Environment - The Journal

Colorado Parks and Wildlife asks residents to put away yard hazards

Mule deer can tangle themselves in hammocks and holiday decorations during rutting season

DATE: Nov 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

With end of daylight saving, wildlife and highway officials remind drivers to be aware

Earlier nightfall increases risk of animal-vehicle collisions

DATE: Nov 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

In Colorado, wildlife disease is the next frontier of climate change

Warmer temperatures, limited surveillance could make illnesses harder to control

DATE: Nov 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. Forest Service signals approval for Purgatory Resort expansion

Ski area wants to install a new quad lift, provide more beginner trails

DATE: Nov 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango company expands manufacturing of recycled low-cost wood building materials with state grant

Timber Age Systems Inc. hopes to address wildfire mitigation efforts, economic development and affordable housing with new facility

DATE: Oct 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Fire Protection District gets rid of toxic foam

Substance will be replaced with a safer alternative

DATE: Oct 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado may have more sites with dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ than any other

A new analysis of an EPA database shows demand for PFAS in fracking and other industries puts Front Range at the top of the contamination list.

DATE: Oct 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Where did the wild horses from Sand Wash Basin go? A Colorado state prison.

Mustang advocates are frustrated by a lack of access to holding pens at the prison. One beloved horse was euthanized

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Monarch Pass could serve as a new model for wildfire mitigation in treacherous areas

About 90% of the tall spruce on Monarch Pass have been killed by beetles. If a fire were to spark there, the repercussions would be devastating

DATE: Oct 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Should methane rules extend to older wells?

U.S. Sens. Bennet, Hickenlooper seek to extend Obama-era protections to orphaned and abandoned sites

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

White Mesa Mill in southeast Utah enters the rare earth market

Energy Fuels seeks to create a domestic supply; industrial plant near Ute Mountain tribe has divisive history

DATE: Sep 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

In high-risk Southwest Colorado, fire chiefs point to wildfire areas of concern

Interactive maps help residents see address-by-address where mitigation is needed

DATE: Sep 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News