Fine soil from the Southwest is robbing the Colorado River of critical snowmelt. A scientist who monitors dust’s impact on snow wants state and federal leaders to take a closer look.
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Lions, bears and a camel: Colorado sanctuary leads effort to save hundreds of Puerto Rico zoo animals
Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg plays Noah for hundreds of animals from closed Puerto Rico zoo
Posted inClimate
Is it getting windier in Colorado? It’s hard to say.
Last month marked the second windiest March on record in the San Luis Valley’s San Acacio, but wind trends are hard to track due to limited data, climatologist says
Posted inMarshall Fire
More than 100 homes are still uninhabitable from Marshall fire smoke and ash contamination
Marshall fire survivors with homes still standing continue to face unique hurdles more than a year later
Posted inBusiness
Turmoil at Granby Ranch continues as Colorado secretary of state investigates possible metro district board election violations
The ski resort operators left. The ski academy plan is done. Residents are suing. Owners are suing. And now the state is looking into claims of election law violations.
Posted inWildfire
Colorado’s 2023 wildfire season has begun. Here’s how counties are responding.
Up and down Colorado’s Front Range and in mountain counties, fire planners are trying anything and everything to make 2023 safer
Posted inOutdoors
When Colorado needed a better bear trap, wildlife officials turned to a guy who never caught a bear
Ongoing bear-human conflict and a collection of failing equipment necessitated a new approach. Colorado Parks and Wildlife knew just who to call.
Posted inEnvironment
Colorado replies in Nebraska canal war: There won’t be much water left to take
State engineer tells neighbor-state officials Colorado has right to use South Platte River flow before it gets to Julesburg
Posted inClimate
What it takes to study snow in a remote area of Colorado’s mountains that’s almost completely inaccessible during winter
Once a week, a snowmobile carries food, clean laundry, scientific instruments to Rocky Mountain Biological Lab workers and their famous friend Billy Barr
Posted inEnvironment
Aging activists have battled for decades to clean up a Colorado Superfund site. Who will fight once they’re gone?
The Cotter Uranium Mill Superfund site has an estimated 5.8 million tons of radioactive waste buried under the dirt