Southern Rockies Nature Blog

In northern Colorado, the US Forest Service promises "rolling" closures of trails and roads as beetle-killed lodgepole pines on ...

If we had more morels around here, I would train Fisher like these dogs . But I think M.'s and my mushroom hunting will continue to rel...

Ever drive past an orchard and see one or more big fans above the trees, particularly in low spots? The fans can be turned on when tempera...

Yes, there are more of them this year . Linda McMulkin, horticulture coordinator for Colorado State University Extension of Pueblo County...

When the telephone rings at 5 a.m., it's never good. Thirty minutes later I am taking my turn on the nozzle, spraying down the remains o...

Sitting quietly in an old industrial area of Pueblo, Colorado, on West D Street, one of the "gee-whiz" technologies of the 1970s...

A good series in Slate about how the American built environment is designed to thwart — or even denigrate — walkers. Simply by going out f...

Fire burned hot in this little gulch. Woodecker-drilled pine at the burn's edge. A week ago M. and I took a walk through one of...

Consider the life of the urban wildlife biologist. No hiking, no sleeping in tents. You collar and tag your species of concern , then toss t...

Drive along Colorado 141 in the red rock country of far southwestern Colorado, and you will see what is left of the "hanging flume,...

• At Traditional Bowhunter, a link to a program on getting rewarded for reporting illegal all-terrain vehicle use. • " Eight Ways t...

Like cut stress in the workplace. Not everyone is impressed. Haters.

I found this New York Times travel piece, " A Taos Field Evokes the Extraordinary " to be both interesting and frustrating. Wri...

Credit: National Park Service On March 29th at her BIrds and Nature blog, SeEtta Moss linked to a report showing broad-tailed hummingbi...

Pesticide residues are a leading cause of bee colony collapse disorder (CCD), says a report in Harvard Science . Pinpointing the cause of ...