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Native Trees And Plants You Will See Everywhere Along Colorado Rivers

By Brenda Stuart Source You have to do more than stop and smell the roses when you’re in Colorado. You’ll miss a lot if you don’t look up and see the trees. An exhilarating ride along the state’s whitewater streams is a thrill, but the eye-popping scenery is an integral part of the total experience….

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May 24, 2022

The Power & the Glory Crystal Rapid 1983

The Power and Glory – A Piece of History! The Power and the Glory poster shows Crystal Rapid in the Grand Canyon flowing at 90,000 CFS in July 1983. This section of the Colorado River had not seen flows like this since the completion of Glen Canyon Dam in 1963. With Climate Change and…

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March 11, 2022

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: A Powerful Conservation Tool

Browns Canyon National Monument OUR COUNTRY HAS 117 NATIONAL MONUMENTS scattered across 30 states, from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the Misty Fjords in Alaska. National monuments have been established to protect coral reefs in American Samoa, Spanish forts in Florida and extinct volcanoes in New Mexico as well as landscape-scale,…

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August 5, 2016

Browns Canyon is Model for Landscape-Scale Conservation

Reposted from Ammoland.com: Maintaining outdoor traditions, generating local sportsmen support must be key considerations for future national monument proposals, according to national report Salida, CO -(AmmoLand.com)- Designation of the new, 21,586-acre Browns Canyon National Monument is delivering landscape-scale conservation benefits, continued hunting and angling opportunity, and economic payoffs, said sportsmen-conservation leaders at a gathering of decision-makers and journalists on the Arkansas River over the weekend. Coloradans worked for more than 40 years to permanently conserve and protect the diverse terrain of Browns Canyon, which includes high alpine meadows and lakes, winter range in the pinon-juniper hills, habitat for iconic big game species, and the Arkansas River—one of Colorado’s most popular trout fisheries. The monument was formally designated on Feb. 19, 2015. “The Arkansas River and Browns Canyon is a story about persistence and working together for the common good,” said Corey…

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May 25, 2016

Help Save the Colorado River

Change the Course: Water Connects Us All Without water, we would not exist. Without water, life in any form, cannot exist. It is more important than ever, not just for the river rafting community that we protect our rivers. The Colorado River supplies water to tens of millions of people, but the fate of this…

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January 16, 2016

Visit Rocky Mountain National Park in the Winter

(Male Bighorn Sheep in winter. Credit: “Bighorn Sheep 2” Alan D. Wilson) If you think our national parks are beautiful when all the flora is in bloom and all the fauna is frolicking, you should see them when they are covered in pure white snow, transforming every national park into a winter wonderland. One of…

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December 9, 2015

Think Twice About Choosing a Fake Tree For Christmas

You might not believe it, but that fake, plastic Christmas tree you bought with the best of intentions could be doing more harm to the environment than if you have chosen a real Christmas tree. Many artificial trees are made from toxic, harmful polyvinyl chloride.Photo by Casteniel Trees are our friends, and we need to…

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December 5, 2015

Save the Bees, Save the World

(Cover Photo: “You will my honey” by Feliciano Guimarães from Guimarães, Portugal) Fighting hunger one bee at a time You’ve spent all spring and summer swatting away these buzzing, stinging, annoying little black and yellow buggers. You’ve cursed their existence and wished for just one picnic in the park without having to deal with bees and insects….

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November 11, 2015

The Bison Returns to Colorado on National Bison Day

It has been a six-year long effort, but November 1st, 2015, also known as National Bison Day, a herd of bison will be set free to roam their new homes in Fort Collins’ Soapstone Prairie Natural Area and Larimer County’s Red Mountain Open Space. Returning the American Buffalo to Colorado For centuries, North America was…

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October 21, 2015

How You Can Conserve Water and Protect YOUR Rivers

The American rivers belong to you! It’s true. The land leading down to the river may be privately owned, but once you dip your little toes into the cool river you’re home! This also means that you (and you, and you, and you) are responsible for taking care of and protecting the rivers. Remember when…

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October 16, 2015