Natural Resources

League of Women Voters^®
of Boulder County

Focus. Regional Info Sources. Climate Change and Natural Resources.

Focus of the Natural Resources Committee

While the Natural Resources Committee is not active at this time, we have supported the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest, in order to promote an environment beneficial to life. In addition to composing the reports below, we attended sessions on the South Boulder Creek Flood Study, and have given presentations on water and flood management issues.
Our Reports:
Will Success Spoil Boulder County?
Completed in 1999, this report gives an overview of growth management and regional planning that still goes on today.
Any League member interested in natural resource issues may contact the LWVBC President if you want to re-activate the Committee for the purpose of study, observation of public meetings, or engaging in a particular project or event (you don't have to be an expert, as you learn in the process of study and involvement in the topic).

Regional Info Sources

The Rocky Mountain Research Station is headquartered in Fort Collins, and is one of five regional units that make up the US Forest Service Research and Development organization -- the most extensive natural resources research organization in the world.
White Pine Blister Rust is a major threat to high elevation pines. While the pine beetle won't destroy the long term reproductive cycle of these pines, the white pine blister rust can.

Climate Change and Natural Resources

Toolkit for Climate Action with information on relevant law, states' and federal initiatives, guidance for advocacy on the issue, and more (provided by national League of Women Voters).

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