions if necessary. Craig S.
Chisesi Rifle.
