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  • COLORADO ROCKIES ANNOUNCE NON-ROSTER PLAYERS FOR 2018 SPRING TRAINING

    COLORADO ROCKIES ANNOUNCE NON-ROSTER PLAYERS FOR 2018 SPRING TRAINING

    17 players receive non-roster invitations

     DENVER – The Colorado Rockies announced today the club’s non-roster invitations to 2018 Major League Spring Training. Below is the current list of 17 players, by position.

    Of the 17 total non-roster invites, infielder Shawn O’Malley and right-handed pitcher Brooks Pounders are the only two players to play for a different organization in 2017. O’Malley, who signed a Minor League contract with Colorado on Dec. 15, appeared in 33 Minor League games in the Seattle organization in 2017 and has appeared in 124 Major League games over parts of three seasons with Seattle (2015-16) and Los Angeles-AL (2014). Pounders, 27, signed a Minor League contract with Colorado on Dec. 5. He has made 24 career Major League relief appearances between Los Angeles-AL (2017) and Kansas City (2016).

    Of the 15 players in the Rockies organization in 2017, 10 players were originally drafted by Colorado, two players were signed to Minor League contracts (Castro, Vazquez), two players were acquired via trade (Farris, House) and one was claimed in the Minor League phase of the 2016 Rule 5 draft (Bemboom). Seven players (Broyles, Hampson, Hilliard, House, Lambert, Mundell and Rodgers) will be attending their first Major League Spring Training.

    LH Pitchers (2) RH Pitchers (6) Catchers (3) Outfielders (1) Infielders (5)
    Harrison Musgrave Shane Broyles Anthony Bemboom Sam Hilliard Daniel Castro
    Jerry Vasto Ryan Castellani Dom Nuñez   Garrett Hampson
      James Farris Jan Vázquez   Brian Mundell
      Austin House     Shawn O’Malley
      Peter Lambert     Brendan Rodgers
      Brooks Pounders      

     

    Rodgers (1), Lambert (5), Castellani (6) and Hampson (8) are all ranked on Baseball America’s 2018 Colorado Rockies Top-10 Prospects list.

    Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to have their first workout Feb. 14, with the first full-squad workout scheduled for Feb. 19.

      

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  • COLORADO ROCKIES AGREE TO CONTRACTS

    COLORADO ROCKIES AGREE TO CONTRACTS

    ONE-YEAR CONTRACTS SIGNED WITH COLORADO ROCKIES

    — RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER CHAD BETTIS —

    — OUTFIELDER CHARLIE BLACKMON —

    — INFIELDER DJ LeMAHIEU —

    — LEFT-HANDED PITCHER CHRIS RUSIN —

    DENVER – The Colorado Rockies announced Friday that they have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with right-handed pitcher Chad Bettis, outfielder Charlie Blackmon, infielder DJ LeMahieu and left-handed pitcher Chris Rusin to avoid arbitration.

    Bettis, 28, made nine starts for the Rockies in 2017 after recovering from a testicular cancer diagnosis received in the offseason, going 2-4 with a 5.05 ERA (46.1 IP, 26 ER), 11 walks and 30 strikeouts. He made his first start of the season on Aug. 14 vs. Atlanta and tossed seven shutout innings with six hits, no walks and two strikeouts in a 3-0 Rockies win. Originally selected by the Rockies in the second round of the 2012 First-Year Player draft, the Lubbock, Tex., native has gone 25-23 with a 5.01 ERA (416.2 IP, 232 ER), 142 walks and 309 strikeouts in 98 career appearances, 69 starts, with Colorado (2013-17).

    Blackmon, 31, was named to his second career National League All-Star team and captured his first career National League batting title in 2017 after batting a career-high .331. He also led the Major Leagues in runs (137), hits (213), triples (14) and total bases (387) while setting a Major League record with 103 RBI from the leadoff position. Originally selected by the Rockies in the second round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, Blackmon has a career .305 batting average (880-for-2,886) with 154 doubles, 33 triples, 111 home runs, 355 RBI, 199 walks, 519 strikeouts and 115 stolen bases in 764 career games with Colorado (2011-17).

    LeMahieu, 29, appeared in a career-high 155 games in 2017 and batted .310 (189-for-609) with 95 runs, 28 doubles, four triples, eight home runs, 64 RBI, 59 walks, 90 strikeouts and six stolen bases. He was named to his second career All-Star roster and won his second career Gold Glove while finishing fifth in the National League in hits, seventh in batting average and tied for 10th in runs.  Originally acquired by Colorado via trade with Chicago-NL along with outfielder Tyler Colvin in exchange for third baseman Ian Stewart and right-hander Casey Weathers on Dec. 8, 2011, LeMahieu has a career .302 batting average (879-for-2,912) with 411 runs, 131 doubles, 29 triples, 34 home runs, 287 RBI, 241 walks, 495 strikeouts and 69 stolen bases in 827 career games with Chicago-NL (2011) and Colorado (2012-17).

    Rusin, 31, went 5-1 with two saves, a 2.65 ERA (85.0 IP, 25 ER), 19 walks and 71 strikeouts across 60 appearances for the Rockies in 2017, leading the National League with 85.0 innings pitched out of the bullpen. In 84 appearances as a reliever with the Rockies since 2015, Rusin has gone 8-2 with a 2.50 ERA (137.0 IP, 38 ER), the lowest ERA by a reliever in franchise history (min. 135.0 IP). Originally acquired off waivers by Colorado from Chicago-NL, Sept. 27, 2014, the Detroit, Mich., native has gone 18-25 with a two saves, a 4.35 ERA (409.2 IP, 198 ER), 123 walks and 291 strikeouts in 137 career appearances, 49 starts with Chicago-NL (2012-14) and Colorado (2015-17),

    The Rockies currently have a full 40-man roster.

      

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  • Colorado Rockies Dugout News — 2018 Season

    Colorado Rockies Dugout News — 2018 Season

    THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER WADE DAVIS

    Right-handed pitcher Shane Carle designated for assignment

    DENVER – The Colorado Rockies announced Friday that they have agreed to terms on a three-year contract with right-handed pitcher Wade Davis. Additionally, right-handed pitcher Shane Carle has been designated for assignment.

    • Davis, 32, went 4-2 with 32 saves, a 2.30 ERA (58.2 IP, 15 ER), 29 walks and 79 strikeouts across 59 appearances in his lone season with the Chicago Cubs in 2017. He recorded a Cubs franchise record 32 consecutive saves from the beginning of the season through September 19, tied for the ninth-longest save streak to begin a season in Major League history. He was also named to his third consecutive All-Star team after being named an American League All-Star in 2015 and 2016 as a member of the Kansas City Royals.
      • Since becoming a full-time reliever in 2014, Davis leads all qualified Major League relievers with a 1.45 ERA (241.1 IP, 39 ER), ranks fourth with 0.34 home runs allowed per nine innings and ranks sixth with a .169 opponent batting average. In 2014 and 2015, he became the first pitcher in Major League history to record consecutive seasons with an ERA of 1.00 or lower.
      • In parts of nine seasons with Tampa Bay (2009-12), Kansas City (2013-16) and Chicago-NL (2017), the Lake Wales, Fla., native has combined to go 59-39 with 79 saves, a 3.45 ERA (835.1 IP, 320 ER), 312 walks and 768 strikeouts. In 28 career postseason appearances, he has gone 4-0 with eight saves in eight opportunities and a 1.40 ERA (38.2 IP, 6 ER), 15 walks and 54 strikeouts.
    • Carle, 26, had no record with a 6.75 ERA (4.0 IP, 3 ER), no walks and four strikeouts in three appearances with the Rockies after making his Major League debut on April 14 at San Francisco. He went 3-5 with a 5.37 ERA (62.0 IP, 37 ER), 22 walks and 50 strikeouts in 36 games, three starts, with Triple-A Albuquerque. In 131 career Minor League appearances, including 76 starts, Carle has gone 27-29 with a 4.10 ERA (527.1 IP, 240 ER), 114 walks and 367 strikeouts. Carle was originally acquired by Colorado via trade from Pittsburgh in exchange for right-handed pitcher Rob Scahill on Nov. 11, 2014.

    The Rockies currently have a full 40-man roster.

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    COLORADO ROCKIES ANNOUNCE 2018 MINOR LEAGUE STAFF

    DENVER – The Colorado Rockies announced their Minor League staff for the 2018 season today, including the staff for a second Dominican Summer League team. The announcement also includes a new hitting and bunting coordinator as well as a new outfield and baserunning coordinator and 13 other coaching staff changes.

    Darin Everson enters a new position in 2018 as the hitting and bunting coordinator after serving as the hitting coach for Triple-A Albuquerque in 2017 and as manager of Double-A Hartford from 2015-16. Everson enters his 21st season in professional baseball, his sixth with Colorado.

    Anthony Sanders will become the outfield and baserunning coordinator after serving as the supervisor of High-A development for two seasons (2016-17) and the manager of Rookie Level Grand Junction from 2013-15. Sanders enters his 11th season with Colorado after playing parts of 14 seasons in the Minors.

    At Albuquerque, Glenallen Hill returns for his sixth season as the team’s manager, his 14th season in the Rockies organization. Brandon Emanuel joins the Isotopes as the pitching coach after previously serving as the pitching coach for High-A Lancaster from 2014-17. Also joining the club this season will be Hitting Coach Tim Doherty, who previously served as the hitting coach for Hartford in 2017 and Grand Junction in 2016.

    The Hartford Yard Goats enter the 2018 season with an entirely new coaching staff. Warren Schaeffer enters his first season as their manager, after serving as Low-A Asheville’s manager from 2015-17. Mark Brewer joins the club as the pitching coach, after spending the last four seasons as the pitching coach between Triple-A (2017) and Low-A (2014-16). Also joining the Yard Goats as their hitting coach this season is Lee Stevens, who was previously the hitting coach for Grand Junction (2013-15, 2017) and High-A Modesto (2016).

    Lancaster welcomes Frank Gonzales as their new supervisor of development in his sixth season with the Rockies. Gonzales was previously the manager for Grand Junction for the last two seasons. Fred Ocasio will return as the team’s manager for the fourth season, his 22nd season with the Rockies organization. Dave Burba returns as the High-A pitching coach, his eighth season as a pitching coach in the Rockies organization, after serving as the Double-A pitching coach for the past three seasons (2015-17).

    Asheville enters 2018 with Marv Foley as their Supervisor of Development. Foley begins his sixth season in this position, after being the roving catching coordinator for six seasons (2006-12). Robinson Cancel enters his first season as manager of the Tourists, his fifth season as a professional coach/manager. Also returning for 2018 is Pitching Coach Ryan Kibler, who begins his second season with Asheville. Norberto “Paco” Martin will enter his second season as the club’s hitting coach.

    Short-Season Boise will welcome John Pierson as the new Supervisor of Development, his first year in the organization. Pierson comes to the Rockies with over 40 years of experience working for Atlanta, Chicago-NL, and Miami, most recently serving as the hitting coordinator for the Braves in 2017. Scott Little enters his second season as the manager of Boise, his third year in the Rockies organization. Bob Apodaca begins his second season as the pitching coach for the Hawks, his 46th year overall in professional baseball. Cesar Galvez transitions to coaching after seven years as a player in the Rockies organization.

    Grand Junction will enter 2018 with Andy Gonzales as their supervisor of development for the second consecutive season. Returning as the pitching coach is Doug Jones, who begins his fourth year with the Rockies organization. Jake Opitz enters his first season as the hitting coach for Grand Junction, after serving as a coach for Hartford in 2017. The manager position is still to be determined.

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  • The buzz around Denver: Broncos host to 100,000 honeybees

    The buzz around Denver: Broncos host to 100,000 honeybees

    By ARNIE STAPLETON
    AP Pro Football Writer

    ENGLEWOOD (AP) — Sometimes at practice, a few honeybees will buzz around the Denver Broncos’ Gatorade bottles.

    That wasn’t always the case. But when the team more than doubled the landscape at its headquarters, Brooks Dodson, the club’s director of sports turf and grounds, noticed something: Flowers weren’t growing.

    It was time to draft a swarm of new players.

    “I just noticed there wasn’t a lot of bees on our property,” Dodson said.

    A friend in the same line of work in a Denver suburb mentioned that he had met a couple of beekeepers.

    So Dodson visited Joe and Debbie Komperda. The beekeepers, whose business card reads “Bee Happy,” were eager to help out their beloved Broncos by building them a bee yard north of their indoor practice facility about 100 yards from the practice fields.

    Debbie Komperda built four beehives, each painted orange and blue and each unique so the bees know which home is theirs.

    It’s believed the Broncos are the first professional sports team to serve as beehive hosts.

    Joe Komperda said it’s a win-win: the Broncos get the benefits of hosting hives while the honeybees get a chance to thrive at a time when so many colonies are inexplicably dying, a phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder.

    “There’s a lot of people who want to make sure that we can support the bees,” Joe Komperda said. “And the Broncos being a good corporate citizen and looking out for the environment, when they realized that their flowers weren’t doing well and they needed more bees … we were able to come up with an agreement that the Broncos will be a hive host.”

    Between 20,000 (winter) and 100,000 (summer) bees now buzz around the four beehives. They pollinate plants as they gather nectar and pollen from a 3-mile radius, and they generally stay away from the players except for the occasional visitors drawn to the Gatorade bottles.

    “So that’s why there’s bees at practice all the time,” linebacker Todd Davis said, laughing. “That explains a lot.”

    Another benefit is that some of the honey the Komperdas harvest gets used by the team’s chefs in the Broncos cafeteria .

    “That’s really cool,” Davis said. “It’s kind of like that farm-to-table aspect. I think that’s really cool having fresh honey here.”

    The Komperdas maintain the hives and take care of the bees year-round.

    “We try to keep them well and try to make sure that they’re out there pollinating flowers,” Joe Komperda said. “And while they’re not pollinating crops, so to speak, right here, they’re still making a difference to the environment.”

    The hives have thrived.

    “The flowers are doing much better,” Joe Komperda said. “Of course, this whole area is planted very well. … What that’s done is because it’s irrigated, planted, the bees had nectar all summer long. In other places where we had bees the bees didn’t do much honey producing because there wasn’t the capability to do that. It wasn’t wet enough. There weren’t enough flowers. But around here the bees thrived.”

    Even in Colorado’s cold winter.

    “Although people think that honey is for us as a sweet desert and something great, actually it’s the way that he bees survive the winter,” Joe Komperda said. “The bees actually get together in a cluster, a ball about the size of a soccer ball and they shiver and shiver and shiver and they keep the temperature inside that hive between 75 and 95 degrees the entire winter.

    “The queen is in the center of that cluster so that they can keep her warm and make sure she’s going to survive. And the bees in general survive that way. As the bees on the outside get cold, they move into the inside just like the penguins do. And they constantly move and they use that honey so that they can burn calories and keep it warm.”

    And the Broncos get to enjoy the extra honey that’s harvested.

     

  • Denver Broncos began 2017 ensnared in a dreaded quarterback competition

    Denver Broncos began 2017 ensnared in a dreaded quarterback competition

    By ARNIE STAPLETON

    AP Pro Football Writer

    ENGLEWOOD (AP) — The Denver Broncos began 2017 ensnared in a dreaded quarterback competition and they’re ending the year entangled in another.

    Paxton Lynch lost out to Trevor Siemian last summer and it’s doubtful after missing most of the season that he could beat out Brock Osweiler this week in a fair fight.

    But this week is about splitting snaps at practice, not even-handedness.

    Osweiler is coming off one of the best performances of his career, “but we have to consider the team’s future at quarterback,” coach Vance Joseph said Thursday. “That’s fair for all of us.”

    The Broncos want to see Lynch play over the final two weeks so they can have more fodder to determine if their 2016 first-round pick is a bust or a late-bloomer.

    Ideally, the Broncos would prefer to have one QB taking almost all the snaps as Peyton Manning used to. That’s how offenses build cohesion, develop rhythm and create chemistry.

    There aren’t really any workarounds to finding all those attributes while still searching for answers under center.

    “How do you make up for it? Well, you kind of don’t. That’s why most teams don’t do it,” Joseph said Thursday .

    “It’s not ideal to play three guys and have three different starters. It’s not what you want to do, but that’s where we’re at. We’re going to play the hand we’re dealt and make the best of it.”

    The knock on Siemian coming into the year was that he was injury-prone, and he went on IR last week with an injured left shoulder.

    Lynch has proven even more fragile, however.

    He sprained his left shoulder in the preseason and his recovery was excruciatingly slow. He was inactive for the first nine games and made his 2017 debut at Oakland last month, where he was knocked from the game in the third quarter and spent the remainder of the game sobbing on the sideline over a sprained left ankle.

    Inactive the past three weeks, he’ll at the very least be active Sunday at Washington when the Broncos (5-9) visit the Redskins (6-8) , and next week against Kansas City.

    “I’ll say this, our goal is to see him play before the year is out,” Joseph said. “We have two more games to do that. My concern is making sure he’s healthy enough to play at a high level. He has an ankle injury and he hasn’t practiced in three weeks. He’s a quarterback that can use his legs when he’s in danger, so I want to make sure he’s right. That’s about it.”

    Lynch’s grasp of pro offenses and defenses, his maturity level and his work ethic have all come into question since general manager John Elway moved up in the 2016 draft to select him.

    But it’s his health that’s holding him back right now and that’s what could lead to Osweiler getting the start Sunday.

    Lynch has been limited at practice all week.

    “That’s the issue. That’s why we’re taking our time trying to figure out if he’s ready to play, so we can evaluate him,” Joseph said. “That’s why we didn’t name a guy yesterday or the day before.”

    Osweiler led Denver to three TDs and had a 147.7 passer rating in Denver’s 25-13 come-from-behind win at Indianapolis after Siemian was knocked from the game with an injury to his left, non-throwing shoulder.

    Once Peyton Manning’s heir apparent, Osweiler left for Houston in free agency in the aftermath of Denver’s Super Bowl 50 victory last year, but he found his way back to Denver this summer after being traded by the Texans and released by the Browns.

    He compared his departure from Denver to touching the hot stove as an inquisitive youngster “and you learn real quick how nice that stove is when it’s not hot.”

    Although Osweiler loves Colorado, he might have once again priced himself out of the Broncos’ plans with his superb relief performance last week as he’ll be one of the more experienced quarterbacks to hit free agency this spring.

    NOTES: CB Chris Harris Jr. said he feels he didn’t get a Pro Bowl nod because he’s only been targeted 48 times — second fewest among the league’s starting cornerbacks — and therefore couldn’t put up big numbers as he has in the past. He said next season he hopes the Broncos keep him outside and quit moving him into the slot, which he said diminishes his chances to make game-changing plays.

  • COLORADO ROCKIES SIGN TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH CATCHER

    COLORADO ROCKIES SIGN TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH CATCHER

    The Colorado Rockies announced that they have agreed to terms on a two-year contract with free-agent catcher Chris Iannetta.

      • Iannetta, 34, will be making his second stint as a member of the Colorado Rockies, having played parts of six seasons for Colorado from 2006-11. He was originally selected by Colorado in the fourth round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of North Carolina and made his Major League debut for the Rockies on August 27, 2006 vs. San Diego.
      • The Providence, R.I., native signed a one-year contract with Arizona on January 13 and batted .254 (69-for-272) with 38 runs, 19 doubles, 17 home runs, 43 RBI, 37 walks and 87 strikeouts in 89 games with 70 starts this past season with a 19.4 caught stealing percentage (25 SB, 6 CS). He played in two games in the 2017 National League Division Series vs. Los Angeles-NL.
      • Over parts of 12 seasons with Colorado, Los Angeles-AL, Seattle and Arizona, has batted .231 (721-for-3,120) with 393 runs, 158 doubles, 10 triples, 124 home runs, 445 RBI, 11 stolen bases, 508 walks and 883 strikeouts. He has a career 20.6 caught stealing percentage (540 SB, 140 CS). Among all catchers since 2006, ranks seventh in home runs, 10th in RBI, third in walks and fifth in on-base percentage (.347).
      • In his first stint with the Rockies, played 458 games and batted .235 (336-for-1,429) with 196 runs scored, 72 doubles, nine triples, 63 home runs, 236 RBI, seven stolen bases, 241 walks and 379 strikeouts with a 21.1 caught stealing percentage (247 SB, 66 CS). On Nov. 30, 2011, he was traded to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for right-handed pitcher Tyler Chatwood.

     

     The Rockies currently have 38 players on their 40-man roster.

      

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  • Don’t miss the Geminid Meteor Shower tonight! — Dec 13

    Don’t miss the Geminid Meteor Shower tonight! — Dec 13

    It’s a good time to bundle up, go outside and let the universe blow your mind! 

    With August’s Perseids obscured by bright moonlight, the Geminids will be the best shower this year. The thin, waning crescent Moon won’t spoil the show. — Bill Cooke with NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office
     
    Not only is it the year’s most prolific, with up to 120 meteors per hour visible from rural skies, the moon is essentially out of the picture. — Sky and Telescope.

    WHEN

    The shower will peak overnight Dec. 13-14 with rates around one per minute under good conditions, according to Cooke. Geminids can be seen on nights before and after the Dec. 14 peak, although they will appear less frequently. Geminid activity is broad, good rates will be seen between 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 13 and dawn local time the morning of Dec. 14, with the most meteors visible from midnight to 4 a.m. on Dec. 14, when the radiant is highest in the sky.

    HOW

    The Geminids be seen with the naked eye under clear, dark skies over most of the world, though the best view is from the Northern Hemisphere. Observers will see fewer Geminids in the Southern Hemisphere, where the radiant doesn’t climb very high over the horizon.  Just get away from bright lights and look up in any direction! Give your eyes time to adjust to the dark. Meteors appear all over the sky.

    “When you see a meteor, try to trace it backwards.. if you end up in the constellation Gemini there’s a good chance you’ve seen a Geminid.” —  Cooke

    If it’s cloudy where you are, NASA will broadcast the Geminid shower live via Ustream starting at sunset Dec. 13 from the Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. You can also see Geminid meteors on NASA’s All Sky Fireball network page.

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    The Geminids are active every December, when Earth passes through a massive trail of dusty debris shed by a weird, rocky object named 3200 Phaethon. The dust and grit burn up when they run into Earth's atmosphere in a flurry of shooting stars. "Phaethon's nature is debated - It's either a near-Earth asteroid or an extinct comet, sometimes called a rock comet" — Cooke. Meteor showers are named after the location of the radiant, usually a star or constellation close to where they appear in the night sky. The Geminid radiant is in the constellation Gemini.

    Not all the meteors you might see belong to the Geminid shower, however. Some might be sporadic background meteors, and some might be from weaker, active showers like the Monocerotids, Sigma Hydrids and the Comae Berenicids.

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  • Lawmakers Protecting Endangered Fish of Colorado River

    Lawmakers Protecting Endangered Fish of Colorado River

    Gardner, Hatch, Bennet, Heinrich, and Udall

    Protecting Threatened Fish in Colorado

    Washington D.C. – Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), along with Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Tom Udall (D-NM), introduced the Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017. The legislation will continue to fund the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs through FY2023, and aims to protect four primary endangered species in the Upper Colorado River Basin.

    Protecting endangered species living in Colorado’s natural habitat can be done in a responsible manner, and I’m proud to introduce this bipartisan legislation. Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program is a great example of a partnership between federal, state, and local agencies to promote conservation. It’s important we provide adequate resources to this project to ensure our partners on the ground have the necessary tools to protect these endangered species. — Gardner

    I’m happy to join my Western colleagues—including Utah’s newly elected Representative John Curtis—in introducing this commonsense legislation. Our bipartisan bill builds on the successful conservation efforts on the Upper Colorado River, encouraging the federal government to work in cooperation with Western states. This proposal will help guide the sustainable usage of our water resources in a way that fosters both species recovery and responsible development. — Hatch

    The Endangered Fish Recovery Programs are exemplary of the successful, collaborative conservation championed in the West by states, tribes, federal agencies, and other stakeholders. This bipartisan bill provides the resources to continue recovery efforts in the Upper Colorado River and to ensure that these endangered fish species are protected for years to come. — Bennet

    The San Juan and Upper Colorado River Fish Recovery Programs are vital to rebuilding our native fish populations that are an important part of our state’s heritage. We cannot allow these important conservation programs to lapse and threaten the progress we’ve made up to this point. This bipartisan legislation will ensure federal, state and local agencies have the resources they need to continue protecting endangered species in the Upper Colorado River Basin. — Heinrich

    The San Juan River Basin is an important region in New Mexico’s ecology, and I am pleased to introduce this bipartisan legislation to continue the collaborative efforts to help protect the area’s endangered species. The most successful way we can balance the needs of water security with species conservation is to work collaboratively with local, state, Tribal, federal and non-governmental partners to find solutions. This initiative has been an excellent example of how we can conserve natural habitats by working together. — Udall

    Representative John Curtis (UT-3) introduced the House companion legislation.

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  • Strasburg wins back-to-back football titles for second time in school history

    Strasburg wins back-to-back football titles for second time in school history

    LA JARA — The Strasburg Indians outlasted the host Centauri Falcons for a defensive-minded 10-7 double-overtime victory in the 1A state football championship game Nov. 25.

    Strasburg had a 7-0 lead at halftime but Centauri scored the tying touchdown in the fourth quarter and regulation ended 7-7.

    Both teams failed to score on their first overtime possession and Centauri turned the ball over on its second OT drive. Strasburg won the game on a 22-yard field goal by senior Carson Spence (see video).

    The win is Strasburg’s fourth state championship in school history.