Environment

Local News

Community pushback grows over mining exploration in La Platas

Metallic Minerals questioned about water use, access and long-term impacts at Durango open house

April 7, 2026

Local News

Durango-based company launches ‘Facebook Marketplace for businesses’

membership gets access to eco-friendly buying, selling, donations in Four Corners

April 2, 2026

Local News

Durango woman has been picking up city’s trash for nearly 30 years

Longtime volunteer teams up with neighborhood children to collect waste

March 30, 2026

Local News

Durango offers sustainability, EV charging grants up to $10,000

funding supports resiliency projects, workplace electric vehicle infrastructure

March 26, 2026

Local News

The smelly trees of spring have sprung in Durango

story behind the Callery Pear trees around town – and why they stink

March 26, 2026

Local News

Overturned tanker truck spills 80-120 barrels of drilling fluid on Southern Ute land

Initial assessments predict no damage to water, agricultural or wildlife

March 25, 2026

Regional News

Colorado’s early snowmelt is a preview of a hotter future

a longer wildfire season and major headaches for state water managers

March 23, 2026

Regional News

Parks and Wildlife Commission accepts petition to ban Colorado fur sales in ‘embarrassing’ meeting

Commissioners voted 6-4 amid public pushback and criticism

March 12, 2026

Local News

Durango High School senior pushes cap-and-gown recycling program

costs and environmental concerns drive effort

March 9, 2026

Local News

San Juan Citizen’s Alliance executive director to step down after 30 years

Pearson reflects on three decades of public lands advocacy

March 8, 2026

Local News

DurangoScape 2026 is all about envisioning change for a thriving urban forest

climate and botanic conference focuses on forward thinking

March 7, 2026

New Mexico

Young ambassador leads litter cleanup at Animas River Walk

Special projects coordinator from governor’s office helps with youth beautification effort

March 6, 2026

Local News

Baseline water data collected as mining interest returns to the La Platas

Mountain Studies Institute to track changes during exploratory activity

March 2, 2026

Local News

Plans underway to move 33‑ton rail tracks off Dolores streets

has sat along Central and Sixth streets for about 18 months

March 2, 2026

Local News

San Juan, La Plata County students present environmental resilience findings at summit

‘It’s nice to share information that I feel like I’ve spent quite a while researching,’ Durango high schooler says

February 28, 2026

Local News

Mountain Studies Institute’s new executive director bridges science and policy

McKeon teaches global environmental policy at Fort Lewis College

February 16, 2026

Southwest Life

Snowpack woes add pressure and urgency to sluggish Colorado River negotiations

Meadows in north Routt County were bare in spots Feb. 9 after a slow start to this winter's snowpack.cca A…

February 13, 2026

AP New Mexico

Agave or bust! Mexican long-nosed bats head farther north in search of sweet nectar

Research shows they're traveling about 100 miles beyond their known roosts

February 6, 2026

Local News

Asbestos remediation required for conversion of historic Durango High School

hopes to secure EPA grant to offset cost of cleanup

January 29, 2026

Local News

Southwest Colorado yaks offer healthy, eco-friendly beef alternative

Animals that evolved on the Tibetan Steppe becoming more popular across America

January 21, 2026

Local News

Boulder District Attorney visits Durango as ICE tensions escalate

Statewide outreach central to Michael Dougherty’s bid for Colorado’s top prosecutor spot

January 19, 2026

Thinking Green

Rules cut methane pollution across Colorado

Methane, the principal component of natural gas, is a potent greenhouse gas pollutant that traps heat in the atmosphere more…

January 18, 2026

Local News

Mesa Verde Pellets launches eco-friendly aspen-based cat litter

pellets are reportedly safer than pine for animals

January 6, 2026

Local News

What to watch in 2026 for La Plata County

Elections, court trials, fights for social justice and ambitious redevelopments to shape the year

January 5, 2026

Local News

A look at the stories that defined 2025 in La Plata County

wildfires to torrential rains, local happenings to national politics: Here’s what defined community conversations

December 31, 2025

Local News

Residents say Durango must not renege on greenhouse gas goals

demand action, accountability from city

December 27, 2025

New Mexico

Researchers insist fireflies exist in New Mexico – if you know where to look

Western Firefly Project in New Mexico has 13 confirmed sightings since 2021

December 26, 2025

Southwest Life

Senate advances Colorado landscape protections

These include areas across some of the highest realms of the San Juan Mountains surrounding Ice Lake Basin and the…

December 20, 2025

News

Trump administration vows to break up National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder

Vought, President Donald Trump’s budget chief, called NCAR ‘one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country’

December 18, 2025

Local News

Durango School District to add three electric buses

$900,000 grant to fund expansion of EV fleet

December 18, 2025