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Conservation Fund buys 14er in the Mosquito Range above Alma, helping protect access to Decalibron Loop

by Jason Blevins 9:16 AM MDT on Sep 21, 202311:46 AM MDT on Sep 21, 2023

Landowner John Reiber had closed Mount Democrat to avoid lawsuits. The sale opens access, but does not slow effort to reform the Colorado Recreational Use Statute to better protect “freaked out” landowners.

Posted inOutdoors

Colorado Climate Corps the seed for President Biden’s new American Climate Corps plan

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Sep 21, 202310:11 AM MDT on Sep 21, 2023

“These are Colorado successes we are now sharing with the nation,” says head of Colorado Youth Corps Association

Posted inOutdoors

Town of Vail must pay $17.5 million for parcel where Vail Resorts planned housing but town wants for wildlife

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Sep 21, 202310:11 AM MDT on Sep 21, 2023

The valuation decision marks the final chapter in an 18-month battle that has pitted housing against wildlife and resort operator against its namesake town

A sign declares the summit of Mount Evans
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Mount Evans renamed Mount Blue Sky after federal naming board vote, effective immediately

by Jason Blevins 4:04 PM MDT on Sep 15, 20234:39 PM MDT on Sep 15, 2023

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Board on Geographic Names voted Friday to approve Mount Blue Sky as the replacement for Mount Evans

Posted inOutdoors

Telluride Via Ferrata could get first-ever Forest Service trail designation

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Sep 15, 202310:29 AM MDT on Sep 15, 2023

Climbers are raising funds for upgrades to the alpine route that would make it the first via ferrata in the Forest Service national trail system

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More people than ever are going outside to recreate. The problem is they’re not going often enough.

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Sep 14, 20237:33 AM MDT on Sep 14, 2023

Outings for young families are declining, even with the help of Colorado programs designed to break down barriers to the outdoors.

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Avalanche education needs more women. Here’s how one industry leader in Colorado is recruiting them. 

by Tracy Ross 3:31 AM MDT on Sep 14, 20239:30 AM MDT on Sep 14, 2023

For three years, the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education has been luring women into the field with mentored programs centered on diversity

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Sick bear in Telluride euthanized to avert “horrific death” from eating too much human trash

by Olivia Prentzel 9:59 AM MDT on Sep 13, 202310:26 AM MDT on Sep 13, 2023

Wipes, paper towers and plastic food wrappers created a blockage preventing the 400-pound black bear from digesting food, officials said

Posted inOutdoors

New management plan for Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest  increases logging for timber, wildfire mitigation

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Sep 13, 20238:22 PM MDT on Sep 12, 2023

Environmental groups say the new forest plan for the GMUG “takes a major step backward” by increasing logging areas by 300,000 acres.

Posted inEnvironment

Wyoming is killing Colorado’s wolves, again, and the state’s keeping it secret

by Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile 3:15 AM MDT on Sep 12, 20236:03 PM MDT on Sep 11, 2023

Wyoming officials say they’re muzzled, citing statute that protects the identity of those who legally kill wolves as grounds for not sharing any information with the public or even officials south of the state line.

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