Department of Natural Resources Director Dan Gibbs, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director Jeff Davis, and CPW Assistant Director Reid DeWalt appeared before the joint agriculture committees this week during the agency’s SMART Act hearing.
Colo. lawmakers bring the heat on CPW leadership regarding wolf release Read More »
SALT LAKE CITY — American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall on Sunday urged members at the group’s annual convention here to lobby hard for Congress to pass a farm bill in 2024.
Duvall to Farm Bureau members: Lobby for farm bill in 2024 Read More »
The Agriculture Department needs to collect, track, and better share data on foreign farmland ownership, but needs more money from Congress to do that, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Thursday.
GAO: USDA needs to improve tracking of foreign farmland ownership Read More »
The World Economic Forum, which is meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this week, has released a report proposing a model for achieving sustainable agriculture worldwide.
WEF releases report on financing sustainable agriculture Read More »
DENVER — Nearly 100 American bison are headed to Denver this week for the National Bison Association’s 44th annual Gold Trophy Show and Sale at the National Western Stock Show. The NBA will host a corresponding conference in nearby Westminster in which over 500 of today’s bison stewards will gather for a few days of bison-specific education, networking, feasting and fun.
100 bison headed to NWSS this week Read More »
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will hold a panel discussion with farmers and ranchers at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Friday, USDA said in a media advisory.
Vilsack to travel to National Western Stock show in Denver Read More »
I really have nothing against wolves, they are beautiful majestic animals, whose eerie nighttime howls from the packs, echo across the American west. Their calls are heard in the rural “wild” spaces, not the urban cities where the voters of Colorado gathered enough votes, by a slim margin, to overturn the overwhelming will of the rest of Colorado. Old news, brings the reality of the wolf introduction recently, applauded by many and dreaded by ranchers like me that soon will be on the front lines of the impending “wolf conflict.”
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioner Marie Haskett criticized the release of grey wolves in Colorado at the Jan. 10 commission meeting. Haskett is the sportsman’s representative, appointed in 2017 by then-Gov. John Hickenlooper.
CPW criticized for keeping wolf releases from commission members and others Read More »
Quietly, on Sept. 29, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the request of the New York Stock Exchange, proposed a rule to create a new type of company called a Natural Asset Company or NAC.
Natural Asset Companies proposed rule threatens property rights Read More »
Todd Inglee has been hired as the state of Colorado’s seventh brand commissioner in the history of the Brand Board. Founded in 1865, the Colorado brand board predates the state of Colorado. Inglee’s hiring was occasioned by the retirement of Chris Whitney, who served in the position for 12 years.
Inglee named Colorado’s seventh Brand Commissioner Read More »
