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Forests And Wilderness

Colorado counties, towns step up to fund outdoor workers amid federal budget cuts

Eagle, Gunnison, Pitkin and Summit direct local tax dollars toward backcountry rangers

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Volunteerism encouraged at public lands event

With federal budget cuts, people being recruited to help out where possible

DATE: May 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s tree-eating pine beetles are surging back after a prolonged dry spell

The 2013 floods gave state trees the water they needed to fight off the mountain pine beetle and other forest pests, but a dry 2024 restarted some pesky threats

DATE: Apr 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sen. Bennet chalks wins – and misses – for Southwest Colorado

The senator has tackled public lands bills, television markets and FLC tuition waiver

DATE: Apr 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Mountains Association receives grant for care of public lands

$299,000 in funding awarded by Great Outdoors Colorado

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

More than 150 Forest Service workers in Colorado lose jobs

Other federal agencies have also seen job cuts

DATE: Feb 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hermosa Creek federal protections turn 10

‘There was nothing inevitable about this legislation,’ Sen. Michael Bennet recalls

DATE: Dec 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

With no phone, wallet or car, he died in the Colorado wilderness, leaving $30,000 to the food bank

Stew Scheppegrell, 79, spent 20 years living alone northeast of Durango. His body was found last month

DATE: Sep 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Abundance in the alpine: Crow Canyon holds webinar about wild food

Two women speak about the values of wild food, from earth to mouth

DATE: Jul 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

How did a wildfire east of Bayfield set land managers up for success?

On a tour of Dry Lake Fire burn area, forest partners saw firsthand the benefits of fire

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Logging by train

State forest service partners with railroad for fuel thinning project near Rockwood

DATE: Jan 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County Search and Rescue finds community support

The organization brought in over $14,500 in donations on Colorado Gives Day

DATE: Dec 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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