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The Durango skate park and gathering place must leave its current downtown location. Skateboarders and community members recently celebrated the space at "Farewell Ramp Jam."
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The northern lights were visible across parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah over the weekend.The colorful display was due to a geomagnetic storm which resulted in a burst of energy from the sun.
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Colorado’s 2024 lawmaking term ended with notable civility in comparison to the tense final days of last year’s session. This year, lawmakers came together to pass flagship legislation on property taxes, education funding, housing, and gun control.
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President Biden dramatically expanded two national monuments in California. But there are growing concerns that federal land managers are struggling to manage existing monuments designated since 2016.
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The state's shed antler hunting season opened on May 1. The annual hunt in Jackson usually draws hundreds of vehicles from around the country. They come to search for antlers, which elk shed around this time every year. However, because of a new state law, only Wyoming residents can participate for the first week this year.
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Conservation groups are celebrating the approval of the wolverine restoration bill. They see Colorado as a key piece of a strategy to ensure the survival of the extremely solitary member of the weasel family.
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New maps from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) show the migration routes of several big game herds across the West.
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Colorado's Rocky Mountains have reached peak snowpack, but climate change is changing the way snow turns to water. States around the region are debating new rules for the river that center around new water deficits.
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The Department of Agriculture has issued a federal order to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The disease has been detected in dairy cattle in the U.S.
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The funding will go towards building and maintaining residential solar installations on a number of reservations.
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The Biden administration has released a beta version of the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas, a massive mapping project that visualizes conservation efforts across the country. The Atlas is intended to show progress toward the administration’s goal of conserving or restoring 30% of American territory by 2030.
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Thousands of immigrant workers survived perilous conditions to build the transcontinental railway – a new monument wants to make sure we don’t forget about them.
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In annual reports sent to Dark Sky International, Utah’s national and state parks list light pollution from development and tourism as the main threat to maintaining their certification.
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Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate-warming pollution from existing coal and new gas power plants.
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“How large would Colorado be if I used a giant rolling pin and rolled it flat to 1 inch thick?”
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Roughly half a million dairy calves were transported from seven states in the upper U.S. to calf-rearing operations in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas in 2022, according to an investigation conducted by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), creating potential health risks for animals and people.
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The long-anticipated rail line aims to hit 200 miles per hour on the track and connect riders from Southern California to Las Vegas in about two hours, less than half the time it takes to drive. Brightline West is the private company behind the project.
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The new law grew out of a teen harm reduction movement in Durango, and several Durango teens helped write the bill. It provides good samaritan protections for teens and eliminates liability risk for schools and districts.