Peter Hart ’99 interviewed by New York Times about leadership role in protecting Colorado public lands
Hart majored in American studies at Carleton.
Peter Hart ’99 was interviewed by the New York Times for a piece titled, “How Colorado Cowboys and Conservationists Joined Forces to Stop Drilling,” which appeared in the September 18, 2024 issue of the paper. Hart was interviewed about his leadership role in a community-based campaign to protect nearly a quarter-million acres of public lands in west-central Colorado (in an area called the Thompson Divide) from encroaching oil and gas development. Working for a nonprofit group called Wilderness Workshop, Hart helped bring together a “self-described ragtag group” that could serve as a model for future environmental coalitions.