For three years, the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education has been luring women into the field with mentored programs centered on diversity
Tracy Ross
Tracy Ross is The Colorado Sun's rural economic development reporter. She also covers the outdoors, books and culture. She came to The Sun after a 20-year career covering the same beats for magazines like Outside, Backpacker, Bicycling and Skiing. Drop her a line with story tips and ideas at tracy@coloradosun.com.
Posted inBusiness
Pepper Pong — pickleball and pingpong’s baby — is a new game helping people get sober
Tom Filippini founded three Colorado companies before accepting that his out-of-control drinking was killing him. When he finally got sober, he created Pepper Pong.
Posted inEnvironment
A fight is brewing to build Colorado’s first geothermal plant as neighbors oppose development
A group of Chaffee County residents is battling a geothermal plant under consideration near their subdivision, saying it would be loud, unsafe and ruin their views of Mount Princeton
Posted inOutdoors
The Partners in the Outdoors conference ended in disaster last year. Now CPW must put the pieces back together.
The agency is calling on wildlife, recreation and conservation communities to rebuild its broken model
Posted inEnvironment
BLM shifts green on 2 million Western Slope acres, setting up Colorado clash of environment vs. oil
Far bigger chunks of pristine public lands would be walled off from extraction, as federal land managers are ordered to consider climate impacts of activities on land spanning Eagle, Mesa and Pitkin counties
Posted inArts
An arts oasis on Colorado’s high plains is reckoning with changing climates of all kinds
Maureen Hearty and Kirsten Stoltz’s big idea for Prairie Sea Projects is to get people thinking about the uncertain future of life in eastern Colorado by embracing the best parts of rural life
Posted inOutdoors
Water-related deaths are on the rise in Colorado. But this rescue on the Arkansas River had a happy ending.
Jeff Hammond spends day after day along the Arkansas River, in the cold and the heat and the wind, telling people to put on their life jackets, or making sure they have a permit to camp, or — sometimes — performing rescues like the one in which he pulled a mom, her daughter and their […]
Posted inClimate
Hail storms, slim margins and regulations leave Colorado farmers with an uphill battle
This year’s wheat harvest season has been particularly difficult. And many farmers are saying it’s hard to stay profitable.
Posted inOutdoors
A tutu-wearing guide is leading the way as women fill the ranks of Colorado’s raft industry
Elisha McArthur wants women and girls to feel the power of rowing their own raft
Posted inBusiness
Colorado tourism still impacted by COVID-19 and inflation, new report shows
The state reached a record high of $27.7 billion in travel spending and 90 million visitors in 2022, as it continues to feel the “aftershocks” of the pandemic