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Michael Booth

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 18, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Michael Booth

    Off-roading on federal lands in Colorado could expand with expected Trump reversal (opens the original)

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    This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. For years now on Colorado’s federal dirt roads and single-track trails there’s been an uneasy truce between recreational drivers and preservationists: By default, off-road vehicles are banned unless there’s a special exception. The Trump administration Forest Service now wants to flip that default switch the other direction: Federal roads and trails would be open to Jeeps, crawlers, dirt

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Michael Booth

    Denver Water can finish and fill Gross Reservoir, US appeals court rules (opens the original)

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    Denver Water can finish its Gross Dam expansion and fill the controversial reservoir in western Boulder County, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, lifting an injunction by a lower court judge and confirming the dam’s permits as sound. The appeals court said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had acted responsibly in issuing construction permits for the $600 million expansion, which is largely complete and will be filled using water rights Denver holds in the Colorado River basin

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Michael Booth

    Teen girl, woman injured in 2 more bear attacks in southwestern Colorado (opens the original)

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    A bear bit a camper through her tent wall near South Fork on Friday, and a bear broke into a 17-year-old girl’s bedroom through a screen window and swatted her early Sunday near Durango, adding to the record number of bear-human conflicts this year. On Sunday at about 2 a.m., a teen was sleeping inside a Durango condo with a screened window slightly open. The bear tore off the screen, pushed the window wider, and climbed inside while yanking down a curtain as the girl woke up. The girl pulled bl

  4. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Michael Booth

    Colorado has killed 294 bears this year, more than 3 times as many as last year (opens the original)

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    Wildfire, drought are pushing hungry bears into record human sightings and contacts, resulting in euthanasia Nearly 300 black bears have been euthanized by Colorado Parks and Wildlife this year in a startling response to a record number of human-bear contacts driven by wildfire and drought. Wildlife officers put down 294 bears by Aug. 31, compared with 83 euthanized through August last year, the state announced Friday. The agency said it was reporting bear numbers ahead of the normal annual repo

  5. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Michael Booth

    Colorado keeps 4.2M acres roadless as Trump administration opens much of the West (opens the original)

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    Colorado once again has sidestepped the Trump administration’s opening of 45 million acres of U.S. wildlands through a separately negotiated “roadless rule” that the U.S. Forest Service says it will respect even while it rescinds protections in dozens of states. Colorado will keep roadless protections for the 4.2 million acres of protected lands negotiated under the administration of Republican Gov. Bill Owens in 2012, a Forest Service spokesperson said. “Colorado and Idaho are not affected by t

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