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Where Nature Meets Culture—Plus Wildfire, Dogs, Environmental News, and Writing with a Southern Rockies Perspective.

February 27, 2024

Lettuce Get Down to Business

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Photo from 1918 of the Mahon Ranch, west of Buena Vista. Pictured are Martha Mahon, her daughter Cassie and Cassie’s husband, George Field...
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February 25, 2024

Wolverines to be Reintroduced to Colorado

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Colorado is looking to bring back the wolverine, thus successfully " retconning " that Cold War movie hit Red Dawn. (Supposedl...
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February 15, 2024

Pygmy Owl, Long-Distance Lizard

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Pygmy Owl, abducted by aliens and examined. A game warden called from up in the county seat. Someone had brought him a Northern Pygmy-Owl (c...
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February 05, 2024

So Who Will Hack the Wolf GPS Data?

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife has now published a GPS map for Colorado wolves. Understand that while every wolf wears a GPS collar, including ...
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January 20, 2024

Biggish Cats, Short Tails

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  In early January 2024 Mario Angeles video'd these two lynx near Silverton, Colorado. That is a special moment, all right. Between nati...
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January 12, 2024

Colorado Wolves: Faux "Paws" on the Ground

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Gov. Jared Polis was on hand Dec, 18, 20203 to release Oregon wolves in Colorado, but some Coloradans deeply involved with the project never...
January 02, 2024

The Man Who Is Buying the Colorado Prairie

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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...
December 31, 2023

Wolves Now Add to the 'Colorado Experience'

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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...
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November 29, 2023

Life, Death, and Coffee in Clayton, New Mexico

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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...
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October 20, 2023

Give Your Jeep a Prairie Road Advantage!

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  Jeep's "Borrow Ditch Advantage" option is available only from Great Plains dealerships, so it is not well-known to the autom...
October 19, 2023

What the Hunter Said to the Dog, and What the Dog Replied

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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, ...
October 17, 2023

The "Heart of Wilderness" Lies in the Prairie

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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,...
October 11, 2023

What Fall Aspen Gold Tells Us about Water

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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...
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October 07, 2023

Of Bear Spray, Bears, and a Missouri Hog

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Gusse and Inglis canoeing in Canada (NY Post). I have been reading the sad story of Jenny Gusse and Doug Inglis, experienced Canadian canoei...
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September 03, 2023

On Seeing Liatris -- Thoughts of Poverty and Summer Sadness

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