5+ hour ago  (689+ words) Rewilding isn't about neglect " it's about making intentional choices that support the ecosystem. The result is a yard that's not just beautiful, but teeming with life. It's a space where fireflies return, butterflies thrive, and birds find shelter. A place…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (613+ words) A front page story in the Pagosa Springs SUN on Thursday reported that local firefighters dealt with three wildfires along Deep Canyon Road near Chimney Rock National Monument: Shortly after 5pm the San Juan National Forest reported the fires were nearing…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (541+ words) Humans deal with temptations of various types. One of those temptations is power. Another is wealth" money" possession and control of valuable items" like, for example, forested land. In order to make those necessary decisions, the PAWSD Board relies on…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (487+ words) Although I've lived in Pagosa Springs for more than 30 years, I had no idea that this meadow " owned by the Fairway Land Trust " existed. Nor had I ever toured the roughly 180-acre forest immediately to the east, also owned by…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (280+ words) Following field sampling protocols consistent with similar studies reported in the scientific literature, our teams have observed more than 16, 000 birds representing 98 different bird species across the seven years of the BMP. Nine bird species, constituting about 45% of all birds counted,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (604+ words) Pagosa Daily Post Pro Publica, together with High Country News, recently published articles that don't tell the whole story behind federal lands grazing. The series suggests that ranchers utilizing federal lands are mostly the ultra-wealthy, who are being subsidized to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (474+ words) Pagosa Daily Post The Colorado State Forest Service and its partners conducted a vast majority of their forest management work in high-priority areas of the state and greatly increased the acres of forests they managed and enhanced annually from 2020 through…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (316+ words) Senator Mike Lee of Utah, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has introduced an amendment to the Interior appropriations bill that would pave the way for the Trump administration to sell off national parks to the highest…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (176+ words) Community members and visitors are invited to join us for a bird identification class on raptors, woodpeckers and corvids tomorrow, Wednesday, December 10, at the Methodist Church on Lewis St. from 6: 00 to 8: 00pm. A Zoom option will also be available. As far…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago  (374+ words) Winter can be hard on wildlife, and every calorie counts as deer and elk try to survive until spring. Colorado Parks and Wildlife and partner land managers across southwest Colorado use seasonal winter closures in an effort to ease pressure…...