The DAILY SENTINEL January 31, 2019 By Dennis Webb A poll release Thursday by Colorado College suggests a disconnect between the priorities of western voters when it comes to public lands, and those of the Trump administration’s energy-dominance agenda. The college’s 9th annual State of the Rockies survey also identified increasing concern among westerners about […]
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Concern for Western lands
The Daily Sentinel Feb 1, 2019 By DENNIS WEBB A poll released Thursday by Colorado College suggests a disconnect between the priorities of Western voters when it comes to public lands, and those of the Trump administration’s energy-dominance agenda. The college’s ninth-annual State of the Rockies survey also identified increasing concern among Westerners about climate change. […]
Poll: NM Voters Show Bipartisan Support for Public Lands
Public News Service February 1, 2019 ALBUQUERQUE, M.N. – Voters in eight Western states, including New Mexico, oppose policies by the Trump administration that shrink national monuments and promote oil and gas development as part of an “energy dominance” agenda. Both Republicans and Democrats responding to the ninth annual “Conservation in the West” poll said […]
New Poll Underscores Overwhelming Montana Support for Conserving Wildlife, Protecting Migration Corridors
The Outdoor Wire Friday, February 1, 2019 New polling out Thursday from Colorado College that shows Montanans and Americans throughout the West support conservation of wildlife habitat and collaborative strategies to protect and preserve vital migration corridors. The poll also raises concerns about the Department of the Interior’s singular focus on energy development — to […]
Wyoming Voters Want Access To Fed Lands
FEBRUARY 1, 2019 by Jackson Hole Radio News The ninth annual Colorado College “State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll” released yesterday shows voters in Wyoming continue to support efforts to keep public lands protected and accessible, putting them at odds with the current administration’s “energy dominance” agenda. The poll surveyed the […]
Poll: Wyomingites strongly conservationist despite conflicts in land use, energy development
CASPER STAR TRIBUNE SCOTTSBLUFF STAR HERALD STAR HERALD ONLINE Heather Richards Feb 1, 2019 Among their Western neighbors, Wyomingites remain the least concerned by climate change, but most are unabashedly conservationists, valuing an outdoors economy and protections for open spaces, according to an annual poll published by Colorado College. Just 52 percent of Wyomingites consider […]
Bill would prohibit oil and gas leases in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains
RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL by Benjamin Spillman Published 5:00 p.m. PT Jan. 31, 2019 Nevada’s picturesque Ruby Mountains would be entirely off limits to oil and gas leasing under a bill in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto wrote the bill that would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases […]
Poll: Nevadans Favor Public-Lands Conservation Over Energy Production
NEVADA CAPITAL NEWS by Suzanne Potter January 31, 2019 CARSON CITY – Almost two-thirds of Nevadans oppose the Trump administration’s emphasis on energy production over conservation on public land, according to a new poll. Researchers for the ninth annual “Conservation in the West” poll from Colorado College surveyed 400 registered voters in eight western states, […]
Coloradans, other Westerners strongly support public lands, conservation, new poll says
Annual Colorado College survey shows growing concern about water supplies, climate change By JUDITH KOHLER | jkohler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: January 31, 2019 at 5:50 pm | UPDATED: January 31, 2019 at 10:23 pm A new poll showing that a majority of Coloradans consider themselves conservationists and favor protecting natural resources and wildlife […]
PUBLIC LANDS Western voters want protection, not drilling – poll
Jennifer Yachnin, E&E News reporter Published: Thursday, January 31, 2019 Western state voters want the 116th Congress to focus on ensuring clean air and water, as well as access to public lands, rather than maximizing energy production, according to a survey released today. The results are included in the ninth annual Conservation in the West […]
