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    Rane Dickerson

    Nov 01 2025

    PRESS RELEASE: New poll shows overwhelming support as oil and gas bonding reform hearing kicks off Oct. 20

    By Rane Dickerson Oil & Gas, Press Release
    With $1.6 billion in liabilities at stake, New Mexicans back common-sense reform to protect communities Santa Fe, NM – A new statewide poll shows nearly 9 in 10 New Mexicans (89%) support requiring oil and gas corporations to pay the…
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    Sep 19 2025

    Take Action: Stop the Rollback of the Public Lands Rule!

    By Rane Dickerson Lands Protection, Take Action
    Our public lands are more than just a cash cow for industry. Tell BLM to keep the Public Lands Rule.
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    May 15 2025

    Take Action – Small Ways to Make a Big Difference this May

    By Rane Dickerson Take Action
    Looking for a way to create real change right here, right now in our community We've compiled a handy list of actions to take.
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    Jul 20 2024

    Take Action: Help Secure Water in the Dolores River

    By Rane Dickerson Rivers, Take Action
    The Dolores River needs your support. Flows in the Dolores River below McPhee Dam depend in part on the way that the dam and irrigation infrastructure are operated. Two agreements that direct the operations and water management for McPhee Dam…
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    Mar 07 2024

    Petition: Protect Colorado Wetlands & Streams

    By Rane Dickerson Rivers, Take Action
    Sign this petition to show your support for healthy wetlands and streams in Colorado.
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    Feb 02 2024
    Wolf Creek Pass Panorama

    Take Action: Protect Colorado’s Waterways

    By Rane Dickerson Rivers, Take Action
    We oppose exploratory drilling and uranium mining in Slick Rock Canyon for these reasons. We ask that you deny the local county permit.
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    Jan 26 2024

    Take Action: Say NO to Uranium Exploration and Mining in Slick Rock Canyon

    By Rane Dickerson Lands Protection, Rivers, Take Action
    We oppose exploratory drilling and uranium mining in Slick Rock Canyon for these reasons. We ask that you deny the local county permit.
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    Dec 29 2023

    Clean Air, Clean Energy: The Forecast for 2024

    By Rane Dickerson Of Interest
    2023 was a great year for local climate and energy wins!  La Plata County adopted the strictest community protections from oil and gas on the Western Slope, which includes a hard requirement to maintain at least a 400-foot buffer between homes…
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    Dec 04 2023

    Take Action: Help Improve the BLM’s Big Game Plan

    By Rane Dickerson Lands Protection, Take Action, Wildlife
    Please join the San Juan Citizens Alliance in showing our support for BLM’s new public lands rule on Conservation and Landscape Health. The new rule emphasizes the importance of conservation on federal public lands and creates and refines tools to…
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    Dec 04 2023

    PRESS RELEASE: Big Game Migrations, Habitat May Benefit with Draft Colorado Plan

    By Rane Dickerson Lands Protection, Press Release, Wildlife
    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) just released its Draft Big Game Resource Management Plan Amendment (plan) which covers 8.3 million surface acres and 4.7 million acres of mineral estate extending to every Colorado BLM Field Office and to every corner of…
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    Aug 15 2023

    Forests play a role in fighting climate change

    By Rane Dickerson Durango Herald Column, Forest Health
    A cherished landscape gained a measure of new protection this month when Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order creating a 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park that precludes future oil and gas leasing. The decision culminates…
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    Feb 02 2023

    Take Action: Comment on Colorado’s Wolf Management Plan

    By Rane Dickerson Take Action, Wildlife
    Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is now taking public comment on their Draft Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. They are accepting comments until February 22nd, 2023.
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    Jan 24 2023

    Take Action: Support Strong Methane Rules

    By Rane Dickerson Climate Change, Oil & Gas, Take Action
    Show your support for EPA’s new rule and tell the agency to do more for our communities and climate.
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    Jan 18 2023

    Take Action: Stop Excess Methane Waste

    By Rane Dickerson Climate Change, Take Action
    The comment window for this action alert has closed. Thanks for your interest! To stay involved and receive updates, please sign up for our emails. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed a new rule for Federal and Tribal lands…
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    Aug 31 2022

    Press Release: Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour is coming to Durango on September 16-17

    By Rane Dickerson Events, Press Release
    For Immediate Release: Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! Hot on the heels of the Festival that is held every fall in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Banff…
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    Jun 30 2021

    Take Action: Protect Wild Places in the San Juan Mountains

    By Rane Dickerson Lands Protection, Take Action
    Yet another Texas billionaire has set his sights on acquiring roadless national forest lands and wild river corridors. The Proposed Valle Seco Land Exchange would hand 175 acres of wilderness-caliber roadless lands adjacent to the South San Juan Wilderness to…
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