Brenda Bafus-Williams, Author at Western Colorado Alliance for Community Action

August 27, 2014

Published by Brenda Bafus-Williams at August 27, 2014

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Oil & Gas

Respond to oil & gas tirade!

Earlier this month, Western Colorado Congress was sucker-punched by the fracking industry. We shouldn’t have been surprised, but a Western Slope Colorado Oil & Gas Association […]

August 6, 2014

Published by Brenda Bafus-Williams at August 6, 2014

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Oil & Gas

Deal struck on O&G ballot measures

Big News This Week: Ballot measures related to oil & gas will not be on the Colorado ticket this November. On the day petitions were to […]

August 1, 2014

Published by Brenda Bafus-Williams at August 1, 2014

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Oil & Gas

WCC gathers signatures for oil & gas initiatives

by Frank Smith, WCC Director of Organizing Coloradans could get the chance to vote on two or more ballot initiatives this fall related to oil & […]

August 1, 2014

Published by Brenda Bafus-Williams at August 1, 2014

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Enter WCC’s Wilderness Photo Contest!

To honor the 1964 Wilderness Act, the 3.5 million acres of wilderness within Colorado, and our members’ tireless dedication to protecting and preserving our wildlands, Western […]

July 31, 2014

Published by Brenda Bafus-Williams at July 31, 2014

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Uranium: Cleanup before Start Up

by Dudley Case, Ridgway, and Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer As one drives the Scenic Byway 141 from Grand Junction to Nucla and Naturita, winding through the […]

July 30, 2014

Published by Brenda Bafus-Williams at July 30, 2014

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River Watch, GVCA partner on water monitoring

by Joyce Wizer and Lisa Bracken, Grand Valley Citizens Alliance The River Watch program started in 1989 with six schools on the Yampa River in northwest […]

July 30, 2014

Published by Brenda Bafus-Williams at July 30, 2014

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Public Lands

Forest ‘treatment plan’ targets up to 120,000 acres

by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer Last year, the US Forest Service initiated a large “treatment plan” for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests […]

July 16, 2014

Published by Brenda Bafus-Williams at July 16, 2014

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Job Announcement: WCC Executive Director

Western Colorado Congress (WCC) is hiring a full-time Executive Director based out of its Grand Junction office. (For a pdf of this job announcement, click here.) […]

June 10, 2014

Published by Brenda Bafus-Williams at June 10, 2014

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O&G Health Impacts Forum in Parachute

There has been cumulative scientific studies and increased concerns that chemicals used in drilling and fracking of natural gas wells have adverse effects on people living […]