The Health of Colorado’s Forests Is More Critical Than Ever
Not-so-hardy forests are threatening our air quality and putting the more than 50 percent of Coloradans who live near them at increased risk of wildfires.
Not-so-hardy forests are threatening our air quality and putting the more than 50 percent of Coloradans who live near them at increased risk of wildfires.
The group of women are doing more than simply providing diversity for an industry suffering from staff shortages and weak retention rates.
Southwestern Colorado’s Mancos Valley had long been thought of as an agricultural promised land, seemingly resistant to the ravages of climate change. There had been dry years, of course. But, along with acres and acres of crops, the blissful notion of relative immunity perished in 2021.
Summit County officials evacuated nearly 200 residences in Silverthorne earlier this week due to the Ptarmigan Fire’s rapid spread. Fire managers say they’re seeing more burns behave in a similar manner.
Mile High City businesses are investing in beehives as a way to ease the workforce back to the office. What’s all the buzz about?
Each year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife pilots drop loads of cutthroat trouts into alpine lakes. We look at the process from one survivor’s perspective.
According to a new study from Colorado State University, an influx of water from front yards keeps city creeks active during the summer.
And if recent trends are any indication, Coloradans will need to accept the brutal heat as the new summer norm.
A study published in Ecology shows that some of Colorado’s cutest critter populations are living at higher and higher elevations—and could soon be pushed out of the state.
With wildfire smoke choking Denver, now seems like as good a time as any to check in on the governmental body charged with cleaning Colorado’s skies.
Powered by a $4 million endowment, the Yampa River Fund is building a more resilient waterway.
What happens to low-income residents of mountain communities if wildfire mitigation fails?
One of Boulder’s nocturnal flyers pleads her species’ case.
In a recent Colorado Springs Gazette editorial, Governor Jared Polis threatened to veto a new environmental justice bill. But some lawmakers say his reason why makes no sense—and will harm vulnerable communities.
Representative Joe Neguse’s proposal to create a national workforce dedicated to the management of natural ecosystems drew inspiration from President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. But it also aims to remedy some of the problems FDR’s program created.
News outlets around the world covered the Colorado State University study’s dramatic findings, but most of them overlooked a major point: Marijuana producers already knew growing cannabis indoors was unsustainable.
The state has high hopes for zero-emission vehicles, but Coloradans may need a little convincing.
The most effective way to reduce waste is by not making unnecessary new products in the first place. Here, an abridged guide to reducing and reusing things in Denver.
The utility says it’s on track to hit its climate change goals, but there are ways you can help, too.
It’s time to act on the single-use plastics that are mucking up our rivers and oceans and overflowing our landfills.