Conservation - The Journal

SW Basin Water Roundtable discusses plan

Colorado's water supplies not enough for farms, urban growth

DATE: Dec 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Southwest Basin Water Roundtable holds meetings to discuss plan

Colorado’s water supplies not enough for farms, urban growth

DATE: Dec 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fight heats up over Gunnison sage-grouse

DENVER – The old adage in the West is that “whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” Enter the Gunnison sage-grouse. The chicken-sized bird with spiky tail feathers a...

DATE: Nov 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pick up compost at county landfill

'Nature's recycling' reduces material at site

DATE: May 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Create your own compost

Food prices are set the rise this summer, and a garden could come in handy as drought in California forces prices up. A recent study by Arizona State University predicts that some...

DATE: May 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Pick up compost at landfill

‘Nature’s recycling’ reduces material at site, helps local lawns, gardens

DATE: May 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

The guardians of the Ancients

Hopi tribesmen intervene to shore up Hovenweep ruins

DATE: May 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

White House honors man for work with Navajo youths

Anthony Ciocco led group in work on ecosystem, trails

DATE: Mar 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Project finds apple thought to be extinct

Cloning may preserve Raspberry apple, two others in area

DATE: Mar 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Project finds apple thought extinct

Scattered in orchards around the county are varieties of apple trees that were largely forgotten until the co-founders of the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project went looking. ...

DATE: Mar 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Farm bill merges 2 land programs

Action may relax conservation easements

DATE: Mar 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Farm Bill may benefit conservation easements

Bill merges 2 programs, includes $1 billion in funding

DATE: Feb 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News