“Industrial livestock agriculture — raising cows, pigs and chickens — generates as much greenhouse gas emissions as all cars, trucks and automobiles combined…”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Seven
Over the past several decades, new concerns about the Colorado River and its tributaries have developed — concerns that didn’t exist when the Hoover Dam was built…
OPINION: Response to State Board of Education Member Joyce Rankin
My heart aches; an educational effort to promote inclusivity for all students has been twisted and manipulated for political purposes…
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Six
Would it be possible to modify the behavior of the San Juan River, artificially, so that a two-month recreational ‘rafting season’ could be extended by a couple more weeks?
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Five
Water-related recreation is playing an ever-larger role in Colorado water planning, it seems….
OPINION: No, Colorado Voting Laws Aren’t More Restrictive Than Georgia’s
Misinformation about election laws spreads following relocation of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game to Denver…
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Four
If 4,664 acres of agricultural land using ‘ditch irrigation’ (40% efficient) could be upgraded to ‘gated pipe irrigation’ (55% efficient)… hmmm…
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Three
The ditch improvements and repairs suggested by the WEP survey appear to total nearly $5.5 million…
Open Letter to Secretary Haaland Regarding Wild Horse Policies
Relocating wild horses from areas where they are in conflict with livestock interests via humane methods… is both economically and ecologically appropriate…
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part Two
Here is a slight close-up of Ms. Purcell’s map, showing the area surrounding downtown Pagosa Springs, with some identifying words added. Hatcher Lake. Walmart. Downtown. Wolf Creek Pass…
EDITORIAL: Digging Into the Ditches, and Such, Part One
But it takes basically the same number of employees, working the same number of hours, to treat and deliver 1,000 acre-feet of water as it takes to treat and deliver 2,000 acre-feet of water…
LETTER: Considering Pagosa Wages
Last year I was working for a local businessman and when my check was handed to me, he said that the governing body that we work under stated that a certain wage was required…
EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Eight
In James Cameron’s film version of the Titanic disaster, the steersman spun the ship’s wheel “hard to starboard”, as far as the wheel would turn. It almost worked. But not quite…
OPINION: Environmental Groups Address Colorado’s Air Pollution Control
The joint comment applauds the APCD for its work in creating the 2021 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, while highlighting several critical opportunities…
EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Seven
“My biggest comment is, I would love to simplify the LUDC. I feel like maybe it’s made some unintended consequences…”
OPINION: The Plastics Crisis
In the age of information, many people know that plastic is bad for our water sources, air, soil, wildlife, and overall human health…
LETTER: LPEA Election Coming Up
We need to diversify — and we need experienced leadership to ensure we diversify in smart, secure, and affordable ways…
LETTER: Natural Law vs Positive Law
There is a simple example of natural law that every child learns: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”…
EDITORIAL: Pennies from Heaven, Part Six
I know very little about real estate, and even less about multi-family housing developments. But I do have a pocket calculator…