Lifestyle - The Durango Herald

Animas Valley Grange to host drought landscaping talk

The Animas Valley Grange will present “Drought in the Home Landscape” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the grange, 7271 County Road 203. Darrin Parmenter, director of the La Plata County ...

DATE: May 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Pope gives joyride to migrant kids newly arrived in Italy

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis gave a joyride in his popemobile Wednesday to eight migrant children who recently arrived in Italy from Libya, in his latest gesture to show solidarity with asylu...

DATE: May 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Turn your taco inside out for a nostalgic update on the hard-shell classic

I have a soft spot in my heart for hard-shell tacos. It’s partly thanks to joyful childhood memories of meals whipped up from those boxed kits, but it’s also because they taste lip-smackingl...

DATE: May 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Department of Agriculture accepting hay directory listings

The Colorado Department of Agriculture is accepting listings for the 2019 Colorado Hay Directory. The annual publication connects hay producers with buyers. The listing fee is $25...

DATE: May 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Farmers Market Profile: Sacred Song Farm reinvigorates the land

Mancos-based farm sequesters carbon in the soil

DATE: May 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Border wall to go up in national monument, wildlife refuge

PHOENIX – The U.S. government plans on replacing barriers through 100 miles of the southern border in California and Arizona, including through a national monument and a wildlife refuge, acc...

DATE: May 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Durango anglers set to head to Alaska for salmon run

Coloradans have many misconceptions about the coveted fish

DATE: May 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Easy-breezy: Planning ahead can make your picnic just that

As the weather warms up, many of us start thinking about enjoying our meals outdoors. But a seamless, successful picnic takes some planning. Having a checklist and some ideas for what foods ...

DATE: May 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

New Mexico forest restoration faces challenge

ALBUQUERQUE – A proposed effort to restore a wide swath of national forest land in southern New Mexico over the next decade or two is drawing fire from environmentalists who say the U.S. gov...

DATE: May 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

McPhee Dam release will benefit ecology of Dolores River

Native fish, riparian forest need spring flows

DATE: May 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

BLM seeks nominations to Western Slope Resource Advisory Councils

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public nominations for its two Western Slope resource advisory councils. Both the Northwest and Southwest resource advisory councils consi...

DATE: May 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

San Juan Mountains Association announces new team

San Juan Mountains Association will hold a meet-and-greet at 2 p.m. Thursday at the San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Court. SJMA is dedicated to the promotion of public la...

DATE: May 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life