Southern Rockies Nature Blog

. . . as interpreted by a fin de siècle artist. We have entered the decadence of autumn as the golden leaves turn brown.

Colorado's Proposition 105 , on the current ballot, would require labeling of certain foods containing " genetically modified organ...

You drive through the prairie states at this time of year, and there are lots of "Welcome Hunters" signs on motels and stores. Phe...

"That October, the weather couldn't decide what to do with itself. Some days it arrived gray and bleak and pensive. Ponderous lea...

Nine years after the big fire. Monday we hiked one of our favorite old trails , severely burned over in 2005. That fire was followed by ...

The evocatively named Flat Top mesa in eastern Conejos County, just north of the New Mexico state line. Taken from a spot looking west, ne...

Lots of hysteria recently around an admittedly poorly present U. S. Forest Service announcement on fees for commercial photographers in wild...

" Colorado bear population much bigger than expected, new study finds ." The headline Colorado black bear — and there are maybe...

The band kids practice their "hurry up and wait." The Pioneer Days king and queen, in a buggy drawn by a matched pair of white...

The Anchorage-Seward train running past Kenai Lake Semi-free range mycophiles Just back from Anchorage, a trip that was part work an...

Kincaid Park, Anchorage (Photo taken today.) The Anchorage Parks and Recreation Department is so good that they know what the bears wi...

From northwestern Wyoming, Cat Urbigkit posts a brief video of her family's sheep coming down from summer range. The dogs, of course,...

  Lightning struck near the house yesterday afternoon, and the shock wave felt like a big foot coming down, while the windows rattled a...

Emerging king bolete. "Anatoly" Baskets were stacked in the pickup's bed — big, flat-bottomed baskets with integral hand...

David Arora's book A ll That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms  is one of our favorites, right afte...