Conservation - The Journal

$50,000 grant awarded to preserve wetlands along Animas River

La Plata Open Space Conservancy received funds to finance conservation easement for 67-acre property north of Durango

DATE: Jun 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

New litter of wolf pups spotted by Colorado wildlife officials

Confirmation comes after Pitkin County rancher said calves were attacked

DATE: Jun 15, 2025 | CATEGORY:

Another wolf in Colorado is dead, but wildlife officials haven’t said how yet

The cause of death will follow a necropsy by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The male was originally from British Columbia and released in Colorado in January

DATE: Jun 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Blending tradition and education: Friday Academy empowers Native students in Montezuma County

Organizers hope to continue the academy in the future

DATE: Jun 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado senators reintroduce bill for Dolores River National Conservation Area

Legislation aims to preserve ecological conditions while honoring existing water and land rights

DATE: May 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

New law allows state land board to consider recreation, conservation

Goal is to balance more diverse values with mandate to generate funds for schools

DATE: May 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s tree-eating pine beetles are surging back after a prolonged dry spell

The 2013 floods gave state trees the water they needed to fight off the mountain pine beetle and other forest pests, but a dry 2024 restarted some pesky threats

DATE: Apr 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

White House to reverse rule promoting conservation on BLM land

Public Lands Act put restoration on equal footing with ranching and drilling

DATE: Apr 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Landowners in Chicken Creek permanently conserve 720 acres outside Mancos

The easement is on land that’s a ‘transition and gateway to public lands,’ landowner says

DATE: Apr 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

What Trump’s ‘emergency’ logging declaration could mean for Colorado’s U.S. Forest land

Order comes on heels of a separate directive to expand American timber production by 25%

DATE: Apr 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Explore piñon-juniper ecosystems: Mancos Conservation District offers field trip and speaker series

Locals are invited to learn about their local landscape

DATE: Apr 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wolf from Canada released in Colorado shot and killed in Wyoming after it killed multiple sheep

Wolves are managed differently in Wyoming, and state officials said the wolf was legally shot after finding evidence of depredation

DATE: Mar 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News