Parks

Animas City Mountain prescribed burn delayed

and windy weather will likely postpone the preventive measures until at least fall

May 3, 2022

Photos: Durango students plant trees to celebrate Arbor Day

Ronin Hinkley, 6, and Gwen Tamerious, 6, both kindergartners at Park Elementary School, help plant a London plane tree on…

April 16, 2022

Local News

Prescribed burn planned for Animas City Mountain

Preparations will begin mid-April and trails will close during the wildfire operations just north of Durango

April 14, 2022

Regional News

Colorado parks are full and getting fuller. How will the state decide who gets in, and who gets hurt?

Everyone agrees the state’s open spaces are growing alarmingly crowded on popular days

March 28, 2022

Local News

Durango’s Blue Star Memorial shaping up to be sturdier than ever

Club and local businesses donate time, materials to improve Santa Rita Park site honoring veterans

March 24, 2022

Regional News

Coloradans will be charged $29 for a state parks pass when registering cars

Residents can opt out of the Keep Colorado Wild Pass

March 11, 2022

Local News

Slight majority of those surveyed support e-bikes on Twin Buttes trails

Advisory boards expected to make recommendation on whether pedal-assist bicycles should be allowed

February 4, 2022

Local News

Beavers force removal of trees along Durango’s Animas River Trail

and Recreation cut down three cottonwoods at risk of falling

January 25, 2022

Regional News

Colorado Parks and Wildlife hosts New Year’s Day hiking program

Ridgway State Park to hold hikes and other activities

December 27, 2021

Local News

Durango says pickleball is too loud for outdoor tennis courts

is looking for other spaces where residents can play

November 30, 2021

Local News

Durango receives funding to do wildfire mitigation around neighborhoods that border overgrown wildlands

$146,000 grant will help reduce fire risk near residential structures

October 18, 2021

Local News

City of Durango cuts down cottonwood; residents hold ‘funeral’ for tree’s demise

and rec said tree stood in way of Animas River Trail underpass near 32nd Street

September 15, 2021

Local News

Residents gather to save cottonwood tree slated for removal in north Durango

Protesters take issue with city’s cost estimate re-routing trail around tree

September 13, 2021

Local News

Cottonwood tree in north Durango to be removed as part of river trail project

says keeping tree could cost more than $1million

September 9, 2021

New Mexico

School district donates land to city of Farmington, possibly for an ‘all-abilities park’

would be the first fully inclusive and adapted playground in San Juan County

August 27, 2021

Outdoors

The Great Sand Dunes ‘are just a big mountain of sand’ and other 1-star national park reviews

The cover of "Subpar Parks" and a photo of author Amber Share. (Courtesy of Amber Share and Penguin Random House)…

July 20, 2021

Local News

Durango adds 245 acres of open space to Horse Gulch area

conveyance helps jump-start Mesa Park Area Plan

June 15, 2021

Local News

Durango’s 35 parks that ‘make life better’

A guide to the city’s valued green spaces

May 6, 2021

Local News

Durango City Council to meet to discuss future of Buckley Park

Councilors, staff members will convene Tuesday

April 26, 2021

Local News

Demolition of Mason Center set for Monday

Adjacent sidewalk and parking to close during demolition

April 24, 2021

New Mexico

Looking for a park? Farmington has 50 of them

are small and tucked away in neighborhoods, others are ‘landmarks’

April 21, 2021

Local News

Homeless man cited for starting fire at Oxbow Park & Preserve

marshal says many cottonwood trees were damaged and will have to come down

April 9, 2021

Local News

Cathy Metz, director of Durango Parks and Recreation, to retire

will begin local, national search for replacement

April 5, 2021

Local News

Durango School District 9-R commits to protect Buckley Park

Agreement with city begins search for equitable land swap

December 16, 2020