Natural science

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

Local News

Sliding toward a snow and avalanche studies certificate

cohort of students in Fort Lewis College working through new program

April 14, 2024

Southwest Life

Southwest Colorado a playground for research scientists

Landscape diversity invites study of desert groundwater, alpine permafrost and prehistoric wildfires

July 14, 2022

Local News

68th annual Four Corners Gem & Mineral Show boasts gems, geodes, fossils and more

Three-day event lasts until Sunday afternoon

July 10, 2022

Local News

How citizen scientists are testing our streams and rivers for contamination

Mountain Studies Institute, Fort Lewis College partner to measure E. coli in San Juan National Forest’s waterways

July 6, 2022

Southwest Life

Agencies map weeds to tackle roots of the problem

Plata County, San Juan National Forest turn to GIS to slow the spread

June 30, 2022

Local News

Can we replace fire with mechanical thinning in Southwest Colorado?

ecologists argue prescribed burns are necessary even as they have caused blazes this spring

June 4, 2022

Local News

For cheap, healthful meals, try foraging

is an ideal time to learn about nature’s bounty

May 6, 2022

Local News

New climate normals show drier, hotter Southwest Colorado

decade scientists with NOAA update temperature and precipitation averages across the U.S.

February 3, 2022

Southwest Life

Citizen science takes flight with annual bird counts

Christmas tallies boost research and conservation

January 16, 2022

Southwest Life

Trail closures give wildlife a critical winter refuge

deer struggle the most with rising pressure from recreation

December 19, 2021

Local News

Durango High School graduates return home to offer naturopathic medicine

cheerleaders took separate paths and wound up together again

October 27, 2020

Local News

San Juan College views historic Mercury transit

chance to view it is 2032

November 11, 2019

Local News

Prescribed burns to begin at Boggy Draw

4,000 acres to receive fire treatment

August 17, 2019

Business

Fourth-grader’s idea sprouts family board game company

Schadt’s science project on Philippine eagle now out on Kickstarter

August 11, 2019

Food

The way you speak now was shaped by what your ancestors ate

A farmer, left, ritualistically offers a small portion of food to god before eating her lunch while working at a…

March 15, 2019

Local News

Small earthquakes rattle central Utah

quakes are not unusual, but noticed now

February 24, 2019

Local News

Skulls, bones teach middle-schoolers about evolution

seventh-graders study in Fort Lewis College lab

December 9, 2016

Good Earth

Historic apple orchards begin comeback in Montezuma County

works to return vitality to orchard industry

August 17, 2016

Local News

Animas High School student to share adventure from Nautilus

Animas High School student Emily Vierling, second from right, with three of her seven honors fellows, is aboard the Exploration…

August 5, 2016

Local News

Fort Lewis College professor to visit Greenland, Antarctica

Steltzer, in her mid-40s, began a sabbatical year with a return to where she fell in love with alpine botany…

June 25, 2016

Education

Bayfield library embarks on project to inspire interest in science, math

“Teens in our community flock to the library after school and throughout the summer,” Teen Services Manager Becky Van Den…

January 26, 2016

Local News

Silver lining to an orange river

teachers bring mine spill into the classroom

October 19, 2015

Local News

Fish in the Animas aren’t going hungry

study confirms that Durango’s river is home to a diverse variety of bugs

April 28, 2015