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Earth Briefs

Regular tours of the Library Demonstration Garden, between Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., and the Animas River Trail,…

Bee-colony death rate falls to 23%

Is it good news? Expert says ‘no’

Earth Briefs

Aramark, Mesa Verde National Park’s concessionaire, will host a free treasure hunt for kids from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.…

Do our electronics confuse birds?

Gadgets may upset magnetic compasses used for migration

Let’s meet and talk conservation

Networking event invites groups to find unity in common ground

Earth Briefs

Work has begun on the Kinder Morgan 3-D Seismic Study for the Doe Canyon Deep Unit in the “Glade” area…

The forecast’s never been so good

Weathermen’s predictions less cloudy as to whether you’ll see rain

We’re skeptics about climate change

Americans rarely rank environmental concerns highly

Earth Briefs

The fourth annual tree-planting project at Needham Elementary School is underway. Trees will be planted on the north side of…

Cows can milk themselves

Some diary producers are moving away from traditional milking methods toward robotic milkers that feed and milk cows.Associated Press file…

Soil map may unlock mysteries

From climate change to crimes, data to serve many purposes

Hello, spring, you’re early again

Season arrives three weeks earlier than in Thoreau’s time

Bee season arrives

Earth Briefs

Durango Nature Studies’ fifth annual Earth Day 5K Celebration will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at…

‘Big data’ unsettles farmers

With promise of higher crop yields comes fears of exploitation

Looking for diamond in the rough

Crowdsourcing a solution to mine waste in Silverton

One-fifth of China’s farmland is polluted

The report, previously deemed so sensitive it was classified as a state secret, names the heavy metals cadmium, nickel and…

Earth Briefs

The San Juan National Forest Secure Rural Schools Act Resource Advisory Committee will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.…

Activists are dying for our environment

Report: Two killed each week on average

Fish helped grow these greens

Farmer uses aquaponics to harvest lettuce, kale

Is the air you breathe good, bad?

Students devise system to target localized pollution

Solar plane can fly forever

As technology advances, humans become the limitation on aircraft’s flight time

Earth Brief

The Pagosa Ranger District plans to conduct spring prescribed burning operations in the Turkey Springs area of the San Juan…

Warming Southwest spells trouble

Some species to lose major parts of habitat