After an increase in reports of negative encounters with coyotes in metro Denver, scientists from Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources are conducting research to understand how human thoughts and behavior affect ...Increased human-coyote conflicts in Metro Denver prompts study
After an increase in reports of negative encounters with coyotes in metro Denver, scientists from Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources are conducting research to understand how human thoughts and behavior affect ...CU study: Amount of dust blown across the West is increasing
The amount of dust being blown across the landscape has increased over the last 17 years in large swaths of the West, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado. The escalation in dust emissions — which may be due to the ...CU study: Northern hemisphere losing snow at accelerated rate
Last July, something unprecedented in the 34-year satellite record happened: 98 percent of the Greenland Ice Sheet’s surface melted, compared to roughly 50 percent during an average summer. Snow that usually stays frozen and dry turned ...NASA pinpoints snowpack measurements in Colorado
A new NASA airborne mission has created the first maps of the entire snowpack of two major mountain watersheds in California and Colorado, producing the most accurate measurements to date of how much water they hold. The data from NASA's Airborne ...High-elevation forest mortality continues as spruce surpasses lodgepole
As the mountain pine beetle epidemic tapers off after killing much of Colorado’s lodgepole forests, it has been surpassed by another epidemic in the upper-elevation forests. “For the first time in recent years, the acreage impacted ...Depending on your definition of 'clean,' Holy Cross way ahead of renewable-energy goal
Should burning trees for power and heat, capturing and converting methane from coal mines or generating electricity by damming rivers be considered clean energy? Del Worley, CEO of Holy Cross Energy in Glenwood Springs, thinks so. And because ...Drought intensifies across the critical high mountains
State water experts said Thursday there's little chance the Colorado snowpack will climb back to normal, as drought has intensified across the critical high mountains of Colorado, with parts of key watersheds like the Blue River in Summit County, ...Funding now available for forest restoration projects through Forest Service
FORT COLLINS—Colorado landowners and communities that want to protect forested areas from severe wildfire and other forest health concerns may be eligible for grant funding from the Colorado State Forest Service. The CSFS is now accepting ...Annual weather and climate summit back in Breckenridge
SUMMIT COUNTY—Following a year that ended up being the warmest on record for the contiguous 48 states, and that included a monster drought and superstorm Sandy, weather experts have a lot to talk about. This week, broadcast meteorologists ...Colorado's climate connection
BOULDER—Against a backdrop of a record-hot, near-record drought and what looks to be the start of another dry winter, several Colorado-based scientists have set their sights on the latest round of climate talks getting under way this ...Foresters need snowpack to accelerate burning of thousands of slash piles
Burning in the forest may sound like a scary proposition after this summer’s historic forest fires, but foresters are hoping a decent snowpack will allow them to do exactly that to hundreds of thousands of slash piles that have accumulated ...Summer ends up warmer, wetter than average in Summit County
SUMMIT COUNTY—Summer precipitation was a mixed bag in Summit County, with above average totals in July but less than average rainfall in August, as the monsoon rains petered out. Statewide, conditions remained very dry, with the exception ...Old Dillon Res could become Colorado's only golden trout fishery
SUMMIT COUNTY—A $7 million project that will help boost local water supplies is nearing completion, as construction crews put the finishing touches on the enlargement of Old Dillon Reservoir, above Dillon Dam Road between Frisco and ...Water woes at Summit County campgrounds
SUMMIT COUNTY—U.S. Forest Service recreation managers in Summit County are once again struggling with operational issues, as extensive damage to water systems left all the local campgrounds — totaling several hundred campsites — ...Latest report upgrades drought to 'extreme' status in most of Summit County
SUMMIT COUNTY—Near record-low stream flows and dry soils and vegetation in northwest Colorado mean that even more of the area is now designated as being in extreme drought, including most of Summit County and nearly all of Eagle County.Submit A Story
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