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Can skijoring, one of Colorado’s favorite extreme sports, go mainstream?
Skiers are pulled by cowboys in a Wild West spectacle in mountain towns across the state.
Federal government is planning more wild horse roundups this year than ever before
Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning, known as an ally of conservationists on several public land fronts when she was appointed in the fall, says the agency plans to permanently remove at least 19,000 horses and burros this year
It took volunteers 8 days to wrangle 6 abandoned horses from Colorado’s rugged backcountry near Dolores
The neglected horses were moved several miles a day along snow-packed roads that closed in December
Feinstein wants probe into how many wild horses end up in slaughterhouses as Western drought forces roundups
Horse advocates say a $1,000 cash payment for those who adopt the mustangs created an incentive for people to buy the horses and then illegally sell them for slaughter
Federal land managers plan 50% more wild mustang roundups due to Western drought
The emergency roundups that began Sunday and Monday target about 6,000 additional animals primarily in Nevada, Oregon and Colorado
Bureau of Land Management stepping up safeguards for wild horse adoptions
The bureau estimates there are about 86,000 horses and burros on the range in 10 western states, about half of those in Nevada
Horses escape from Eagle County Fairgrounds, lead motorists in chase on I-70
Drivers who cursed the closure of I-70 in Glenwood Canyon earlier in the day were grateful for the lack of traffic as they herded runaway horses in the dark.
For Colorado fence-sitters like me, the coronavirus reinforced a love for our equine companions
Colorado authors, thinkers and readers share their thoughts on living through historic times as the state fights the progress of coronavirus
Somehow, by the grace of God, I weathered the most recent coronavirus storm
Colorado authors, thinkers and readers share their thoughts on living through historic times as the state fights the progress of coronavirus
To reach sustainable wild horse levels, feds say it will take more than $1 billion and years of work
The Bureau of Land Management’s latest plans envision capturing 200,000 mustangs over the next two decades
While the world melts around me, I look to Colorado’s landscape for relief
Colorado authors, thinkers and readers share their thoughts on living through historic times as the state fights the progress of coronavirus
Even with orange juice, the coronavirus has turned my thought process into a baggage carousel
Colorado authors, thinkers and readers share their thoughts on living through historic times as the state fights the progress of coronavirus
BLM boss: Solving wild horse problem will take $5 billion, 15 years
William Perry Pendley says the agency adopted out more than 7,000 mustangs and burros captured last year — the most in 15 years
Meet the city-guy-turned-cattle-rancher driving the $1 billion effort to preserve the National Western Center’s roots
The billion-dollar makeover is underway but how will it attract farmers, ranchers and urban dwellers from all over Colorado? Leave that to city-guy-turned-rural rancher Brad Buchanan.
U.S. Forest Service has built a wild horse pen that could allow it to sell the animals for slaughter
The U.S. Forest Service, however, denies claims by horse advocates it has made up its mind to sell the more than 250 horses for slaughter