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What we’ve been reading and watching (Click on any title to read the article.) Heart of a Tribe: After 27 years of advocacy and leadership, the Ute Mountain Ute chairman is ready to rest “Sitting on his horse watching his fellow ranchers ride onto Pine Crest Ranch to gather their cattle, Manuel Heart, chairman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe until Nov. 7, was exactly where he wanted to be.” Read the whole thing. Steamboat Springs City Council weighs in on Stagecoach Mountain Ranch development “Despite a lack of formal authority to push back against the Stagecoach Mountain Ranch development, the Steamboat Springs City Council is weighing in on the project in advance of Routt County’s Oct. 22 deadline for the city’s comments. While the sprawling 6,100-acre development lies outside the city’s land-use jurisdiction — limiting City Council’s role to questions and comments — councilors agreed at their regular meeting on Tuesday that Steamboat Springs cannot afford to overlook the indirect and cumulative effects the project may have on the community.”
Colorado Parks and Wildlife takes first steps toward managing bison as wildlife “The law — which originated as a priority bill in the American Indian Affairs Interim Study Committee this year — allows bison to be classified as either wildlife or livestock, requiring Parks and Wildlife to develop a plan for those that fall under the former. This dual classification mirrors several other Western states including Utah, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming.”
US Fish and Wildlife Services tells Colorado: No more wolves from Canada, Alaska “In an Oct. 10 letter, Brian Nesvik, director of USFWS, told Gov. Jared Polis and Jeff Davis, director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), that Colorado is not allowed to bring in gray wolves from Canada or Alaska. Any wolves brought to Colorado as part of the wolf reintroduction program must come from one of the lower 48 states, the agency said.
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