Southwest Life - The Journal

Colorado River water users convening amid crisis concerns

Experts say system is in ‘dire condition’

DATE: Dec 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Bluff International Balloon Festival is Jan. 13-14

The 24th annual Bluff International Balloon Festival will kick off Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13 and 14, as balloons fly across the morning skies of Bluff, Utah, then soar over Valley of the ...

DATE: Dec 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Colorado’s soil moisture is better than in recent years. But that’s not saying much

Relationship between dry soil conditions in the fall and spring runoff has gained more attention

DATE: Dec 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

To weed whack Colorado’s ozone problems, environmentalists urge switch to electric lawn equipment

Environmental groups argue for swift changeover as regulators face a December decision on a clean air plan

DATE: Dec 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing into one of the pla...

DATE: Oct 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

On the Colorado River, growing concern for fish as waters warm

DENVER – To guide fishing trips for a year or two, that’s what brought Terry Gunn to the red canyons of northern Arizona. The chance to hike, raft and fly-fish drew Wendy Hanvold, a retired ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado expands eligibility for monkeypox vaccine

Access grows to incorporate those more likely to contract the virus

DATE: Sep 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Elm seed bugs are pests; so are the trees that produce their favorite food

One invasive species accommodates another

DATE: Aug 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Colorado a playground for research scientists

Landscape diversity invites study of desert groundwater, alpine permafrost and prehistoric wildfires

DATE: Jul 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Biologists’ fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River

DENVER – For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he’d been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Co...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Agencies map weeds to tackle roots of the problem

La Plata County, San Juan National Forest turn to GIS to slow the spread

DATE: Jun 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Could prescribed burns curb the health impacts of wildfires?

Controlled fire seen as a tool to mitigate some of the harm, report says

DATE: Jun 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life