Forests - The Durango Herald

GOCO awards $165,000 for restoration, conservation projects in La Plata County

Durango, Bayfield and La Plata Open Space Conservancy among grant recipients

DATE: Dec 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fire and ice: Mitigation and burn piles help fortify against wildfires

The urban-wildland interface is changing – so is the approach to wildfire preparedness

DATE: Dec 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. Sen. Bennet votes ‘no’ on Hickenlooper’s ‘Fix Our Forests Act’

Environmental bill advances out of Senate committee

DATE: Oct 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado counties, towns step up to fund outdoor workers amid federal budget cuts

Eagle, Gunnison, Pitkin and Summit direct local tax dollars toward backcountry rangers

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

San Juan Mountains Association receives grant for care of public lands

$299,000 in funding awarded by Great Outdoors Colorado

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

More than 150 Forest Service workers in Colorado lose jobs

Other federal agencies have also seen job cuts

DATE: Feb 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hermosa Creek federal protections turn 10

‘There was nothing inevitable about this legislation,’ Sen. Michael Bennet recalls

DATE: Dec 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Despite climate threats, fall colors expected in full force

Aspen color change peak has begun at high elevations

DATE: Sep 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan National Forest adds 30 acres, renames Falls Creek Conservation Area

Zink property acquisition has been discussed since 2017

DATE: Jun 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

How did a wildfire east of Bayfield set land managers up for success?

On a tour of Dry Lake Fire burn area, forest partners saw firsthand the benefits of fire

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Logging by train

State forest service partners with railroad for fuel thinning project near Rockwood

DATE: Jan 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Christmas trees and harvest permits for national forest available

San Juan Mountains Association to open Christmas trees for Conservation lot on Nov. 24

DATE: Nov 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday