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Film festival in Pagosa looks at the West

DATE: Jul 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Fleeting dayflowers deserve close inspection

The cheery blue color of dayflowers (Commelina communis) – so named because each flower lasts but a day – does nothing to dispel some pity I feel for them. Not that the petals cr...

DATE: Jul 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Creativity by the yard: Thinking beyond grass

Grass isn’t always the best groundcovers for a yard: It’s thirsty at a time when water is becoming scarce; it attracts fewer pollinators; it requires expensive chemicals to maintain, and it ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Drought is taking toll on ranchers and farmers

As we approach the midpoint of summer, the results of the drought are really starting to show their effects to the farmers and ranchers of Southwest Colorado. Because of limited ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Katmai bears picnic live

Popular Web series ready for Season 2

DATE: Jul 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Oregon ranchers get go ahead to kill wolves as ‘last resort’

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has adopted provisions of a lawsuit settlement that will make Oregon the only state in the West where killing wolves that attack l...

DATE: Jul 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Iron Horse Chef puts focus on local food

A mere six years ago, we at La Plata County Extension along with numerous other partners – Healthy Lifestyles La Plata, Growing Partners and Durango Farmers Market – thought it would be fun ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Endangered gray wolf shot in N.M.

ALBUQUERQUE – The effort to return the endangered Mexican gray wolf to the American Southwest has hit another stumbling block. Federal and state wildlife officials have confirmed ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Coal burning cuts lifespans in northern China

BEIJING – A new study links heavy air pollution from coal burning to shorter lives in northern China. Researchers estimate that the half-billion people alive there in the 1990s will live an ...

DATE: Jul 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Quietly protecting our lands

BLM conservation group has headquarters in Durango

DATE: Jul 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Group sues EPA over invasive species regulations

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – An environmental group is suing the federal government, seeking tougher rules dealing with ballast water discharges from ships to prevent more invasive species from re...

DATE: Jul 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Hormones help make new plants from cuttings

Take a look at new shoots growing on a favorite shrub or vine and you’ll see that the bases of these shoots may be beginning to toughen up, their once soft, green outer layer turning brown a...

DATE: Jul 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

About a dozen cutbow trout thrown from a Colorado Parks and Wildlife truck

Durango High School baseball defeats Montrose 8-4 on Saturday

Photos: Senior day for Durango High School boys lacrosseDHS boys lacrosse defeats Montrose High School 17-7

DHS boys lacrosse defeats Montrose High School 17-7

Photos/video: Galloping alongThe Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose No.5

The Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose No.5

Photos: It’s all about sportsmanship at annual Bowker Games

Play ball: Demons in action at homeDurango High School baseball wins over Montezuma-Cortez on Tuesday

Durango High School baseball wins over Montezuma-Cortez on Tuesday

Photos: Hands Off! RallyAbout 1,000 people participate on Saturday in the Hands Off! Rally in Durango

About 1,000 people participate on Saturday in the Hands Off! Rally in Durango

Photos: Hadestown Durango High School Troupe 1096 rehearse Hadestown Teen Edition

Durango High School Troupe 1096 rehearse Hadestown Teen Edition

DHS lost to Grand Junction High School 10-4 on Friday afternoon