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Category: Environment/Recreation

'JJ & The Hooligans' to Headline Dance Party at Wolf Creek Ski Area

‘JJ & The Hooligans’ to Headline Dance Party at Wolf Creek Ski Area

Posted on March 26, 2025March 26, 2025 by Post Contributor

The fun for the final week of the 2024-25 ski season gets underway Saturday, March 29…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Take the PARC Community Recreation Survey to Share Your Insights

Take the PARC Community Recreation Survey to Share Your Insights

Posted on March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 by Post Contributor

The PARC leadership team has thoroughly reviewed past recreation management plans and is now guiding the development of a comprehensive recreation plan…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Public Presentation will Address Colorado River Compact, March 25

Posted on March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 by Post Contributor

The Colorado River Compact legally defines the sharing of water among seven Upper and Lower Basin states…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
BIG PIVOTS: Sun Day in the Works

BIG PIVOTS: Sun Day in the Works

Posted on March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 by Allen Best

“The idea of Sun Day, instead, is that we’re on the edge of this extraordinary possibility for solar…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Audubon Society Meet Tomorrow and Consider American Dipper Project

Posted on March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 by Post Contributor

The American dipper is a unique species of bird that can swim in and walk on the bottom of fast-flowing mountain streams to harvest aquatic insects…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
OPINION: Doing What's Right for America's Wild Horses

OPINION: Doing What’s Right for America’s Wild Horses

Posted on March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 by William E Simpson II

The Wild Horse Fire Brigade Plan also provides for the evolutionary-level genetic conservation of culturally important American wild horses…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
27" of Fresh Snow This Week at Wolf Creek Ski Area

27″ of Fresh Snow This Week at Wolf Creek Ski Area

Posted on March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 by Post Contributor

Lift tickets will be at peak rates Sunday, March 9 through Saturday, March 15…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Get Some Midweek Turns in at Wolf Creek

Get Some Midweek Turns in at Wolf Creek

Posted on March 5, 2025March 5, 2025 by Post Contributor

Tomorrow, March 6, is the annual Jane & Pitch Tribute Day. Come take some turns to commemorate the Pitcher Family Stewardship…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Chimney Rock Interpretive Association to Hold Volunteer Information Event This Thursday

Posted on February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 by Post Contributor

Opportunities are varied and appeal to a large range of interests…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Wolf Creek Receives 21 Inches of Powder Snow

Wolf Creek Receives 21 Inches of Powder Snow

Posted on February 18, 2025February 18, 2025 by Post Contributor

The all natural snow depth is 56 inches at the midway. The year-to-date snowfall is 140 inches…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
BIG PIVOTS: NREL vs. 'Drill-Baby-Drill'

BIG PIVOTS: NREL vs. ‘Drill-Baby-Drill’

Posted on February 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by Allen Best

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden has 3,675 employees. It’s known around the world…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Colorado Activists Making Headway Against Big Oil, Part Two

Colorado Activists Making Headway Against Big Oil, Part Two

Posted on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 by Post Contributor

“There’s a growing engagement, an excitement, passion and breadth of experiences and backgrounds behind this movement…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Colorado Activists Making Headway Against Big Oil, Part One

Colorado Activists Making Headway Against Big Oil, Part One

Posted on February 10, 2025February 11, 2025 by Post Contributor

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…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Avalanche Awareness During 'Take a Friend Snowmobiling Week'

Avalanche Awareness During ‘Take a Friend Snowmobiling Week’

Posted on February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 by Post Contributor

“We love seeing people introduce their friends to snowmobiling, and we want those rides to be fun and safe…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation
OPINION: Shaping the Future of Outdoor Recreation in Archuleta County

OPINION: Shaping the Future of Outdoor Recreation in Archuleta County

Posted on February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 by Post Contributor

Pagosa Area Recreation Coalition (PARC) was formed to address the growing demand for outdoor recreation while preserving the natural resources and wildlife…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

‘Forever Young Ski and Board Clinic’ at Wolf Creek Today, Jan. 28

Posted on January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 by Post Contributor

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…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
A Range-riding Rancher Finds Peace with Wolf Reintroduction

A Range-riding Rancher Finds Peace with Wolf Reintroduction

Posted on January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 by Post Contributor

Good range riders are acutely aware how to approach cattle as well as and how to maintain the health of the rangelands…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
20 Wolves Released in Second Year of Colorado Reintroduction Program

20 Wolves Released in Second Year of Colorado Reintroduction Program

Posted on January 21, 2025January 21, 2025 by Post Contributor

“Our goal is to keep ranchers ranching, while at the same time restoring a healthy, sustainable population of gray wolves to Colorado as mandated….”

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Results of Audubon's 2024 Christmas Bird Count

Results of Audubon’s 2024 Christmas Bird Count

Posted on January 17, 2025January 17, 2025 by Keith Bruno

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…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
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