Lawyer working to protect public lands & the climate in the US Southwest. Would-be backpacker. Birder. "World's Okayest Dad" (says 1 of my kids). Personal (not professional) account.
Ted Zukoski
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Flower Friday! More blooms in Boulder open space last weekend. Despite the drought, nature puts on a glorious show. From left: prairie spiderwort, thicksepal cryptantha, and plains prickly-pear cactus (with bees).
The Wilderness Society @wilderness.org has some maps and stats here: www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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It's another Trump administration attack on Colorado's wild public lands and wildlife habitat to benefit the industry polluting our air and warming our climate. #Colorado #copolitics wildernessworkshop.org/bureau-of-la...
Would you believe the Trump administration would trade away public wildlife habitat to benefit a multi-billionaire's space dreams?
Save RGV, Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, South Texas Environmental Justice Network, & @biologicaldiversity.org are suing.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
‘It’s massive destruction’: outcry in Texas over waivers to allow border wall in Big Bend National Park
Despite plunging border crossings, the Trump administration is circumventing environmental protection laws to expedite building in a vast, pristine wilderness
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Fantastic deep dive from @joanmeiners.bsky.social on how Trump's policy & signature legislation opened lands across the West - & near Grand Canyon - to highly speculative oil & gas leasing.
And how a hollowed-out federal agency is ill-prepared to deal with it.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Forest plans - multi-year collaborative efforts - protected a small fraction of national forests from most logging & off-road vehicles because of their unique, wild nature. Trump's policy will mean less nature, more damage, more noise, less secure wildlife habitat.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/c...
Methane emissions from US oil and gas industry based in IEA data.
An appeals court today rejected cattle growers' challenge to the Forest Service's removal of feral cattle from the Gila Wilderness. The Center had urged the dismissal. Three years cow-free, the Gila River's endangered species habitat is now recovering.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
This is yet another example of the Trump administration colluding with the state of Texas and polluters to strip endangered species of the protection that they need in order to survive,” said Jason Rylander, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity.
According to a report in The New York Times, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to release a secretarial memorandum that aims to open the door for destructive development and motorized ve...
Roan Plateau, East Fork Falls
December 2026 lease sale proposes drilling in priority wildlife habitat and ecologically significant landscapes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 9, 2026
Contact: Richard Mylo...
Center for Biological Diversity: BROWNSVILLE, Texas— Tribal and conservation groups today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop a land trade that would hand 715 acres of the Lower Rio Grande...
Habitat for the dunes sagebrush lizard in Texas and New Mexico had shrunk because of oil and gas development, the Fish and Wildlife Service determined in 2024.
