Echo Canyon Reservoir drained 5 feet below spillway for dam repairs
By Simone Mounsamy
Staff Writer
Four miles south from Pagosa Springs on U.S. 84 lies Echo Canyon Reservoir State Wildlife Area, 211 acres of state land,...
Williams Creek fishing
Photo courtesy Allen Domingo
Allen Domingo and his dog, Animas Domingo, got in some fall fishing at Williams Creek recently. This salmon was just part...
Second phase of San Juan cutthroat restoration scheduled for Wolf Creek headwaters
By Rebecca Robbins Forest Service
The effort by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to restore San Juan cutthroat trout in the San Juan River Basin will...
Pagosa Ranger District plans prescribed fire for late April
The San Juan National Forest’s Pagosa Ranger District is planning to conduct a prescribed fire starting as early as April 19. Burning operations may...
Hiking through the aspens on the way to Opal Lake.
Photo courtesy Shawn Prochazka
Hiking through the aspens on the way up to Opal Lake recently. Opal Lake, located south of Pagosa Springs, gets its...
Scaling Squaretop Mountain
By Josh Kurz
Special to The SUN
When I see a conspicuous mountain on the skyline, I crave to view the world from its perspective and...
Plumtaw Fire transitioning back to local control, at 91 percent containment
Final Plumtaw Fire Update | Ed LeBlanc, Incident Commander
The Plumtaw Fire is now listed at 91 percent contained and is showing little heat. The fire management...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers rescue moose calf from Grand Lake basement; reunite it...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers rescued a moose calf trapped in the basement foundation of a house that burned in last year’s East Troublesome...
Seed mixtures available for landowners
By Cynthia PurcellSan Juan Conservation District
The San Juan Conservation District is offering local landowners the opportunity to purchase a variety of seed mixtures for...
Go fish
Photo courtesy Patricia G. D’Angelo
Trisha Pillars hooked this catfish two weeks before she finally landed it at Echo Lake on July 31. On her...
