Colorado College’s 11th annual State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll shows an increase in levels of support for conservation, with voters in the Mountain West calling for action to protect nature as a new administration and Congress consider their public lands agendas. The poll, conducted between Jan. 2-13, surveyed at least 400 registered voters in each of the eight Mountain West states — Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming — for a total 3,842-voter sample. “We are seeing strong voter concern for nature, which is translating into calls for bold action on public lands in the West,” says Director of the Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Kat Miller-Stevens, an assistant professor in CC’s Business and Economics Department. “If federal and state policy leaders are looking for direction on public lands, the view from the West is clear,” she says. To view the full article visit Colorado College.
