Outdoors
Bodie Hilleke follows family legacy, becoming youngest kayaker to navigate Grand Canyon
The Glenwood Springs fifth grader -- the youngest of four and the son of a kayaking legend -- capped a summer of epic river trips with a world record by cleanly kayaking 280 miles of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
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Appeals court stops coal company from building roads in roadless area near Paonia
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E-bike rules for BLM, Forest Service trails both thrill and rile backcountry users
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Wolf Creek Ski Area set to become state’s first to open
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Nestlé’s plan to pump 65 million gallons of Arkansas River water to Denver for bottling stirs contentious fight
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Colorado is trying to figure out what to do when ski country visitors catch coronavirus
One of the stickier points in managing the spread of COVID-19 in Colorado’s resort towns involves what to do when a guest falls ill during their stay and can’t leave.
A bold plan to protect 30% of Colorado lands and waters by 2030
Conservation groups hope to corral lawmakers, land managers, tribes and private landowners in a mission to add 14 million acres to Colorado’s trove of 6 million protected acres.
After vanquishing the shoelace, Denver-based Boa Technology sells for $454 million
The pending sale marks one of the largest deals in the history of Colorado’s outdoor industry as Boa Technology has evolved into a performance-fit brand used in nearly all outdoor sports
Dry weather worsens in Colorado; 17% of state is in “exceptional drought”
The drought is happening just a year after most of Colorado was declared drought-free.
William Perry Pendley says he’s still on the job as acting director of Bureau of Land Management
Pendley said he firmly disagreed with a court’s decision that he should be removed from BLM and has continued to fulfill his duties as assigned
Seven big takeaways from Cory Gardner and John Hickenlooper’s third — and most fiery — debate
The two U.S. Senate candidates faced off hours after Colorado elections officials began mailing ballots to voters across the state
Judge’s forceful rejection of Trump’s ban on visa workers may come too late for Colorado ski resorts
A district court ruling suspends a ban on J-1 and H-2B visa workers, opening doors for ski areas that rely on the seasonal immigrant workers. But resorts that typically have visa employees on deck by fall are seeing surging applications from locals.
Record traffic in South Platte forest district spurs first-ever designated camping plan
Pike National Forest district is converting 340 dispersed campsites into reserved, fee sites in a pilot program that mirrors reservation systems installed at other popular locations on public lands.
Montana governor asks court to block actions by Trump’s land boss, William Perry Pendley
A federal judge last month ousted Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director William Perry Pendley from his post as acting director