NRCS Cuts hit Western Colorado hard. #copolitics #copol

Congress should be making it easier for families to put food on the table. That's why I joined my colleagues to introduce this bill to let SNAP participants buy hot rotisserie chicken. There’s no good reason a family can buy a cold one but not a hot one.

NRCS cuts hit Colorado hard. @neguse.house.gov @degette.house.gov @crow.house.gov @pettersen.house.gov @bennet.senate.gov @hickenlooper.senate.gov #jeffhurd #jeffcrank #laurenboebert #gabeevans #copol #coleg #copolitics

Funding technology corporations should not come at the expense of paying for boots on the ground to support the work being done everyday by Colorado’s farmers and ranchers. #coleg #copol Palantir inks $300 million deal with USDA to safeguard food supply

Why nature risk for companies is far bigger than deforestation www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Rural resilience is about taking care of ourselves and each other too. www.kvnf.org/kvnf-stories... #copol #coleg

The costs of climate change are coming due with interest, fees and penalties. Will the people or the polluter-profiteers foot the bill? - Is the only question. #copolitics #copol #coleg

Federal Judge Breaks Trump’s Permitting Blockade heatmap.news/sparks/inter... #copolitics

IEA: Solar overtakes all energy sources in a major global first electrek.co/2026/04/19/i... #coleg #copolitics #copol

The recently introduced Energy Bills Relief Act would expand access to clean, affordable energy while helping lower electricity costs and modernize the grid. Send a letter to Congress and demand support for renewable energy and lower energy costs: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Boots on the Ground at Home: Farms Work for Conservation and Healthy Humans Too www.linkedin.com/pulse/boots-... #coleg #copolitics #copol

Feds want to cut back water releases from Lake Powell in response to Colorado River drought coloradosun.com/2026/04/20/f...

TFW you look out the window and see the Earth disappear 🎥 Astronaut Reid Wiseman 📍 Artemis II from the far side of the Moon

Flaming Gorge reservoir ordered to send water to failing Lake Powell - in April - as climate crisis bears down on U.S. wyofile.com/feds-order-f... #copolitics

Record number of homes in Great Britain turn to green energy as fuel prices soar www.theguardian.com/business/202... #copol

Farmers and Ranchers Urge Congress to Restore USDA Staffing After Major 2025 Workforce Losses www.agricultureofamerica.com/2026/04/16/f... #coleg #copolitics #copol

There is a growing sense that communities -- not corporations -- need to be in the drivers' seat when it comes to #datacenters. Will #coleg and other policy-makers listen? #copol

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Abysmal math on the Colorado River www.landdesk.org/p/abysmal-ma...

Did you know the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center offers tours and field trips of the nation’s largest #agrivoltaic research site, Jack’s Solar Garden, in spring, summer, and fall? The first one scheduled for this Saturday, April 18th at 10 AM! https://www.coagrivoltaic.org/tours/#agrivoltaic

Local reports from around Colorado confirm that loss of field staff is impacting contracts and program usefulness for farms and ranches. bkprospect partners.substack.com/p/cuts-to-usda-conservation-staff-removed #coleg #copolitics #copol

Urban Hospitals Use a Dual-Classification Loophole to Exploit Aid Programs for Rural Hospitals Hospitals...considered “administratively rural” can tap into funds dedicated for facilities that are geographically rural and underserved. dailyyonder.com/research-urb... #coleg #copolitics #copol

As the world's energy vulnerabilities come into sharp focus - local, home-grown power solutions continue to show what real "energy independence" can look like. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts insideclimatenews.org/news/0804202... #coleg #copolitics #copol

Kindness is never a mistake. Make sure to practice some today! #coleg

200- to-1,000-year snow anomaly observed in Colorado mountains www.gunnisontimes.com/stories/200-...? #coleg #copolitics #copol #climatechange #drought

Strategic Leverage for Rural Impact At Fulcrum Rural Solutions, we work with nonprofits, mission-driven businesses, and community leaders to find where precise actions create lasting change. We work as partners to identify local assets, build capacity, and leverage new opportunities. #copol

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On April 30th at 1 PM MST, join Jack's Solar Garden + Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center to hear about #agrivoltaics and fire safety from a local fire marshal, an open lands wildfire expert, and a solar O&M specialist. You can sign up for this event here: givebutter.com/April-30th-W...

Remember to plant for pollinators in your gardens and yards this spring.

It's bad. 200- to-1,000-year snow anomaly observed in Colorado mountains #coleg #copol #copolitics

Agrivoltaics are one way renewables can be paired w/farming and rural livelihoods. Colo is leading the way and western communities are getting on board. In this article, we look at how rural leadership keeps moving renewable energy and local solutions forward. #agrivoltaics #solar #copolitics

A recent Armed to Farm training, held in rural Kentucky, introduced veterans to careers in sustainable agriculture while giving them a place to connect, and a support system to lean on.

At FulcrumRural.com I will be helping guide impactful projects. On Substack I explore ideas that inform my practice. Here is the latest: Going Deep - Learning what I do not know open.substack.com/pub/10thousa... #copolitics

Thanks to @pewstates.bsky.social for republishing this essay - Rural lessons for resisting authoritarianism www.newsfromthestates.com/article/rura... #copolitics #coleg

Rural lessons for resisting authoritarianism - The Ditch Principle holds that neighbors build from their common interests coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/10/r... #copolitics

Colorado roadless forests are under threat www.linkedin.com/pulse/colora... #copolitics #roadless #publiclands

We foster collaborations to identify local solutions and discover innovative ways to build greater resilience, security, equity and overall wellbeing in rural Colorado; create foundations that allow for strategic and leveraged action; and, support transformative work across all contexts. #copolitics