Southern Rockies Nature Blog

  In early January 2024 Mario Angeles video'd these two lynx near Silverton, Colorado. That is a special moment, all right. Between nati...

Gov. Jared Polis was on hand Dec, 18, 20203 to release Oregon wolves in Colorado, but some Coloradans deeply involved with the project never...

Click to enlarge (Source: Bloomberg) Stefan Soloviev is only the 26th largest landowner in America, so he has a way to go to catch up with J...

A wolf who walked in from Wyoming caught on a scout camera in North Park in March 2023 ( Don Gittleson via AP). Dad was still alive when the...

No one is ever on the sidewalks in Clayton, New Mexico. Its population has trended down since 1960 , and if you want to visit a store or oth...

  Jeep's "Borrow Ditch Advantage" option is available only from Great Plains dealerships, so it is not well-known to the autom...

Long ago in the Ice Age, a rough fluffy Dog lay down on the Hunter's reindeer-skin pack. When the Hunter returned, he spoke: "Hey, ...

If you take your finger and place it on a map marking the geographical center of the nation, somewhere above Kansas and below South Dakota,...

Hiker looks a rain gauge in an aspen grove . This year's Colorado aspen leaf-peeping season was a fine one, and the reason is last winte...

Gusse and Inglis canoeing in Canada (NY Post). I have been reading the sad story of Jenny Gusse and Doug Inglis, experienced Canadian canoei...

Many people call this late-summer wildlflower " blazing star, " but I always call it by the bontanical genus name, Liatris . It is...

Is Marco the dog following a visual trail, with the additional visual cues of rocks lined up on the side, or is he following "a rippli...

Just a lion walking past a trail camera two years ago. •  The culinary side of mountain lion s (cougars) is not covered in this Colorado Par...

The 1892 Crystal "Mill" was actually a powerhouse. (Library of Congress)  If you live in Colorado, you know this image. As the man...

I was taking Marco to a favorite pond yesterday when I saw this large beetle marching down the dirt road we were on. Overall length was abou...