Outdoors

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) wants to remind the Colorado outdoor community that the Colorado Trail Explorer (COTREX) mobile app displays active fire alerts, including wildfires and prescribed …

Bird of the Week

Exercise caution with Alzheimer’s and extreme heat

As temperatures rise, extreme heat can have a significant impact on everyone’s safety, but these conditions can be especially stressful and confusing for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other …

Outdoor resources for Fourth of July activities

Ahead of the holiday weekend, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) encourages outdoor recreationists to act as stewards for the state’s land, wildlife and water by balancing outdoor recreation with …

Cacti play a crucial role in the local ecosystem

When one imagines a southwest landscape, it is hard to not picture cacti scattered amongst the shrubby vegetation of the mesas, canyons and rolling foothills of the desert.   Here in …

Riverwalk Wetlands Tours offer chance to learn about unique area

The Riverwalk in downtown Pagosa Springs is a popular place to take a walk, bicycle, jog or exercise the dog. We walk it while on the phone, chatting with friends, listening with headphones on or …

San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership to host premiere of ‘Beyond the Embers’

The San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership (Headwaters) will be hosting the premiere of “Beyond the Embers,” a film produced by Christi Bode, from 6 to 8 p.m. on July 8 at the Liberty …

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is seeking public input on a proposed regulation change that would prohibit the use of amphibians as fishing bait in Colorado.   Public comments will be …

San Juan Stargazers to meet July 2

On Thursday July 2, we are having the next meeting of the San Juan Stargazers Astronomy Club. We usually invite everyone to attend because we normally want to share exciting astronomy learning …

Based on recent wildfire activity and persistent severe fire weather conditions, San Juan National Forest staff will implement Stage 2 fire restrictions forest-wide at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, July 1, …

Missing man found

Area law enforcement are seeking help in locating a missing man, Marvin Lord. According to the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office and Mineral County Sheriff's Office,  Lord was last seen on …

Know before you go: outdoor resources for Fourth of July activities

Ahead of the holiday weekend, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) encourages outdoor recreationists to act as stewards for the state’s land, wildlife and water by balancing outdoor recreation with …

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Pagosa Country sees record high temperature

Record high temperatures were reported in Pagosa Country last week, on Wednesday, June 17. According to a post from Shawn Prochazka with Pagosa Weather, the high at Stevens Field Airport on June …

Fifty years after Coloradans climbed the state’s iconic 14,000-foot peaks to celebrate the Centennial State’s 100th birthday, a new generation will carry that legacy forward. The America 250 …

With tick activity higher this summer, Red Cross offers tips to avoid bites

A warm winter means more ticks, and more ticks increases the risk of a tick bite, along with associated illnesses like Colorado tick fever.   The American Red Cross of Western Colorado is …

Colorado is home to a large population of black bears — estimated at 17,000-20,000 animals — and the majority of them live in areas where humans camp, hike and backpack.   This summer, …

New research by an interdisciplinary team of scientists, archivists and tribal cultural heritage leaders suggests moose inhabited Colorado’s southern Rocky Mountains centuries before state wildlife …

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been receiving relatively frequent reports of sightings of mountain lions in the Pagosa Springs area, according to CPW’s Southwest Region public information officer, …

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