Forests and Wilderness - The Durango Herald

Park Service considers higher entry fees at 17 national parks

Hike double in some parks, triple in others

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

National Park Service survey finds widespread harassment

1 in 10 employees report being harassed; agency promises action

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Climber killed in fall in Rocky Mountain National Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK â€“ Officials say a climber has died after falling 50 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park. Park officials say 66-year-old Henry Gholz of Fort Collins...

DATE: Oct 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Additional parking lot proposed for Sand Canyon trailhead

Additional lot would include new connector trail

DATE: Sep 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Interior chief urges shrinking 4 national monuments in West

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante would shrink

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Flutist performs duet with nature, ruins

A flutist from New Mexico is recording a soundtrack for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument as part of an artist-in-residence program. Bonnie Schmader is an accomplished flu...

DATE: Sep 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Park service seeks input on fee hikes at Hovenweep, Natural Bridges

Natural Bridges also part of consideration

DATE: Aug 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. Interior chief recommends alterations for Bears Ears monument

Secretary stops short of eliminating protected lands

DATE: Aug 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups make last-minute push to save national monument areas

SALT LAKE CITY – Conservation groups are airing TV ads, planning rallies and creating parody websites in a last-minute blitz to stop Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke from downsizing or eliminat...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Two national monuments are no longer up for review, Interior says.

Washington, Idaho sites off the table

DATE: Jul 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Interactive map available for Hermosa Creek management plan

U.S. Forest Service creates application to make commenting easier

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

GOP New Mexico lawmaker wants to shrink national monument

SANTA FE, N.M. — Members of New Mexico’s delegation to Capitol Hill are at odds over whether to reduce the size of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument under a review by the a...

DATE: Jun 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News