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Plant photography workshop is June 1 A free workshop on plant photography will take place at 10 a.m. June 1 at Durango Nursery and Supply, 271 Kay Cee Lane. Robert Br...

DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Prices rise, links go under plow

Par for the course, farmers seek to work where sportsmenplayed for decades

DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Are long-sunken World War II ships ‘ticking time bombs’?

Ships that went down in wartime known to contain oil

DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Island fox makes comeback on Channel Islands

LOS ANGELES – A rare and tiny island fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction in the Channel Islands, a rugged and wind-swept chain off Southern California, officials sa...

DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Great Lakes’ health still not so great

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the f...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Wildlife Museum opens for the summer The Wildlife Museum at the Durango Fish Hatchery is open for the summer from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

At last, a solution to protein shortage

Hungry nations cultivate insects as human cuisine consumption

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Want to help wildlife? Don’t!

Human help not required for their survival, officials say

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Bear-safe tips offered to residents Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are cautioning residents that bear activity in towns and residential areas may be high this year. ...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Mesa Verde greening up

Visitor Center strives for net-neutral energy use

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

BLM postpones Calif. gas, oil auctions

SAN FRANCISCO – Federal land managers have postponed all gas and oil lease auctions in California until October, citing budget problems and low staffing as well as the toll of environmental ...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth