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Posted: Jan 28, 2012
File Under: News/Update
Issues: Legislative, Local Foods & Agriculture
By: WCA Staff
Fruit and vegetables fetch low prices at the market, but when raspberries are turned into jam, a higher price can be sought. Value-added goods, like jams, present an economic opportunity […]
Posted: Feb 1, 2012
File Under: News/Update
Issues: Other
By: WCA Staff
Last year, the Colorado Division of Wildlife and Colorado Division of Parks merged into one agency.¬†¬† To complete the merger, the composition of the new governing board has to be […]
Posted: Feb 29, 2012
File Under: News/Update
Issues: Legislative, Local Foods & Agriculture
By: WCA Staff
On Monday, the Colorado Cottage Foods Act [SB-48] passed out of the Colorado House Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Committee with a unanimous vote of 12-0. ¬† An amendment was […]
Posted: Mar 6, 2012
File Under: News/Update, Achievement
Issues: Legislative, Local Foods & Agriculture
By: WCA Staff
The Colorado Cottage Foods Act (Senate Bill 48) passed out of the Colorado House of Representatives on Monday, March 5! Coloradans are one step closer to enjoying certain homemade foods […]
Posted: Mar 18, 2012
File Under: News/Update, Achievement
Issues: Legislative, Local Foods & Agriculture
By: WCA Staff
On Thursday, March 15,¬†Governor John Hickenlooper¬†signed the bipartisan Local Foods, Local Jobs Act (SB-48) into law.¬†¬†The Act¬†, sponsored by¬†Sen. Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass) and Rep. Don Coram (R-Montrose), supports local, small-scale […]
Posted: May 3, 2012
File Under: News/Update, Achievement
Issues: Oil & Gas
By: WCA Staff
The Bureau of Land Management just announced the deferral of oil & gas leasing in the North Fork of the Gunnison Valley!¬† The BLM opted not to auction-off nearly 30,000acres, […]
Posted: Jun 18, 2012
File Under: News/Update, Achievement
Issues: Clean Energy
By: WCA Staff
by Janet Johnson, Grand Junction Map by Rocky Mountain Wild. A Denver District Court invalidated the radioactive materials license for the proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill in western Montrose County […]
Posted: Jul 10, 2012
File Under: EClarion
Issues: Uncategorized
By: WCA Staff
Seven WCC members attended an overnight field trip hosted by the Uncompahgre Plateau (UP) Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project on June 15-16, 2012.¬† They camped at the 25 Mesa Ranger […]
Posted: Aug 29, 2012
File Under: News/Update, Achievement
Issues: Western Colorado Alliance of Mesa County
By: WCA Staff
by Frank Smith, WCC Director of Organizing Mesa County residents could see a greener, cleaner Colorado Riverbank through Grand Junction.¬† As a result of a recent court ruling, the Grand […]
Posted: Aug 29, 2012
File Under: News/Update
Issues: Uncategorized
By: WCA Staff
Sign our petition to the Garfield County Commissioners! Garfield County residents from the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance (GVCA) and Western Colorado Congress filed a lawsuit against the Garfield County Commissioners […]