Microplastics are seemingly everywhere – including Colorado’s snowpack
Samples find growing rate of shredded plastic fibers
DATE: Aug 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Michael Booth
Position: The Colorado Sun
Rocky Mountain National Park is making a comeback after COVID, fire
Trailheads opening after the East Troublesome Fire, a popular campground gets a makeover, and new employee housing on the way
DATE: Jul 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Bird nerd alert: Rare yellow feathered cutie spotted in San Luis Valley
Last documented case of a yellow rail in Colorado was in 1906
DATE: Jul 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado’s drought is bad. Tree ring history shows it could get a lot worse
A new study finds a scorching spell 1,800 years ago robbed the Colorado River of more than one-third of its water
DATE: Jul 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado readies e-bike program with $12 million in new funding
State officials want to make sure shops have stock
DATE: Jun 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
If a Colorado eagle nest falls in the forest – and the cameras are on – should anyone save it?
When wildlife biologists say, ‘Let nature handle it,’ there’s some explaining to do with an enthusiastic public
DATE: May 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado Parks & Wildlife director suspended after alleged ‘back of the bus’ comment about Black employee
Dan Prenzlow placed on paid leave after remark at Vail outdoors conference
DATE: Apr 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Hamburger helper: Beef fat may be coming to help fuel a fancy jet near you
Tallow-based fuel is advertised to cut carbon output of jet flights by 25%
DATE: Apr 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado parks are full and getting fuller. How will the state decide who gets in, and who gets hurt?
Everyone agrees the state’s open spaces are growing alarmingly crowded on popular days
DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado needs to cut greenhouse gas pollution from industry. They’ve put it off until 2023
State officials say their rulemaking plan will make deeper cuts across more factories. Environmental advocates say it’s delay and betrayal all over again
DATE: Mar 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News
Tired of mowing your lawn? Colorado could pay you $2 a square foot to rip it out
A bill would expand grass buyouts statewide and double local payments
DATE: Feb 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
A Colorado family tried to save their cattle ranch by betting big on rare birds. It’s paying off.
From getting the folks at Audubon to certify the ranch as bird-friendly, to selling carbon sequestration credits for the tall grass, the May Ranch near Lamar is modernizing stewardship.
DATE: Dec 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
