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Hunting tags help bring back New Mexico’s bighorn sheep

Big money from hunters pays for conservation programs

DATE: Jan 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Endangered ferrets receive experimental COVID vaccine

Colorado researchers aim to protect endangered species

DATE: Jan 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

The best food books of 2020 that will get you thinking, not cooking

No single thread connects my favorite food books (as opposed to cookbooks) of 2020, other than the fact that, perhaps, each author has no stomach for conventional thinking or even convention...

DATE: Dec 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Five environmental issues to watch in 2021

Drought, overuse of public lands, mine cleanup top list in Southwest Colorado

DATE: Dec 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Ska Brewing Co. releases dark version of a favorite beer

Brewery will alternate between Mexican Logger and Mexican Style Lager Dark

DATE: Dec 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

These 10 food trends were the distractions we needed in 2020

This year, many of us spent a lot more time in our kitchens than we could have imagined, turning out multiple meals a day and sometimes getting bored with our own rinse-and-repeat repertoire...

DATE: Dec 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Looking back at 2020: The year in pictures

The pandemic and social protests gave us indelible images – but the year unfolded in other ways, too

DATE: Dec 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Pandemic gives rise to Durango-based grazing board business

Alexis Saghie started Farm to Fingers after COVID-19 brought her home

DATE: Dec 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Christmas dinner can be festive - and thrifty - with this $60 feast for four

One of the realities of Christmas 2020 is that many people are on tighter budgets than usual. That doesn’t have to be an impediment to a sumptuous, festive holiday meal – instead, let it be ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

How did the warm fall impact the natural world?

Weather affects river levels, animal behavior, bird migrations, plant life

DATE: Dec 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

First Presbyterian Church Durango to host virtual Christmas Eve service

First Presbyterian Church Durango will present a Christmas Eve Service at 6 p.m. Thursday via Zoom. For the Zoom link and other options to see the service, visit www.fpcdurango.o...

DATE: Dec 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Religion

More must be done to protect Colorado River from drought, U.S. says

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A set of guidelines for managing the Colorado River helped several states through a dry spell, but it’s not enough to keep key reservoirs in the American West from plummet...

DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life