Conservation - The Journal

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

Snowstorm may be headed this way

And Jackson Lake snowpack needs it

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Getting down to earth

Mancos third-graders learn the twists and turns of worms and composting as part of School to Farm Project

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

District pursuing clean energy

Jackson Gulch Reservoir clears hurdle to installing hydropower generator

DATE: Jan 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Snowpack 150% of expected level

The local snowpack got a boost from the early snows this season. The watershed that feeds the Mancos, Dolores, Animas other area rivers was 150 percent of the expected level of snow Dec. 9, ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News