A series of recent Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease sales across Colorado, and a rushed “replacement sale” of the same parcels, continue to demonstrate the fiscal and social irresponsibility of the Trump Administration’s effort to cheapen and giveaway public lands to the fossil fuel industry.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former Colorado U.S. senator and congressman who served first as a Democrat and then as a Republican, died of natural causes last weekend at his ranch in Ignacio, Colorado at age 92.

This morning, a light rain is falling, fog is lifting, coffee is brewing and the year 2025 is gradually slipping away into the feathery realms of memory.

Acting on behalf of President Trump, Energy Secretary Chris Wright recently issued an order that will force one of the three aging coal-burning units at the Craig Generating Station to continue operating into 2026, likely costing customers tens of millions in added expenses.

Frustrated by rising insurance premiums, Colorado drivers and homeowners are giving state lawmakers an earful. Home insurance rates in our state have grown faster since 2020 than anywhere else in the nation, according to the Wall Street Journal.

For the people in Gunnison County who love public lands – especially the folks who depend on public lands for their passion or income – 2025 should be remembered as an example of just how fast things can change when a new President is elected.

I woke this morning to a snow-dusted mesa, a couple of finches at the feeder and a raven rising up like a vision from the ravine. I was reminded of a recent trip to Yellowstone.