Conservation

New law allows state land board to consider recreation, conservation

is to balance more diverse values with mandate to generate funds for schools

May 14, 2025

Shop local to support your public lands

SJMA's Visitor Information Director, J Burnite, using some of the many products offered at our retail outlets to answer visitor…

May 7, 2025

Regional News

Colorado’s tree-eating pine beetles are surging back after a prolonged dry spell

2013 floods gave state trees the water they needed to fight off the mountain pine beetle and other forest pests,…

April 22, 2025

Outdoors

White House to reverse rule promoting conservation on BLM land

Lands Act put restoration on equal footing with ranching and drilling

April 21, 2025

Local News

Landowners in Chicken Creek permanently conserve 720 acres outside Mancos

easement is on land that’s a ‘transition and gateway to public lands,’ landowner says

April 14, 2025

Stewards of the Land

You have the power to help our public lands

San Juan Mountain Association volunteer conducts light trail maintenance along the Colorado Trail, Segment 25.1. (Courtesy of San Juan Mountain…

April 11, 2025

Regional News

What Trump’s ‘emergency’ logging declaration could mean for Colorado’s U.S. Forest land

comes on heels of a separate directive to expand American timber production by 25%

April 10, 2025

Regional News

Wolf from Canada released in Colorado shot and killed in Wyoming after it killed multiple sheep

are managed differently in Wyoming, and state officials said the wolf was legally shot after finding evidence of depredation

March 21, 2025

Regional News

Feeding deer in Colorado is illegal. Here’s why it’s also dangerous

‘They’re not tame or pets, and anytime you put dogs in close contact with wildlife, conflicts are going to happen’

March 11, 2025

Stewards of the Land

The magic is always there

SJMA's Snow Ambassador, Colin Courtney, stationed at Andrews Lake Winter Parking Area. (Courtesy of Colin Courtney) Winter seems to come…

March 5, 2025

Southwest Life

Colorado forests are releasing more carbon than they’re storing

Authors of a new Colorado State Forest Service report say forests naturally cycle between carbon “sinks” and “sources”

February 26, 2025

Thinking Green

Legislation removes public from forest management

Ill-named legislation that would take a wrecking ball to the public’s involvement in management of our public forests has recently…

February 18, 2025

Regional News

Rep. Lauren Boebert wants wolves off the endangered species list

won’t end Colorado’s wolf program

February 7, 2025

Education

Southwest Conservation Corps hiring high school students for summer conservation work

will be two four-week sessions offered, and no experience is necessary

January 29, 2025

Gulliford's Travels

Utah’s potential land grab: A new fight for the West begins

Arch Canyon in Bears Ears National Monument is on Bureau of Land Management Land. This dramatic canyon landscape was once…

January 10, 2025

Stewards of the Land

Change is constant

“The only constant in life is change.” This quote, attributed to Heraclitus, comes up frequently in conversations with San Juan…

December 13, 2024

Thinking Green

Elections and climate policy

Elections have consequences. Many are wondering what the just completed presidential election might hold for climate policy and action on…

November 16, 2024

Local News

First e-bike trail in San Juan National Forest opens

6.2-mile Cutthroat route runs parallel to Hermosa Park Road

November 8, 2024

Stewards of the Land

San Juan Mountains Association’s Annual FUNdraiser, Christmas Trees for Conservation

Volunteers helping at San Juan Mountain Association’s Christmas Trees for Conversation Lot. (Courtesy of SJMA) I got the first text…

November 8, 2024

Southwest Life

Cloned black-footed ferret gives birth for first time ever

Experts: Proof clones can reproduce safely is key to restoration of endangered species

November 6, 2024

Southwest Life

How a rye revival in the San Luis Valley could save its soil and farms

With the Sangre de Cristo mountains for a backdrop, Michael Jones plants rye seed at Jones Farm Organics, in the…

October 24, 2024

Local News

San Juan National Forest adds 30 acres, renames Falls Creek Conservation Area

property acquisition has been discussed since 2017

June 18, 2024

Stewards of the Land

Stewardship is for all. A small gesture can go a long way.

SJMA Forest Ambassador removing trash and debris from a popular campsite. One person can make a difference. (Courtesy SJMA) Looking…

June 9, 2024

Stewards of the Land

Day in the life of SJMA volunteer trail ambassador

San Juan Mountain Association’s Ice Lake Trailhead Educational Basecamp (Courtesy of Marly Saunders) A group of eight people walked up…

May 12, 2024