by CONPS ME | Aug 1, 2019 | Conservation Public Comment and Reports
The CoNPS Conservation Committee signed on to comments made by the High Country Conservation Advocates and other conservation organizations regarding the Grand Mesa and Uncompagre Revised Forest Plan. The Committee also submitted our own comments which had a...
by CONPS ME | Jul 3, 2019 | Conservation Public Comment and Reports
On July 2, 2019, CoNPS commented on the Jacks Gulch Fuels Management Plan in the Canyon Lakes Ranger District. The Forest Service plans to thin the forest in order to reduce the build-up of fuels that generate forest fires. CoNPS Comments on the project are...
by CONPS ME | Jun 24, 2019 | Conservation Public Comment and Reports
On June 20, 2019 CoNPS signed on to a letter written by the Quiet Use Coalition regarding the Browns Canyon National Monument Resource Management Plan. The letter was co-signed by the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, the Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Wild...
by CONPS ME | Jun 3, 2019 | Mission Grant Recipients
The CoNPS Spring 2019 Mission Grant committee awarded $700.00 to Mary Menz and the Ute Indian Museum in Montrose Colorado. The award will support interpretive signage about regional native plant communities and Ute ethnobotanical uses of local...
by CONPS ME | May 21, 2019 | John Marr Grant Recipients
The John Marr Funded Grants to Four Researchers in 2019 Justin Bain – $800“Understanding how the floral nutrient landscape influences bee foraging, pollination, and the structure of plant-pollinator interaction networks” Emily Lockard – $800“Use of native...
