Environment

Local author Jonathan Thompson says Gold King spill fits into familiar narrative

Attitudes that turned blind-eye to mine pollution still exist

Photos: Children make wolf masks to celebrate Earth Day

Sunnyside says EPA is allowing wastewater to reach Animas River

Company contends agency not operating treatment plant at capacity

McPhee Reservoir boat ramp will open Saturday

The San Juan National Forest’s Dolores Ranger District will open the main McPhee boat ramp to motorized vessels on April 14.The Journal file Hours will be 8 a.m.-6 p.m. until…

Park Service report nixes humans’ role in climate change

Interior promised not to interfere with agency science

Court upholds flows for Dolores River

Water district lawsuit to block water rights to bolster habitat rejected

Community groups help Colorado counties participate in Superfund process

They are best way to engage with the EPA, counties say

Former uranium mill tailings may pose health risks at homeless camp

City and state officials disagree on requirements to open site

EPA pledges new plan on contaminant from non-stick coatings

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in March it would hold a May summit with state officials. The session will focus on a family of industrial chemicals used for decades…

Fort Lewis College students bring solar energy to Navajo Nation

Panels installed at community gathering place

EPA may be overstating claims from Gold King Mine spill

Agency says it is still reviewing requests for compensation

EPA orders Sunnyside Gold to investigate mine pollution

Company disputes claims, cites previous reclamation efforts

For warmth, some households still burn coal

Rural residents turn to cheap heating fuel even as use declines nationally

Court denies challenge to Superfund site near Silverton

Judges say EPA followed rules when including mining sites in cleanup area

New regulation limits growing practice of antler collection

Onetime hobby becomes profitable business for some

Winter Bike to Work Day celebration is Friday

Studio & will hold a clean-commuting event

Ute Mountain Utes blast member’s testimony against Bears Ears

Tribe says comments to U.S. House committee were an inappropriate political ploy

Pleasant View residents concerned about elk management

Landowners want more cooperation with Colorado Parks and Wildlife

BLM to hold travel management meetings in Cortez, Durango

Ruined tower, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.Courtesy of Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management In 2017, the BLM released its route inventories on an online interactive map for public…

Will losses from the Gold King Mine spill ever be covered?

Congressman takes new approach to reimbursing damages

Cortez Bird Count spots near-record 81 species

More than 8,000 birds counted, including uncommon species

Best-selling outdoors author will speak in Dolores

Fedarko tells story of Grand Canyon through-hike

Cortez Bird Count spots near-record 81 species

Over 8,000 birds counted, including uncommon species

McPhee managers plan to open reservoir early

Switching inspection hours would make mid-April date possible

Pine beetle gaining ground in Southwest Colorado

Infestation taking out large swaths of ponderosa pine

2017: A year about land use, health and play in Dolores

Stories of the year in Dolores centered on land use, health and a playground

Durango woman protects horned owl habitat in her backyard

Resident places restriction on her property to protect land

Residents resolve to cut carbon emissions in 2018

More than 100 people take pledge put out by Environmental Center at FLC

Mining claim in Weminuche Wilderness donated as open space

Land will be protected from future development

EPA targets Superfund near Silverton for ‘immediate and intense attention’

Bonita Peak Mining District named as a high priority