Forests and Wilderness

Sen. Michael Bennet says wilderness bill has support ‘across the political spectrum’

Act has passed House of Representatives, needs Senate approval to become law

December 9, 2025 • Abigail Hatting — Herald Staff Writer

Forests and Wilderness

Durango couple completes latest adventure to document America’s public lands

Davis seeks human-powered adventure in the natural world

November 30, 2025 • Scout Edmondson — Herald Staff Writer

Contests

Surviving nature means embracing it, says Durango wilderness survival instructor

Rattlesnake bites or lightning strikes, knowledge is a powerful tool

October 25, 2025 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

ColoradoSun.com

Colorado counties, towns step up to fund outdoor workers amid federal budget cuts

Eagle, Gunnison, Pitkin and Summit direct local tax dollars toward backcountry rangers

June 4, 2025 • Jason Blevins — The Colorado Sun

Durango

Volunteerism encouraged at public lands event

federal budget cuts, people being recruited to help out where possible

May 21, 2025 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

Climate

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 • Michael Booth — The Colorado Sun

Colorado

Sen. Bennet chalks wins – and misses – for Southwest Colorado

senator has tackled public lands bills, television markets and FLC tuition waiver

April 11, 2025 • Kathryn Squyres — Herald Staff Writer

Forests

San Juan Mountains Association receives grant for care of public lands

$299,000 in funding awarded by Great Outdoors Colorado

March 19, 2025 • Jessica Bowman — Herald Staff Writer

ColoradoSun.com

More than 150 Forest Service workers in Colorado lose jobs

federal agencies have also seen job cuts

February 19, 2025 • Jason Blevins — The Colorado Sun

Forests

Hermosa Creek federal protections turn 10

‘There was nothing inevitable about this legislation,’ Sen. Michael Bennet recalls

December 23, 2024 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Forests and Wilderness

With no phone, wallet or car, he died in the Colorado wilderness, leaving $30,000 to the food bank

Scheppegrell, 79, spent 20 years living alone northeast of Durango. His body was found last month

September 9, 2024 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Crow Canyon Archeological Center

Abundance in the alpine: Crow Canyon holds webinar about wild food

women speak about the values of wild food, from earth to mouth

July 12, 2024 • Cameryn Cass — Special to The Journal

Fire

How did a wildfire east of Bayfield set land managers up for success?

a tour of Dry Lake Fire burn area, forest partners saw firsthand the benefits of fire

May 24, 2024 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

416 Fire

Logging by train

forest service partners with railroad for fuel thinning project near Rockwood

January 17, 2024 • Reuben M. Schafir — 0112

Forests and Wilderness

La Plata County Search and Rescue finds community support

organization brought in over $14,500 in donations on Colorado Gives Day

December 8, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Fire

Working with ‘good fire’

managers in Southwest Colorado are changing they way they respond to wildfires

December 4, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Conservation

$22 million worth of trees are coming to Colorado

New Vista High School volunteers Tyler Zeid plants a new tree saplings on the Cal-Wood fire burn scar, Thursday, October…

September 20, 2023 • Alejandro A. Alonso Galva and Sam Brasch — Colorado Public Radio

Dolores

Prescribed burns on 27,600 acres of San Juan National Forest scheduled for this fall

Conditions appear to be ‘really promising’

September 5, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

416 Fire

Playing with fire (mitigation)

wildfire risk, impending state codes have HOAs and homeowners leaning into mitigation

August 21, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Bayfield

Dry Lake fire 47% contained after fuel reduction

started as a quarter-acre fire grew to 1,400 acres within fire lines

August 7, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Bayfield

Firefighters seek to use Dry Lake fire for fuels reduction

Lightning started fire Sunday east of Bayfield; smoke was visible from U.S. Highway 160

August 3, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Community

Searching for Ian O’Brien

‘Everybody is grieving and motivated, hopeful and hopeless’ partner says

July 9, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer