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Category: 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
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…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
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

Posted in Environment/Recreation
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…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation
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