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The magic is always there

Winter seems to come and go in lower elevation communities like Durango and Cortez, but our snowpack (although low for the year) at Andrews Lake Winter Recreation Area keeps sparkling with l...

Colorado forests are releasing more carbon than they’re storing

Authors of a new Colorado State Forest Service report say forests naturally cycle between carbon “sinks” and “sources”

Legislation removes public from forest management

Ill-named legislation that would take a wrecking ball to the public’s involvement in management of our public forests has recently moved through the House of Representatives, and is now unde...

Rep. Lauren Boebert wants wolves off the endangered species list

It won’t end Colorado’s wolf program

Southwest Conservation Corps hiring high school students for summer conservation work

There will be two four-week sessions offered, and no experience is necessary

Utah’s potential land grab: A new fight for the West begins

Utah politicians seek to ignore the U.S. Constitution by claiming 18.5 million acres of your federal public land – most of it administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Utahans have ofte...

Change is constant

“The only constant in life is change.” This quote, attributed to Heraclitus, comes up frequently in conversations with San Juan Mountains Association’s staff members. As cliché as it is, it ...

Elections and climate policy

Elections have consequences. Many are wondering what the just completed presidential election might hold for climate policy and action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Our region has ma...

First e-bike trail in San Juan National Forest opens

6.2-mile Cutthroat route runs parallel to Hermosa Park Road

San Juan Mountains Association's Annual FUNdraiser, Christmas Trees for Conservation

I got the first text from a friend to go skiing on Oct. 21 this year. Safe to say with this early cold snap, we’re all looking forward to the winter rituals after a hot summer. I’ll say, I’m...

Cloned black-footed ferret gives birth for first time ever

Experts: Proof clones can reproduce safely is key to restoration of endangered species

How a rye revival in the San Luis Valley could save its soil and farms

Sarah Jones was sitting at her kitchen table in Hooper, Colorado, last April when she received a mobile emergency alert from the National Weather Service: “DUST STORM WARNING … Be ready for ...