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As wildfire danger looms, Arizona forests close

The Kaibab National Forest with Bill Williams Mountain, background, in Williams, Ariz.Dyan Bone/U.S. Forest Service via AP file Coconino National…

May 18, 2018

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Bill seeks park status for New Mexico’s stunning white dunes

Supporters seek economic benefit from increased visitation

May 16, 2018

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Fort Collins vet treats dogs, exotic animals with stem cells

The purebred dachshund didn’t like the humans poking and prodding his nose with all kinds of different medicines. But he…

May 15, 2018

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Driving tour targets historic Tiffany, Allison

will spotlight overlooked part of La Plata County

May 12, 2018

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Purgatory Resort to offer naturalist training

The training is for people interested in guiding nature tours this summer and will be taught by SJMA naturalists. Guided…

May 11, 2018

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Educational hikes scheduled for May

May 19, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.: Laurie Swisher, former San Juan National Forest old-growth coordinator, will lead a 3- to 4-mile…

May 11, 2018

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Land surveyors to meet Tuesday

Butch Knowlton, La Plata County emergency management and building department director, will speak about floodplain surveying and engineering requirements in…

May 11, 2018

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Cortez Cultural Center to hold wildflower walk

Cost is $10 for nonmembers and $5 for members. Proceeds go to Cortez Cultural Center. Children younger than 12 years…

May 11, 2018

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Crow Canyon, Mesa Verde offer development program for teachers

The Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park.The Durango Herald file On the first day, educators will delve into Pueblo…

May 11, 2018

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Beekeepers to hold Thursday meeting

Bill Collins, a Fort Lewis College chemistry professor and bee expert, will speak about honeybee hive management, Varroa mite biology…

May 11, 2018

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Loveland elk bugling family’s prowess turning heads

The bugling, grunts and mews from Tom, his son Thomas and daughter Jessie Sletten are so real that one would…

May 10, 2018

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McPhee to host Public Lands Day celebration

San Juan Mountains Association will celebrate Colorado Public Lands Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19 at the…

May 9, 2018

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Fossilized footprints tell tale of Ice Age sloth hunt in New Mexico

Park naturalist David Bustos says the series of tracks and adult and children’s footprints found at White Sands National Monument…

May 8, 2018

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A unique, historic orchard returns to life at Old Fort Lewis

Century-old trees contain apple varieties once thought extinct

May 6, 2018

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Ute Mountain-Mesa Verde Birding Festival explores birds of Four Corners

event to feature tours, expert speakers

May 5, 2018

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Fort Lewis College to host conservation workshop

Mountain Studies Institute – in partnership with San Juan National Forest, Mesa Verde National Park and Southwest Conservation Corps –…

May 5, 2018

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Electric vehicle questions to be answered Monday

Those who attend can learn about how to use electric transportation and cut down on fuel costs and air pollution…

May 4, 2018

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Navajo Nation: More than 100 horses apparent victims of drought

Scores of dead horses are shown in a dried up stock pond on Navajo tribal land in northern Arizona, apparently…

May 2, 2018

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Forest Service acts to restrict camping at Priest Lake

affects Priest Lake and Mary E sites

May 2, 2018

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Cataract surgery evolves to make vision even sharper

tool allows Durango surgeons to improve lens selection

April 29, 2018

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Daybreak Rotary to meet Wednesday

Gulliford Andrew Gulliford, Fort Lewis College history and environmental studies professor, will speak to the club about wolves in Colorado.…

April 29, 2018

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San Juan Mountains Association seeks volunteers for youth projects

A background check will be required. For more information, call or email SJMA at 759-1170 or [email protected].

April 29, 2018

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Bulb expert to plant her knowledge in Durango

Strange will tell gardeners how she grows alpine species in England

April 28, 2018

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Hisatsinom to present about ancient turkeys of Arizona

Blythe will discuss the archaeological contexts of turkeys within the Houck community using methods of spatial analysis, faunal skeletal evaluation…

April 28, 2018