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| BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Scientists from universities in Montana, Colorado and Idaho announced Wednesday the start of a 5-year, $3.85 million research project into how a changing climate will influence wildfires. more... |
| BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Scientists from universities in Montana, Colorado and Idaho announced Wednesday the start of a 5-year, $3.85 million research project into how a changing climate will influence wildfires. more... |
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A of Sept. 1, Park officials will put closures in place for travel on foot or horse off established roadways or designated trails from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. These closures last through Oct. 31 and are effective in Horseshoe Park, Upper Beaver Meadows,... |
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Denver Water and the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region announced plans to equally share an investment of $33 million, over a five-year period, in restoration projects on more than 38,000 acres of National Forest lands. |
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| ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK — Amid concerns that climate change will reshape Colorado's high country, Colorado State University ecologist Greg Wann is on a tough mission: tracking ptarmigans, the elusive mountain birds known for their... | |
| MOSCA, Colo. (AP) — A frog that hasn't been seen at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in more than 40 years has returned. | |
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For the third consecutive year, Grand County plans to release water from Granby Reservoir to aid river flows in the Upper Colorado River. |
| SUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado — U.S. Forest Service officials have begun the early planning stages of another large forest-health project that aims to address the effects of the mountain pine beetle epidemic. | |
| NIWOT RIDGE, Colo. (AP) — Government-backed researchers are trying to spin the clock forward by erecting heat lamps and planting thousands of seedlings in Colorado's high country to test whether climate change may cause the timberline to... | |
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With gently sloping Sheep Mountain as a backdrop, policy makers and conservation advocates gathered at scenic Columbine Point at the YMCA of the Rockies on Wednesday, Aug. 18, to celebrate the culmination of a four-year journey to set aside 2,800 acres... |
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NIWOT RIDGE — Government-backed researchers are trying to spin the clock forward by erecting heat lamps and planting thousands of seedlings in Colorado's High Country to test whether climate change may cause the timberline to gradually march up the... |
| ASPEN — An Aspen visitor who was reported missing early Monday was found later in the day near the Hunter Creek Trail after three nights outdoors, authorities said. | |
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has prepared a draft wilderness bill that would provide new protections to roughly 70 percent of the lands in Summit and Eagle counties targeted by environmentalists as part of the Hidden Gems campaign. |
| The Grand County chapter of Trout Unlimited has forwarded a petition to Moffat Firming project stakeholders, signed by Grand County residents and visitors, reiterating the need for protection of the area's rivers. | |
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Halfway along the canal that connects Grand Lake with Shadow Mountain Reservoir, Bill Mueller often notices something floating with the current other than boats. |
| WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator Mark Udall's effort to help Colorado fight the bark beetle epidemic saw a key victory when his bill, the National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act, won approval by the Senate's Energy and National... | |
| WALDEN, Colo.-- Colorado Division of Wildlife technicians searching for aquatic nuisance species made an unwelcome discovery at South Delaney Butte Lake in Jackson County when they found New Zealand mudsnails at the popular North Park fishery. | |
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