Southwest Life Farmers use tech to wring every drop from Colorado River Drones, cameras collect data to help farmers irrigate crops August 17, 2019
Southwest Life San Juan Mountains Association to host recognition picnic The event will celebrate volunteers and members who contribute to public lands. Members and volunteers are invited to attend with… August 17, 2019
Southwest Life The challenge of restoring the desert’s delicate biocrust Without cover of living microorganisms, desert is eroding August 16, 2019
Southwest Life LPEA spends $800,000 a year to protect birds from electrocution Southwest Colorado co-op hopes project will be finished by 2020 August 15, 2019
Southwest Life Durangoan Cody Doig named to Sportsperson’s Roundtable The Colorado Sportsperson’s Roundtable convenes twice a year. At the next meeting, they will cover recent changes to the big… August 14, 2019
Southwest Life Botanical Society to present plant photography workshop David Porter with Durango’s David Porter Studios and Durango School of Photography will lead the workshop. The workshop will cover… August 14, 2019
Southwest Life CHAMP seeks public comment on industrial hemp issues The meeting will be held in partnership with Fort Lewis College and the Southern Ute Indian and Ute Mountain Ute… August 12, 2019
Southwest Life Durango Bird Club to meet at Fort Lewis College The meeting will explore the ways birds react to human-caused noise in their environment and how their habitat is indirectly… August 10, 2019
Southwest Life Forest Fire prevention icon Smokey Bear is turning 75 The icon of the longest-running public service campaign in the U.S. is being honored with birthday parties around the country… August 9, 2019
Southwest Life San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to meet Aug. 14 Archaeologist Richard Friedman will present “Using Computer Technology to Aid in the Identification, Documentation and Visualization of the Chacoan Landscape… August 9, 2019
Southwest Life Colorado Parks and Wildlife offers instruction to young hunters Offered through the agency’s Hunter Outreach Program, novice hunters across the state will have the chance to learn how to… August 8, 2019
Southwest Life Work underway to restore Navajo State Park Marina The dock, boat slips, store and utility lines were removed earlier this year because they could have been damaged when… August 8, 2019
Southwest Life Four Corners Back Country Horsemen to meet Aug. 15 Anne Dal Vera will talk about crosscut saws at the Florida Grange on Aug. 15.Durango Herald file Anne Dal Vera… August 7, 2019
Southwest Life Access to ruins-rich public land near Mesa Verde explored Protecting relics on 7,300-acre parcel a priority August 4, 2019
Southwest Life Trails 2000 announces August trail-work dates Trail-work times are from 4:30 to 7 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. SkyRaider Trail: Wednesday, Aug. 14,… August 3, 2019
Southwest Life Proud of your plants? Enter the La Plata County Fair’s horticulture show I’ll bet you are like me – you enjoy your vegetable garden – all the yummy, fresh food that you… August 2, 2019
Southwest Life Wilderness Study Areas frozen in time in Southwest Colorado Recommendations for parcels were made decades ago; recent bills seek to take action August 1, 2019
Southwest Life Colorado Parks and Wildlife seeks input about future park sites In 2018, the Colorado General Assembly passed the Future Generations Act, calling on CPW to plan for development of new… July 31, 2019
Southwest Life Archaeologists find new sites at Lone Mesa State Park could help prepare the area to open to the public July 25, 2019
Southwest Life 51 days on Dolores River a boon to boaters, biologists out of extreme drought, water releases a pleasant surprise July 24, 2019
Southwest Life Colorado Parks and Wildlife seeks applications for wetlands program The agency will award up to $1.3 million from Great Outdoors Colorado to projects that support the strategic plan’s two… July 24, 2019
Southwest Life Two mussel-infested boats intercepted at McPhee Reservoir reservoirs are believed to be free of invasive species July 21, 2019
Southwest Life Animas Valley Grange to present a talk on archaeology of the Darkmold Site Mona Charles will talk about what the Darkmold Site reveals about Durango’s first farmers, the Basketmakers. Charles spent many years… July 20, 2019
Southwest Life Avalanches leave path of destruction across popular trails Colorado Trail may not be accessible this year, officials say July 18, 2019