Southern Ute Tribal leaders have raised the alarm over pipeline failure from December 2024, with over 23,000 gallons of oil and gas creeping towards the Animas River. A press release from the tribe warns that the cleanup effort by the company, Enterprise Products Partners, and the state are not acting fast enough to mitigate the environmental damage from the spill.
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Ute Battles, Past and Present, Loom Over Biden’s Designation of Camp Hale National Monument
PANDO VALLEY, Colo. – On his way to Wednesday’s signing ceremony to designate the new 53,800-acre Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument, President Joe Biden and his motorcade passed over 9,267-foot Battle Mountain Pass, site of a legendary battle between the Ute and Arapaho tribes in 1868. It’s also home to the abandoned mining town of Gilman.