Stress from heat, drought on fish spurs push to reduce kills

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Drought and record hot weather are producing lethal conditions for salmon and trout in rivers across the West. A recent survey of the lower reaches of 54 river...

DATE: Jul 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

‘Roaming Wild’ looks at wild horses in the West

Film, fundraiser hope to raise awareness of their struggle

DATE: Jul 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Hike to explore Cascade Creek San Juan Mountains Association and San Juan National Forest will offer a hike along Cascade Creek from 9:30 a.m. to noon July 25. Particip...

DATE: Jul 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

1,035 acres go into conservation status

Three new easements preserve farms, wildlife habitat

DATE: Jul 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Justices rule against EPA power plant mercury limits

WASHINGTON – A divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled against federal regulators’ attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants. The rules be...

DATE: Jun 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Festival to feature fungi in Telluride The 35th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival will celebrate “The Future of Fungi” from Aug. 13 to 16. Pre-festival workshops will be held Au...

DATE: Jun 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Durango Botanical Society tour to feature fabulous gardens

Gates to open on collection of county’s best Saturday

DATE: Jun 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Top doctors’ prescription for feverish planet: Cut out coal

WASHINGTON – Some top international doctors and public-health experts have issued an urgent prescription for a feverish planet Earth: Get off coal as soon as possible. Substitutin...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Damaged toilet closed at Andrews Lake The Columbine Ranger District reports that the composting vault for the toilet at the upper parking lot at Andrews Lake on Molas Pass has bee...

DATE: Jun 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Cover-crop research protects farmers’ assets

Test plots in Colorado and Utah

DATE: Jun 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

New NASA studies show how the world is running out of water

WASHINGTON – Drought-stricken California is not the only place draining underground aquifers in the hunt for fresh water. It’s happening across the world, according to two new stu...

DATE: Jun 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

World is off course to prevent 2 degrees Celsius of warming, report says

In a major report scheduled to be released on Monday, the Paris-based International Energy Agency – which provides independent analysis and has 29 member countries, including the United Stat...

DATE: Jun 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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