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Category: Environment/Recreation

GGP’s ‘Breakfast IN a Balloon’ Event Runs Today Through Sunday

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 by Post Contributor

The ‘Breakfast IN a Balloon’ event starts today, Thursday, September 17 and runs through Sunday, September 20. Tickets are still available….

Posted in Community, Environment/Recreation

RANGER STATION: Miles, the Iguana

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 by Post Contributor

I assumed it was an escapee from a visitor, so we had to keep it in case someone reported him missing. But we don’t really have an “iguana section” in our Lost and Found box…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Audubon Society to Discuss Pagosa Wetlands

Posted on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 by Post Contributor

Eighty percent of all wildlife species use wetlands or riparian habitats at some point in their life cycle. According to the EPA, “More than half of our original wetlands have been drained and converted to other uses…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Deer Hunters May Be Selected for Chronic Wasting Disease Testing

Posted on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 by Post Contributor

Beginning in late September, CPW will be sending out letters to Colorado rifle season deer (buck and doe) hunters who have been selected for mandatory Chronic Wasting Disease testing…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Tips for Minimizing Bear Conflicts During Fall Season

Posted on September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 by Post Contributor

Colorado Parks and Wildlife received 3,644 bear reports from April 1 through August 31, down slightly from the 3,855 over the same timeframe the previous year…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Dying, Off-Color Pine Needles Normal in Autumn

Posted on September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 by Post Contributor

In Colorado, Ponderosa and Lodgepole pines, as well as some spruce and fir species, are the trees that are most commonly reported to be shedding needles in September and October…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Latest Updates on Colorado Fires

Latest Updates on Colorado Fires

Posted on September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 by Post Contributor

The Pine Gulch Fire has burned an estimated 139,007 acres in an area north of Grand Junction. It was ignited by a lightning strike on July 31, and is 87% contained…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Navajo State Park Helping with Weed Control Research

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 by Post Contributor

Navajo State Park in southwest Colorado is famous for great boating, fishing and camping; but soon it could be renowned for its wasps…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

OPINION: The Radiation Scandal Revealed

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 by Post Contributor

An activist anti-nuclear population views all radiation as problematic, whether that view is rational, irrational or actually harmful to people’s health and welfare…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters

New Rule Would ‘Streamline’ Oil and Gas Drilling in Colorado’s National Forests

Posted on September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 by Post Contributor

Limited oil and gas drilling has also been approved in the San Juan National Forest in southwest Colorado, and in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests near the Wyoming border…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, News/Politics

‘Colorado Recreates Responsibly Week’

Posted on September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 by Post Contributor

While the outdoor recreation industry has long been an economic driver for Colorado, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has led to record visitation and needs for maintenance on public lands nationwide…

Posted in Education/Health, Environment/Recreation

Colorado Fires, an Update

Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 by Post Contributor

Amid hot, dry weather that has left 100% of the state under an official drought classification for the first time in seven years, the 2020 wildfire season is on track to be among the most active in state history…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

OPINION: Hurricane Laura Slams US Oil Heartland

Posted on August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 by Post Contributor

Hurricane Laura is the seventh system to hit the US, a record for this time of year, with three more months of hurricane season to go….

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters

Global Indigenous Council Endorses Colorado Wolf Reintroduction

Posted on August 27, 2020August 29, 2020 by Post Contributor

“In the name of our ancestors and our future generations, we will be honored to participate in returning the wolf and ecological balance, and sharing our Traditional Ecological Knowledge to achieve this…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Back to the Wild

Posted on August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 by Post Contributor

At Frisco Creek, CPW’s wildlife technician cleaned the bear’s paws, applied salves to treat the burns and wrapped its feet…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

LETTER: A Campaign to Ban Fires in Archuleta County from April through September

Posted on August 22, 2020August 24, 2020 by Post Contributor

Things are different, and there is nothing much we can do about but live with. But… we can and must take action now to protect our piece of ‘Paradise’ here in Archuleta County, Colorado…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Begin Today in the San Juan National Forest

Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Begin Today in the San Juan National Forest

Posted on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 by Post Contributor

With minimal monsoon moisture received this year, Fire Managers on the San Juan National Forest are implementing Stage I Fire Restrictions (order) on all National READ MORE

Posted in Environment/Recreation

OPINION: Denver Water, Trump Administration Threaten National Environmental Policy Act

Posted on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 by Gary Wockner

Both Denver Water and Trump’s Department of Justice issued “motions to dismiss” in the lawsuit that Save The Colorado et al. have brought against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Governor Polis Provides Update on Colorado Wildfires

Posted on August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 by Post Contributor

There are currently four large wildfires burning: the Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon, the Pine Gulch Fire near Grand Junction, the Williams Fork Fire in Grand County, and the Cameron Peak Fire near Redfeather Lakes…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, News/Politics
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