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Forest Service monitors ponderosa saplings The Pagosa Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest is monitoring 600 ponderosa pine saplings recently planted around the northern loop of W...

DATE: Jul 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

This new Antarctica study is bad news for climate change doubters

For a number of years now, climate change skeptics and doubters have argued that there’s a key part of the Earth’s climate system that upends our expectations about global warming, and that ...

DATE: Jul 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Deep down, California may have a lot more water than scientists thought

In a surprising new study, The resource amounts to 2,700 billion tons of freshwater, mostly less than about 3,250 feet deep, according to the paper published Monday in the influential Proc...

DATE: Jun 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Writers present on Grand Canyon Maria’s Bookshop and Backcountry Experience are sponsoring “Beneath the Rim: Stories, Poems and Pictures from the Grand Canyon” at 6:30 p.m. July 19. The tal...

DATE: Jun 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Drought kills 66 million trees in California’s Sierra

FRESNO, Calif. – The number of trees in California’s Sierra Nevada forests killed by drought, a bark beetle epidemic and warmer temperatures has dramatically increased since last year, raisi...

DATE: Jun 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Could bringing back camels 'rewild' the American West?

On March 3, 1855, the United States Congress earmarked $30,000 for camels. This was thanks to Jefferson Davis, acting as secretary of war before he would turn against his country in the Civi...

DATE: Jun 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Leave No Trace training will take place July 12 A free Leave No Trace training will be held July 12 at the San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Court, Durango. Three differen...

DATE: Jun 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Renewables proving to be robust sources of energy

Most people know that wind and solar energy are booming. And for the most part, we simply see this as adding two new and cleaner sources of electricity to the mix that we already have. ...

DATE: Jun 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Bees' secret superpower explained: How they sense flowers' electric fields

At first, all Gregory Sutton really wanted to know was why flowers looked so different. He was “naive,” the University of Bristol biologist told the Christian Science Monitor. He ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Comment period extended on Dolores trail project The San Juan National Forest Dolores Ranger District is extending the public comment period on the draft environmental analysis for the Rico-...

DATE: Jun 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Carbon concentration in our atmosphere hits grim milestone

Scientists say we’ll never go back ‘within our lifetimes’

DATE: Jun 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Nature center to host meditation workshop A meditation-in-nature workshop will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 25 at the Durango Nature Center. The workshop will provi...

DATE: Jun 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Photos: Parade launches 2024 Connie Mack World Series in FarmingtonFans line street as players march on Main Damp, overcast weather cooled off the crowd lining Main Street on Friday morning for the 2024 Connie Mack World Series Parade. The hourlong parade began shortly after 10 a.m. in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

Fans line street as players march on Main

Photos: ‘Mini Takes the States’ tour stops in DurangoHundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Hundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Photos: Boxing returns to DurangoAnimus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Animus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Photos and video: Going for the gold by devouring piesContestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Contestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Photo: Fireworks light the sky in DurangoDurango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Durango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Photos: Working with woodLocal craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

Local craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

2024 Fourth of July Parade draws crowd Thursday in downtown Durango

Photos: Downtown Durango hosts Fourth of July ParadeDowntown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Downtown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Durango Rotary Club, Parks and Recreation department host Independence Day events

Law enforcement conducts active threat training at Park Elementary SchoolResidents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Law enforcement agencies across Southwest Colorado sent officers to participate in active threat training this week at Park Elementary School in Durango. Those in the neighborhood can expect police vehicles parked on the premises, officers in tactical gear conducting exercises inside and outside the school, and signs advising that training is in progress. The sounds of shouting, airsoft weapons and the popping of a starter pistol will also be audible near the school, said Karla Sluis, spokeswoman for Durango School District 9-R.Sluis said that members of the school district’s safety department have gone door-to-door with flyers notifying residents around Park Elementary School about the training.

Hosted by the Durango Police Department and the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, this week’s voluntary training invited officers from law enforcement agencies across a five-county region of Southwest Colorado encompassing La Plata, Archuleta, San Juan, Montezuma and Dolores counties.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputy Durango Police Department Deputy Mike Latham, lead instructor for this week's training, said Wednesday and the first half of Thursday were mostly preparatory, teaching officers the school’s layout and devising scenarios, whereas the latter half of Thursday and Friday residents should anticipate some noise as active threat scenarios play out.

Latham said active threat training teaches officers proper protocol during active threat scenarios, especially in densely populated areas where they have become increasingly common.Park Elementary School is not the only Durango School District facility law enforcement has conducted active threat training. Latham said schools lend themselves well to this sort of training because, “It gives us all kinds of doors to work on, different rooms, different scenarios we can run. We can pretend it’s a mall with nice big corridors, we can even pretend it’s an outdoor area in the gymnasium.”Latham has participated in active threat training multiple times in the past and described the drills as exhilarating and nerve-wracking. He said one of the training’s main goals is teaching officers how to manage stress and remain calm with lives on the line.

“I take a pulse oximeter in the morning and get a baseline on their heart rates,” Latham said. “And sometimes, just before they’re about to engage a threat, I say ‘Timeout.’ Put it (the oximeter) on there, and their heart rate’s skyrocketed to 140, 150, 160 just in training.”

Latham said throughout his career active threat training has evolved to become safer for officers and fall in line with increasingly professional police standards.“When I first started we were just running into halls and rooms hoping for the best,” Latham said. “Now the tactic is still to get there, still stop the taking of lives, but tactics are much better than they were 20 years ago.”

Residents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Good Earth Briefs

This new Antarctica study is bad news for climate change doubters

Deep down, California may have a lot more water than scientists thought

Good Earth Briefs

Drought kills 66 million trees in California’s Sierra

Could bringing back camels 'rewild' the American West?

Good Earth Briefs

Renewables proving to be robust sources of energy

Bees' secret superpower explained: How they sense flowers' electric fields

Good Earth Briefs

Carbon concentration in our atmosphere hits grim milestone

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