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Local food will be focus of Green Business Roundtable

Durango Herald file The public is invited. Participants are encouraged to register by 9 a.m. Monday at sanjuancitizens.org/gbr. Tickets are…

November 3, 2016

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Durango Bird Club to meet Wednesday

Durango Herald file Lynn Wickersham will present a program about breeding ecology and the status of the gray vireo. She…

November 2, 2016

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CSU master gardener class deadline is Dec. 31

Durango Herald file Students will receive training in tree care, vegetables, soils, native plants, water-wise gardening, pruning and much more.…

November 2, 2016

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Durango Nature Studies offers geology workshop

The Durango Nature Center is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Courtesy of Durango Nature Studies Program facilitator Brooks Mitchell…

October 19, 2016

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Plentiful harvest for N.M. piñon seed-seekers

Temperamental trees yield best crop since 2005

October 19, 2016

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Forest Service to burn slash piles east of Bayfield

The Columbine Ranger District of the Forest Service plans to burn slash piles through this fall and winter in the…

October 5, 2016

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Turtle Lake Refuge to celebrate organic parks

Turtle Lake Refuge will offer basket weaving at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Brookside Park.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald file Events include: Tea…

October 5, 2016

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Researchers find abundant life in Hawaii’s twilight zone

A paper published in the journal PeerJ revealed that some of these ecosystems off the Hawaiian archipelago, particularly an area…

October 4, 2016

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Goose poop creates messy problem for many cities in U.S.

A gaggle of Canada geese surround a woman along the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. Communities large and small across…

September 30, 2016

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Hermosa Creek project improves habitat for cutthroat trout

The San Juan National Forest hired Durango contractors G2 and AJ Construction to complete 500 feet of streambank stabilization in…

September 28, 2016

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San Juan National Forest announces acting supervisor

Bacondu1-i-syn In her absence, Russell Bacon, deputy forest supervisor for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests, is serving…

September 28, 2016

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Staff shortages hamper U.S. wildlife refuges

Staffing at the nation’s 565 wildlife refuges and related properties shrank nearly 15 percent in the past decade, and more…

September 24, 2016

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Rusty patched bumble bee recommended for endangered list

A rusty patched bumble bee collects pollen from a flower in Madison, Wis. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has…

September 22, 2016

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100,000 deaths attributed to forest fire haze in Indonesia

Students ride on a boat on their way to school while haze from wildfires blanket the Musi River in Palembang,…

September 19, 2016

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Snow leopards’ return brings hope to remote Afghan region

The leopards range across the snowy mountains of a dozen countries in Central and South Asia, but their numbers had…

September 16, 2016

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Hemp studies yield improved crop in Yellow Jacket

Trials demonstrate real potential, researchers say

September 14, 2016

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‘Art in Nature’ workshop offered at Durango Nature Center

Durango Nature Studies will hold an “Art in Nature” workshop at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 24 at the Durango Nature Center.SHAUN…

September 14, 2016

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Durango Nature Studies’ auction includes Neil Young tickets, lots more

Nick Jernigan, far right, watches as his father, Randy Jernigan, left, and volunteers Robin Bumgarner, center, and Colin Vosika install…

September 14, 2016

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Beekeepers, growers get financially stung by hive thefts

Marking the hives and frames with a registered brand is one way to recover stolen hives. Opportunistic “bee rustlers” bolster…

September 9, 2016

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This fish may be key puzzle piece to evolutionary transition

More tragic still, every specimen in the “mass death deposit” was a juvenile. So where were their parents? The answer…

September 9, 2016

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Prescribed burn in Cat Creek Road area

SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald file<br><br>Southern Ute Agency Fire Management is planning a prescribed burn Monday through Friday in the Garcia Canyon/Round…

September 7, 2016

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National Solar Tour to highlight Durango homes

The American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour will feature a Durango-area solar home tour from 10 a.m. to 5…

September 7, 2016

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Alaskans live among bears – both real and brightly colored

Painted bears aim to raise awareness

September 3, 2016

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Africa’s elephants rapidly declining as poaching thrives

Africa’s savanna elephant population plummeted by about 30 percent from 2007 to 2014 and is declining at about 8 percent…

September 1, 2016