News

Headlines:

• Governor signs ASSET bill into law
• Battlement Mesa meeting addresses Parachute Creek Leak
• New EPA figures say emissions control has reduced the impact of natural gas industry on climate change
• Dominguez-Escalante conservation area council needs members
• Jim Elder announces for DMEA District 4
• Telluride residents say no to uranium mines at BLM meeting
  

Headlines:

• Parachute Creek hydrocarbon leak containment efforts continue
• Avalanche Center report on Loveland slide suggests human error
• iSeeChange: What IS a normal spring?
  

Saturn…The ringed planet. The sixth planet from the Sun; second largest in the Solar System behind Jupiter; and the one that evokes the most vivid images in our thoughts. It is an unforgettable sight, even in a small telescope.

From now until early May, Saturn will be the brightest it has been for more than 5 years. It rises in the east as the Sun sets and will be visible all night long.

Headlines:

• Pinon Ridge approved by state; first new uranium mill in the U.S. in more than three decades
• Authorities tie Grand Junction drug ring to Mexico kingpin
• Court upholds firing of medical marijuana patient for off-the-job use
• CU President won’t honor student wishes to divest fossil fuels companies
• Western Slope Skies: Viewing Saturn will be a treat in the next few weeks
  

Headlines:

• Mesa County Drug Bust the largest in seven years
• Industry’s fracking database has loose reporting standards
• Community meeting about hydrocarbon leak in Parachute set for Monday
• Craig town council considers requiring heads of households to own guns
• Bill to create fire-fighting air fleet for state is unfunded
• Corporations ask feds to do more on climate change
  

Headlines:

• Energy companies to pay $1 million in antitrust and false claim action
• Former Uranium workers may get more compensation for radiation exposure
• DOE extends comment time for new uranium mines in Mesa, Montrose and San Miguel counties
• Visit the Uranium Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Information Center at ulpeis.anl.gov.
• Driving While Stoned Bill is Toast
• Civil unions event planned in Denver on May 1
• Commentary: Attack on Rights, Concerns about drones
  

Headlines:

• Gas and oil bills pending, but will the governor sign them?
• Bill would make it illegal to have marijuana if children live in your home
• Two more gun bills pass State House
• Avalanche danger remains high following last weekend’s tragedy near Loveland Pass
• Recycled latex paint is cheaper, eco-friendly
  

Today Lance spoke about his planting schedule for the coming week :

Onions (by seed):  He likes Yellow Spanish, Newberger and Red Man onions - all good storage onions

Seed potatoes - planting potatoes for seed next year.  grows them like regular potatoes but picks the medium size taters for seed - choosing those that are the furthest and deepest from the stalk.  He also recommends not washing or cleaning the seed potatoes to prevent any kind of damage to skin = store in the state that they come out of the ground with.  

Headlines:

• Loveland Pass Avalance Victims Were Back Country Experts
• Hostetler hen-laying operation on Powell Mesa heads to another hearing
• New marijuana players in a new environment
• The Forest Service gets into the Aspen real estate market
• Archaeological Conservancy buys Shavano Valley Rock Art Site
• iSeeChange: Amber Kleinman and the journals of William Beezley