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Category: 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…

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‘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
Get Ready for WinterFest This Weekend

Get Ready for WinterFest This Weekend

Posted on January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 by Post Contributor

Beginning at 1pm on Sunday, the crazy plungers take to the frigid San Juan River for the Penguin Plunge…

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Today is a Special Day at Wolf Creek Ski Area

Today is a Special Day at Wolf Creek Ski Area

Posted on January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

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

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Second Year of Gray Wolf Translocation Begins in Colorado

Second Year of Gray Wolf Translocation Begins in Colorado

Posted on January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 by Post Contributor

“Colorado is the first state to have a wolf management plan that ranchers and wildlife restorationists agreed to…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Forest Carbon Inventory Details Recent Trends in Colorado

Forest Carbon Inventory Details Recent Trends in Colorado

Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by Post Contributor

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

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Cultural Educator Jon Ghahate to Give Chimney Rock Lecture Jan. 21

Cultural Educator Jon Ghahate to Give Chimney Rock Lecture Jan. 21

Posted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by Post Contributor

Join us as Jon Ghahate discusses “Ancestral Puebloans to Contemporary SW Pueblos: Science, Community, Languages & Cultures…”

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Wolf Creek Gets 4 Fresh Inches

Posted on January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 by Post Contributor

Sunday, January 12, is Wolf Creek’s 85th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt… Find as many stickers hidden throughout the mountain as you can…

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Feds Investigate ‘Illegal Killing’ of Reintroduced Colorado Wolf

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

The USFWS investigation is the first of its kind following the first release of 10 wolves captured in Oregon in Grand and Summit counties…

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Wolf Creek Ski Race Results

Posted on January 2, 2025January 2, 2025 by Post Contributor

The event drew an impressive field of 59 racers, with participants traveling from near and far…

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Colorado Avalanche Information Center Warns of High Avalanche Danger

Colorado Avalanche Information Center Warns of High Avalanche Danger

Posted on December 30, 2024December 30, 2024 by Post Contributor

CAIC warns of dangerous avalanche conditions through New Year’s Day, with heavy snowfall and increased holiday recreation…

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Wolf Creek Ski Area Sees a Bit of Powder

Posted on December 30, 2024December 30, 2024 by Post Contributor

Lift tickets are at Peak Rates. $103 for adults, $72 for Seniors, and $55 for Children…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
BIG PIVOTS: How to Quit the Carbon Navel Gazing

BIG PIVOTS: How to Quit the Carbon Navel Gazing

Posted on December 24, 2024December 24, 2024 by Allen Best

Auden Schendler, Aspen’s blunt but savvy climate-change warrior, explains the failure of business sustainabiltiy efforts…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Santa Visits Wolf Creek Ski Area Today

Posted on December 24, 2024December 24, 2024 by Post Contributor

The white dog has been rescued! The pup will be taken to the Pagosa Springs Humane Society today…

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