(April 16, 2008) We all talk a big game, but none of us really know what balance looks like in practice. Maybe it's time we figure that out... This week, a group of conservation heavy hitters will unveil a group that might be able to answer that question. Read more.

JACKSON, Wyo. (April 17, 2008) The organizers of a new sportsmen group say it's time for hunters and anglers to get more aggressive about protecting fishing waters and big-game habitat from energy development across the Western states. Read more.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado (April 1, 2008) — New draft rules for energy development in Colorado call for more environmental and water protections, while also abandoning a proposed permitting process that drew the ire of the oil and gas industry.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on Monday released a set of proposed regulations that include restricting drilling in critical wildlife areas, primarily in Western Colorado, for specified periods of up to 90 days and prohibiting the construction of oil and gas facilities within 500 feet of “sources of drinking water” for a distance of five miles upstream of a “public water supply intake.” Read more.

The Bush administration's rejection of Gov. Bill Ritter's compromise plan to develop gas reserves on the Roan Plateau risks turning one of the most priceless parts of Colorado into a national sacrifice zone.

Congress should reverse Thursday's ill-considered announcement by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and write the environmental safeguards sought by Ritter into law. Read more.