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Category: Environment/Recreation
Wolf Creek Receives 21 Inches of Powder Snow
The all natural snow depth is 56 inches at the midway. The year-to-date snowfall is 140 inches…
BIG PIVOTS: NREL vs. ‘Drill-Baby-Drill’
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden has 3,675 employees. It’s known around the world…
Colorado Activists Making Headway Against Big Oil, Part Two
“There’s a growing engagement, an excitement, passion and breadth of experiences and backgrounds behind this movement…”
Colorado Activists Making Headway Against Big Oil, Part One
The shift in Colorado’s fossil fuel regulatory environment, and the subsequent power it has given residents, is affecting the market value of oil and gas companies…
Avalanche Awareness During ‘Take a Friend Snowmobiling Week’
“We love seeing people introduce their friends to snowmobiling, and we want those rides to be fun and safe…”
OPINION: Shaping the Future of Outdoor Recreation in Archuleta County
Pagosa Area Recreation Coalition (PARC) was formed to address the growing demand for outdoor recreation while preserving the natural resources and wildlife…
‘Forever Young Ski and Board Clinic’ at Wolf Creek Today, Jan. 28
Wednesday, January 29, is Local Appreciation Day. Lift tickets will be $68 for adults and $49 for seniors and $34 children. Everyone is considered a local…
A Range-riding Rancher Finds Peace with Wolf Reintroduction
Good range riders are acutely aware how to approach cattle as well as and how to maintain the health of the rangelands…
20 Wolves Released in Second Year of Colorado Reintroduction Program
“Our goal is to keep ranchers ranching, while at the same time restoring a healthy, sustainable population of gray wolves to Colorado as mandated….”
Results of Audubon’s 2024 Christmas Bird Count
Locally, we only have 14 years of data, but even within that window of time, we have seen similar changes on our own regional landscape…
Get Ready for WinterFest This Weekend
Beginning at 1pm on Sunday, the crazy plungers take to the frigid San Juan River for the Penguin Plunge…
Today is a Special Day at Wolf Creek Ski Area
Photo courtesy Wolf Creek Ski Area. The 85th Day of Wolf Creek’s 85th Year is today, January 14! This special day will feature stickers for READ MORE
Second Year of Gray Wolf Translocation Begins in Colorado
“Colorado is the first state to have a wolf management plan that ranchers and wildlife restorationists agreed to…”
Forest Carbon Inventory Details Recent Trends in Colorado
By Kristy Burnett The Forest Carbon Inventory report, released last week by the Colorado State Forest Service, provides detailed estimates of the carbon captured, stored READ MORE
Cultural Educator Jon Ghahate to Give Chimney Rock Lecture Jan. 21
Join us as Jon Ghahate discusses “Ancestral Puebloans to Contemporary SW Pueblos: Science, Community, Languages & Cultures…”
Wolf Creek Gets 4 Fresh Inches
Sunday, January 12, is Wolf Creek’s 85th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt… Find as many stickers hidden throughout the mountain as you can…
Feds Investigate ‘Illegal Killing’ of Reintroduced Colorado Wolf
The USFWS investigation is the first of its kind following the first release of 10 wolves captured in Oregon in Grand and Summit counties…