Area wildlife manager receives prestigious award
Patt Dorsey, area wildlife manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife in Durango, has received the 2012 Shikar-Safari Club International “Wildlife Officer of the Year...
Learn about Nordic trails at San Juan Outdoor Club meeting
By Isabelle Emerson
Special to The SUN
The San Juan Outdoor Club monthly meeting for January will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 3, at...
SJMA seeks membership approval of candidates
By Susan Bryson
Special to The SUN
San Juan Mountains Association is seeking membership approval of the following candidates to serve as directors on the SJMA...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife offers ice safety tips
At many higher elevations, ice has started to cover the reservoirs, rivers and ponds, attracting visitors to ice fish, ice skate, ice sail and...
Agencies provide winter driving safety tips
By Patricia Demchak Billinger
Special to The SUN
In an effort to create a unified voice regarding winter safety tips, AAA, the American Red Cross, the...
Recap of a busy fire season in southwest Colorado
By Mark Stiles
Supervisor, San Juan National Forest
Special to The SUN
As southwestern Colorado eagerly awaits snowfall, public land managers are contemplating the recent roller coaster...
Pagosans, ranchers, businesses wait for snow
By Lindsey Bright
Staff Writer
“It needn’t be tinder, this juncture of the year, a cigarette second guessed from car to brush. The woods’ parchment is...
Birding 101: Session 4 set for Dec. 15
By Becky Herman
Special to The SUN
Becky Gillette, Audubon’s Southwest Regional Director, will present the last bird identification training session in preparation for Weminuche Audubon’s...
Is Pagosa Colorado’s best small ski town?
Best Colorado ski town.
That could be the honor that Elevation Outdoors Magazine bestows on Pagosa Springs, if Pagosa Country receives enough votes.
The Rocky Mountain...
Dealing with drilling in the Fruitland Outcrop
By Lindsey Bright
Staff Writer
Last summer, July 2011, an unintended occurrence happened deep in the geologic layers beneath Archuleta County near the Fruitland Outcrop.
Petrox Petroleum...
