Good Earth - The Durango Herald

Can they survive?

Your children may not see these threatened creatures

DATE: Sep 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Making power, saving habitat

In Calif., balancing renewable-energy, conservation plans

DATE: Sep 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Brief

Natural history to be subject of workshop Durango Nature Studies will host a Natural History Workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Durango Nature Center. The co...

DATE: Sep 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Call of the wild

50 years of wilderness and counting

DATE: Sep 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Event to celebrate Wilderness Act anniversary The San Juan National Forest has joined with the local community to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act with th...

DATE: Sep 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

How will warming affect birds?

WASHINGTON – As the world gets warmer, the Baltimore oriole will no longer be found in Maryland. The Mississippi kite will move north, east and pretty much out of its namesake state. And the...

DATE: Sep 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Taking stock of Animas trout

Biennial survey looks at numbers, health

DATE: Sep 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Brief

Group offers field seminar about glacial geology San Juan Mountains Association and certified interpretive guide MK Thompson will offer a hike to the Highland Mary Lakes near Silv...

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Solar gardens grow power

LPEA customers have new option for purchasing renewable energy

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Polar vortex chills tied to melting sea ice

WASHINGTON – Remember the polar vortex, the huge mass of Arctic air that can plunge much of the U.S. into the deep freeze? You might have to get used to it. A new study says that...

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Winter ticks sucking life from Colorado moose

DENVER – Warmer winters are more than just a problem for Colorado’s large skiing population. The state’s moose also are feeling the impact, in the form of tiny tick bites. Histor...

DATE: Sep 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth