E-Clarion

June 10, 2022

An action-packed year at the Colorado Capitol

In 2022, Colorado lawmakers were called to fight fires on multiple fronts. From an economy struggling through pandemic recovery to Colorado’s cost-of-living crisis, our legislators stepped […]
June 10, 2022

Seeing the signs of healthy soil for ourselves

Farmer Lowell King welcomed us to the Soil Health Tour at his family’s farm on April 30 with a shovel in his hand. We were a […]
March 3, 2022

West Slope Youth Voice fights for accountability, visibility

Where is the Accountability? We’re halfway through our fourth year of the West Slope Youth Voice (WSYV) program and we’ve celebrated lots of wins — from […]
March 3, 2022

A breath of fresh air: New rules in the AQCC

Last December, Western Colorado Alliance and allied organizations from across Colorado achieved another victory for clean air and healthy communities. In the latest of a series […]
March 1, 2022

Waiting for a GMUG decision

The sound of a hard slap upon a creek was our welcoming call into the Kelso Mesa hiking trail. Our greeter was a beautiful brown beaver […]
November 20, 2021

20 years of GMUG work coming to a boil

20 years. Long enough to witness two generations of cicadas. Long enough for a child to be born, grow up, and become a parent. And 20 […]
November 20, 2021

Climate battle over air quality

As a new year approaches, our Alliance’s members have been hard at work trying to limit the impact of drilling in Garfield County, shaping bonding requirements […]
November 20, 2021

Connecting the Dots in our Annual Conference

On August 14, Western Colorado Alliance celebrated its 41st Annual Conference! Organized around a theme of “Connecting the Dots,” this year’s conference included a series of […]
November 20, 2021

The state of Western Colorado re-districting

With every once-a-decade census, states redraw their congressional and state legislative districts to adjust for population changes. It won’t surprise our readers that, for most of […]