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Durango Nature Studies will host a Natural History Workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Durango Nature Center.…

September 17, 2014

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Call of the wild

50 years of wilderness and counting

September 17, 2014

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The San Juan National Forest has joined with the local community to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness…

September 10, 2014

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How will warming affect birds?

Those are among the conclusions in a new National Audubon Society report that looks at the potential effects of global…

September 10, 2014

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Taking stock of Animas trout

Biennial survey looks at numbers, health

September 10, 2014

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San Juan Mountains Association and certified interpretive guide MK Thompson will offer a hike to the Highland Mary Lakes near…

September 3, 2014

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Solar gardens grow power

LPEA customers have new option for purchasing renewable energy

September 3, 2014

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Polar vortex chills tied to melting sea ice

Last winter’s polar vortex put the Northeast into an extended deep freeze, which made for an icy Nigara Falls in…

September 3, 2014

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Winter ticks sucking life from Colorado moose

The state’s moose also are feeling the impact, in the form of tiny tick bites. Historically, much of the winter…

September 3, 2014

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Climate change threatens desert fish

92 Devil’s Hole pupfish live in Death Valley

September 3, 2014

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A classroom without walls

6 FLC students kick off new public-lands internship program

August 27, 2014

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Trash burning pollutes air

Garbage burns slowly at a dump on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Researchers estimate about 41 percent of the…

August 27, 2014

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Mancos State Park, 42545 County Road N in Mancos, will host these programs: An astronomy event will be held at…

August 27, 2014

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Reservoir could destroy rare plants

Two species believed to be living only in Lone Mesa State Park

August 27, 2014

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Green Business Roundtable announces its fall schedule

The fall circuit of speakers lines up thusly: Sept. 10: “The Scoop on the Poop: Herbicides in our Manure and…

August 27, 2014

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A public meeting about the draft Colorado Water Plan will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Durango…

August 20, 2014

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Solar plants scorch birds

Thousands die while flying above Mojave Desert site

August 20, 2014

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Prowling for mushrooms in the high country

For foragers, the high country is calling

August 20, 2014

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Uranium mill lawsuit expands

Group claims radon emissions in Utah violate Clean Air Act

August 20, 2014

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Telluride will host the annual Water 101 Seminar from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Telluride Town…

August 13, 2014

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The wilderness drought

Gridlock in Congress means broad focus may help land bills

August 13, 2014

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Mill cleanup vanquishes mercury

Workers remove 240 pounds of waste in Mancos

August 13, 2014

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Climbers are branching out

Patty and Peter Jenkins of Tree Climbers International at the top of a Douglas fir in Portland, Oregon, in 2012.…

August 6, 2014

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Durango Nature Studies will host a Full Moon Hike under the Sturgeon Moon from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at…

August 6, 2014