We take seven journeys in life. Last month I wrote about our first journey, “Welcome to the Garden of Eden,” where we begin growing up and leave the buoyancy of infancy and adolescence and...

Legend has it that when St. Francis of Assisi would preach, birds would fly around him and listen to what he had to say. Another story tells of the time that St. Francis was able to tame th...

Trail builders for the new Overlook Trail in Dolores moved boulders, cleared trees, and flinched at rattlesnakes during their first days on the job this week. An experienced crew of 20-some...

When most people had their feet up Sunday, an Oregon tree-planting crew, hired by the U.S. Forest Service, was placing the last of 234,000 1-year-old Engelmann spruce seedlings on Missionary Ridge nor...

DENVER – The race for U.S. Senate in Colorado is perhaps the centerpiece contest facing voters this mid-term election. The fate of incumbent Democrat Mark Udall could determine the balance ...

By the end of the decade, America is forecast to need 200,000 additional science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers in the classroom. To address the issue, the U.S. Departmen...

When people think of a fly fishing guide the thought is of someone working with a client for pay. And, 99.9 percent of the time that is true. However, there are times when fly fishing guid...