In May the Ritter administration tapped Department of Natural Resources Deputy Director Mike King to take over for DNR Executive Director Jim Martin, who was picked by the Obama administration in April to head up the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Denver-based Region 8 office.

Gov. Bill Ritter Tuesday announced an agreement to end the dispute between two commercial rafting outfitters and a private landowner along Colorado’s Taylor River that prompted a heated legislative battle this past session.

The Ritter administration Wednesday tapped Department of Natural Resources deputy director Mike King to take over for DNR executive director Jim Martin, who was picked by the Obama administration last month to head up the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Denver-based Region 8 office.

The state and water users need to get the Environmental Protection Agency on board sooner in the planning process of providing water for future generations, a member of Gov. Bill Ritter's Cabinet said Wednesday.

Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday named state health chief Jim Martin to run the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, a decision that met with immediate approval from the state's environmental advocates. Starting Nov.

A Colorado official says the state supports oil shale development but wants more information about the potential impacts on water, the environment and public health before commercial development begins. Bob Randall of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources says the state also wants the federal government to proceed slowly with further leases on public land for research and development.