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Environment

Tough to be a tree: Southwest Colorado’s forests are stressed

Drought, wildfire, bark beetles pose collective long-term threat

DATE: Nov 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

La Plata County targets gun range contamination

2021 budget proposes $2.5 million to remove lead

DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado cutthroat restored to 23 miles of Hermosa Creek

Decades-long project creates longest continuous stretch for native fish

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Prolonged drought results in record-low flows on Animas River

Things could change ‘at the snap of a finger’

DATE: Oct 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fight is back on in HD Mountains

New interest in an old natural gas field prompts residents to pushback

DATE: Oct 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mining company set to begin exploratory drilling in La Plata Canyon

Metallic Minerals hopes to find new reserves of copper, other metals

DATE: Sep 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Silverton Superfund site to remain on high-priority list, EPA says

‘Emphasis List’ created to speed up what can be lengthy processes

DATE: Sep 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Highly invasive aquatic weed discovered in the Animas Valley

Concerns raised about Eurasian watermilfoil spilling into Animas River, Lake Nighthorse

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

TV network to film Ignacio family building earthen home

Goal is to construct the house from the ground up in 4 weeks

DATE: Sep 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fewer events result in smaller harvest at Bayfield’s Community Garden

Pandemic decreases participation among stakeholders

DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Mountains take beating this summer from off-roading

Higher-than-normal visitation harms fragile alpine tundra

DATE: Aug 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

With federal regulations rolled back, New Mexico forges ahead to curb methane

State releases draft version of rules July 20, aims for adoption in early 2021

DATE: Aug 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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