Letter to the editor: A double-standard on endangered species in Colorado

Letter to the editor: A double-standard on endangered species in Colorado

The Attorney General’s recent multi-state lawsuit challenging federal rollbacks to the Endangered Species Act exposes a breathtaking double standard in Colorado’s approach to conservation. In that lawsuit, our state argues passionately that the federal government is acting illegally by making it easier to “modify or degrade the habitats” of vulnerable species. Yet, right here on the Western Slope, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is executing the exa…