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‘Village at Wolf Creek’ developers dealt a blow in long battle

They say they have legal standing to carry out appeals process

Dry winter, spring winds deliver high-risk fire conditions to Southwest Colorado

By Megan Graham As we welcome the warmer, drier, windier months that characterize spring in Southwest Colorado, this spring also brings with it an air of caution and concern for t...

Prescribed burns planned near Pagosa Springs

A prescribed burn of about 400 acres is planned for the Turkey Springs and Brockover Mesa areas northwest of Pagosa Springs as early as Monday. Actual dates of the burns will depe...

Forest Service transforms how it will use, manage fires in Southwest Colorado

Agency to launch new plan for 80,000 acres from Vallecito to Piedra River

Montrose mill eyes San Juan Forest for timber

Plan would thin crowded Ponderosa stands at risk for wildfire, beetles

Forest Service announces 900 temporary jobs

Herald Staff Report The Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service announced today the availability of more than 900 temporary jobs for the 2018 field season throughout nati...

Christmas tree permits on sale in Southwest Colorado

Durango train offering Tree Train through Dec. 10

Fixing Colorado’s forests with the help of ‘citizen science’

FRISCO – The pine beetle came to Summit County in 2005, turning scores of trees red and creeping higher up the mountainsides each year. Twelve years later, nearly every stand of l...

Federal court blocks Wolf Creek land exchange, again

Federal judge denies developer a reconsideration

Forest Service spends record $2B battling forest fires

WASHINGTON – The Forest Service has spent more than $2 billion battling forest fires around the country – a new record as wildfires blacken the American West in one of the nation’s worst fir...

Burn-out operations increase fire to 407 acres in HD Mountains

Favorable weather allows crews to torch overgrown forest near Bayfield

Lightning strike starts small wildfire in Beaver Meadows

Columbine Ranger District crews are monitoring the blaze