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The investigation into the cause of the 416 Fire is taking “longer than expected,” a spokeswoman with the U.S. Forest Service said Tuesday. Denise Alonzo, who recently took on the job of...
DATE: March 19, 2019 | UPDATED: 4 days 6 hours ago | CATEGORY: Local News
A Freedom of Information Act was filed nearly eight months ago by a coalition of environmental groups to obtain select U.S. Forest Service documents related to the controversial Village at Wolf...
DATE: March 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
After more than 30 years of legal battles and court proceedings, the proposed Village at Wolf Creek has finally obtained the road access it needs to U.S. Highway 160 to start building. But that...
DATE: Feb. 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
It’s time to start thinking about the potential risks of flooding from spring runoff on the 416 Fire burn scar. This winter’s snow has been a welcome sight to drought-stricken Southwest Colorado....
DATE: Feb. 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Beetle kill is spreading farther west into the San Juan Mountains and now dropping down into the corridor between Durango and Silverton, according to a new report from the Colorado State Forest...
DATE: Jan. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
President Donald Trump signed the farm bill into law this week, officially legalizing hemp and creating programs and funds for drought and forest management. The Agriculture and Nutrition Act of...
DATE: Dec. 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
For more than six years, the U.S. Forest Service has wrestled with whether to continue to allow domestic sheep grazing in the Weminuche Wilderness, despite the risk it poses to the wild bighorn....
DATE: Dec. 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s coal-burning locomotives have a long history of starting wildfires on public lands, with about half the firefighting costs falling on the taxpayers....
DATE: Dec. 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
An appeals court Tuesday dismissed the latest attempt from the would-be developers of the Village at Wolf Creek to throw out a federal judge’s ruling that a land exchange to give the proposed...
DATE: Dec. 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Your Christmas tree is out there – waiting for you in the forest. A journey on a cold afternoon to find that prize is an annual ritual for many people in Southwest Colorado. The San Juan National...
DATE: Dec. 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Six months later, and no official cause of the 416 Fire has been announced. Saturday will officially mark six months since June 1, the start of the 416 Fire, which burned 54,000 acres north of...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
What has been lauded as one of the most important pieces of legislation protecting the environment is now being used to pave the way for a proposed resort atop Wolf Creek Pass in Southwest...
DATE: Nov. 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
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