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An apple revival near Four Corners is restoring hundreds of historic fruits — and the local ag economy
Using DNA testing in southwest Colorado, the Montezuma Orchard Restoration project welcomes back apple varieties like Winter Banana, Blue Pearmain, Ben Davis and Esopus Spitzenburg — and businesses are sprouting around them.
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How a small Colorado town fought the Japanese beetle and won
The flying pest feasts on more than 300 types of plants and returns each year in greater numbers. But not in Palisade.
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Interior Secretary Bernhardt came home to Colorado — and the swamp monsters were waiting for him in Vail
Protest highlighted conflict over public lands policy as decision on where a new BLM agency HQ might land looms
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GMO food labels are coming. But with most products already using modified ingredients, battle lines have shifted.
Food safety advocates still fight for tougher labeling rules, but Colorado farmers feel like they're on a public education campaign of their own
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There’s a lot more to the departure of Denver Zoo’s polar bears than you’ve heard
Stressed-out grizzlies, antiquated habitats and an uncertain master plan all played a part