After 12 years in Congress as the U.S. Rep., David Skaggs from Boulder has realized the only way to resolve conflicts is to work together as a group and come up with a compromise that will work for all parties involved.
Environmental issues are some of the most challenging topics upon which to reach a consensus.
Several issues have been heavily addressed over the last few years, from the effects of humanity on nature and wildlife, to the health of the citizens living in Boulder County. The need for agreement and compromise and working as a group came up because of a little mouse. The Prebel s Meadows Jumping Mouse has recently been added to the endangered list as people have pushed these rodents out of their natural habitat. The urgency of this issue and how to protect this rodent has opened up a unique opportunity for the Federal groups and local groups to work together to come up with a solution. While this might seem like a problem only pertaining to rodents, it actually stretches much further to deal with the Boulder Watershed.