March 07, 2019

A Big Year for Colorado Avalanches

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Heavy snow this summer has been causing avalanches in the Colorado high country. Interstate 70 was closed on Vail Pass early this morning...
February 24, 2019

Attacked on the Trail by a Mountain Lion (3)

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Part 1 here Part 2 here Infrared image of a mountain lion. Scroll down to learn about mountain lion photography from an expert. (Ph...
February 19, 2019

The Cult of "Ute Prayer Trees"

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A small pine has grown in a U shape, trying to reach sunlight from inside a thicket of Gambel oak. I could show you the same thing on my ...
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February 14, 2019

Attacked on the Trail by a Mountain Lion (2)

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Here is Travis Kauffman, who recently fought off and killed a mountain lion that attacked him while trail-running in the foothills west o...
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"Frozen World"

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Filmed in the southern Rockies, the Wet Mountain Valley to be exact.
February 12, 2019

Motherless Cub Gets Another Chance

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Goodbye, little bear. Your luck has been good until now. I hope that it holds. You and your litter mate were found in central Colorado S...
February 06, 2019

Attacked on the Trail by a Mountain Lion (1)

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Adult mountain lion  (Colorado Parks & Wildlife). Screens all over America, even at political websites , lit up yesterday with the ...
January 31, 2019

Colonel Roosevelt Works the Crowd, Presents a Teddy's Bear

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Colonel Theodore Roosevelt — he prefers that title to "President" now that he is out of office —stopped by the annual meeting of t...
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January 30, 2019

Why Do We Want to Feed Birds, and Does It Help Them?

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Evening grosbeaks eating black oil sunflower seeds. Australian scientist Darryl Jones answers questions about bird-feeding for Cornell ...
January 15, 2019

It's Tuesday, So It's Bears-day

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  A news report on today's bear release. I did not sleep well last night because I knew that I was getting up earlier than usual. ...
January 14, 2019

Back When the VW Bug Was an Off-road Vehicle

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In 1956, if you owned a Type I Volkswagen Bug in South Dakota, you had yourself an off-road vehicle. Here is Dad's VW with evidence ...
January 13, 2019

Where Are the Dogs of Yesteryear?

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Ubi sunt? "Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?" asked the medieval French poet François Villon . Usually that is Englished as...
January 11, 2019

You Can Tell That The Firewood Article Was Not Written in the West — #4 Gives It Away

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An article about how to stack firewood, and it's fine, but number 4 made me laugh. Think forest fire and keeping fuel away from the ho...
January 09, 2019

Smoke-Phase Turkeys in Southern Colorado

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Two smoke-phase wild turkeys were part of a small flock. Two days ago I bumped in a small flock of Merriam's wild turkeys in a resi...
January 04, 2019

Graves in the Woods (2)

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Two little graves in the San Isabel National Forest Unlike the graves mentioned in " Graves in the Woods (1) ," these are not...
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