August Dunkin traversed the rocky face of a granite cliff on private land near Taos Ski Valley on Friday (June 10), looking for a place to gri…
In 1991, when Lee Bradley started farming near Paonia in the North Fork Valley of Colorado, he was hired to manage a fruit farm owned by the c…
Communities in the rural west can stand up to giant outside gas companies, if they work together despite their differences. That’s how the Jor…
La Superba is one of only 20 known stars that contains a relatively high abundance of carbon-13 in its outer atmosphere. The carbon-13 — produ…
With the rapids coming fast and the spray up all around, there is little time to talk. We are entering the Souse Hole, the last large rapid on…
Kyle Roerink’s recent “Writers on the Range” opinion (“A dangerous game of chicken on the Colorado River”) reminds one of Sen. Daniel Patrick …
Coffee in hand, I am enjoying a beautiful Sunday morning in The Galisteo Basin Preserve. In the distance, I hear a sharp “whit-weet” call. I k…
Why would rural Delta County, Colo., say no to a solar farm that would enrich the county by $13 million over 15 years, at roughly the same tim…
Yellowstone National Park turns 150 years old this month — a milestone truly worth celebrating.When Westerners think of Yellowstone, probably …
As of this writing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is orbiting a point in space called L2 about a million miles away from Earth. L2, or …
Eighty-year-old Roger Hill used to go fishing on the Arkansas River in Colorado. But he sometimes had to duck baseball-size rocks thrown at hi…
A years-long fight over stream access in New Mexico reached its conclusion Tuesday (March 1). The state Supreme Court found that the Game Comm…
Deb Armstrong, 1984 Giant Slalom Olympic Gold Medalist, has faced a slew of challenges on the way to her success as a skier, many of which go …
Heavy February snow can be a joy for anyone who enjoys winter sports, like skiing and snowboarding, but also for anyone who prefers the simple…
This wispy witch hides near the prominent winter constellation Orion the Hunter, her spooky face lit up by the star she appears to be gazing a…
Deb Armstrong, 1984 Giant Slalom Olympic Gold Medalist, has faced a slew of challenges on the way to her success as a skier, many of which go …
Heavy February snow can be a joy for anyone who enjoys winter sports, like skiing and snowboarding, but also for anyone who prefers the simple…
This wispy witch hides near the prominent winter constellation Orion the Hunter, her spooky face lit up by the star she appears to be gazing a…
This time last year, I was doing a legal “water drop” on public land close to our border with Mexico, visiting as an unofficial and self-funde…
Some environmental groups and water honchos have sponsored a “Rewilding of Glen Canyon” contest, with the winner getting $4,000 “and counting.…
Billions of years ago the Milky Way galaxy began to form out of the primordial soup of the Big Bang and leftovers from the early universe’s lo…
Call me crazy, but I enjoy public transportation, especially since I’ve moved West where I work at various ski town restaurants. The bus frees…
Maybe you crossed paths with him at Taos Cow, or on the trail to Wheeler Peak. You may have seen him helping an injured skier at Taos Ski Vall…
