Take a look back the Herald's top photos of the week.
Jim White, right, aquatic biologist, and Pete Deren, aquatic technician, both of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, walk a section of the east fork of Hermosa Creek on July 18, shocking the water to see if any brook trout have survived after using an organic poison to kill the fish in 2016. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Jim White, right, aquatic biologist, and Pete Deren, aquatic technician, both of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, walk a section of the east fork of Hermosa Creek on July 18, shocking the water to see if any brook trout have survived after using an organic poison to kill the fish in 2016. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Yvonne Bilinski, executive director of the Fort Lewis College Native American Center, has retired after 11 years with the center. She worked to make to sure the center met students academic, social, cultural and wellness needs. She also expanded the center’s offerings to be more inclusive of all Native American tribes. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Yvonne Bilinski, executive director of the Fort Lewis College Native American Center, has retired after 11 years with the center. She worked to make to sure the center met students academic, social, cultural and wellness needs. She also expanded the center’s offerings to be more inclusive of all Native American tribes. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A Flight for Life helicopter transports a victim with severe injuries from the scene of a head-on car crash on U.S. Highway 160 west of Hesperus on July 20. Two people were killed in the crash near mile marker 68 and three others were injured. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A Flight for Life helicopter transports a victim with severe injuries from the scene of a head-on car crash on U.S. Highway 160 west of Hesperus on July 20. Two people were killed in the crash near mile marker 68 and three others were injured. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The driver of a Nissan Armada was involved in a head-on car crash on U.S. Highway 160 west of Hesperus on July 20. The crash killed two people and injured three others. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The driver of a Nissan Armada was involved in a head-on car crash on U.S. Highway 160 west of Hesperus on July 20. The crash killed two people and injured three others. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Anthony Nocella, left, assistant professor of sociology at Fort Lewis College, talks with Diane Skufca, director of facility operations with the Colorado Division of Youth Services, and Kent Moe, executive director of Rite of Passage, on July 20, during an open house at the Robert E. DeNier Youth Services Center in Bodo Industrial Park. The facility had been closed for remodeling after a pipe burst in the ceiling of the gymnasium, causing water damage throughout the building. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Anthony Nocella, left, assistant professor of sociology at Fort Lewis College, talks with Diane Skufca, director of facility operations with the Colorado Division of Youth Services, and Kent Moe, executive director of Rite of Passage, on July 20, during an open house at the Robert E. DeNier Youth Services Center in Bodo Industrial Park. The facility had been closed for remodeling after a pipe burst in the ceiling of the gymnasium, causing water damage throughout the building. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Juan Mendoza, a cook with Taco Boy, makes a burrito on July 17, at the restaurant in Three Springs. The fast-casual restaurant seats 98 people. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Juan Mendoza, a cook with Taco Boy, makes a burrito on July 17, at the restaurant in Three Springs. The fast-casual restaurant seats 98 people. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Local historian Sharon Greve, posing at Maria’s Bookshop, spent five years researching and writing her new book, Beyond the Badge, a comprehensive history of the Durango Police Department from its inception in 1881 to 1949. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Local historian Sharon Greve, posing at Maria’s Bookshop, spent five years researching and writing her new book, Beyond the Badge, a comprehensive history of the Durango Police Department from its inception in 1881 to 1949. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Chase Noonan, a participant in Mountain Studies Institute’s Experience Mountain Science Program, removes an invasive weed in the San Juan National Forest near Lemon Reservoir on July 17. Noonan, a Bayfield High School student, was one of six campers participating in the two-week program. In addition to learning about weed management, students traveled to the Silverton area to learn about pikas and fen restoration; Telluride to study groundwater; and the Pagosa Springs area for a session about forest thinning and biochar. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Chase Noonan, a participant in Mountain Studies Institute’s Experience Mountain Science Program, removes an invasive weed in the San Juan National Forest near Lemon Reservoir on July 17. Noonan, a Bayfield High School student, was one of six campers participating in the two-week program. In addition to learning about weed management, students traveled to the Silverton area to learn about pikas and fen restoration; Telluride to study groundwater; and the Pagosa Springs area for a session about forest thinning and biochar. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Zoe Viana Furer, a participant in Mountain Studies Institute’s Experience Mountain Science Program, digs up musk thistle, an invasive weed, near Lemon Reservoir on July 17. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Zoe Viana Furer, a participant in Mountain Studies Institute’s Experience Mountain Science Program, digs up musk thistle, an invasive weed, near Lemon Reservoir on July 17. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Students in the Experience Mountain Science Program removed musk thistle from the San Juan National Forest near Lemon Reservoir on July 17. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Students in the Experience Mountain Science Program removed musk thistle from the San Juan National Forest near Lemon Reservoir on July 17. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A few Colorado cutthroat were the only fish that Jim White, aquatic biologist, and Pete Deren, aquatic technician with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, found in a section of the east fork of Hermosa Creek on July 18, while shocking the water looking to see if any brook trout have survived after using an organic poison to kill the fish in 2016. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A few Colorado cutthroat were the only fish that Jim White, aquatic biologist, and Pete Deren, aquatic technician with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, found in a section of the east fork of Hermosa Creek on July 18, while shocking the water looking to see if any brook trout have survived after using an organic poison to kill the fish in 2016. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wading through the shallow waters Jim White, aquatic biologist, and Pete Deren, aquatic technician, both of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, walk a section of the east fork of Hermosa Creek shocking the water to see if any brook trout have survived after using an organic poison to kill the fish in 2016. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wading through the shallow waters Jim White, aquatic biologist, and Pete Deren, aquatic technician, both of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, walk a section of the east fork of Hermosa Creek shocking the water to see if any brook trout have survived after using an organic poison to kill the fish in 2016. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ducking down under trees in search of fish Jim White, front, aquatic biologist, and Pete Deren, aquatic technician, both of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, walk a section of the east fork of Hermosa Creek shocking the water to see if any brook trout have survived after using an organic poison to kill the fish in 2016. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ducking down under trees in search of fish Jim White, front, aquatic biologist, and Pete Deren, aquatic technician, both of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, walk a section of the east fork of Hermosa Creek shocking the water to see if any brook trout have survived after using an organic poison to kill the fish in 2016. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald