Fall colors

Fall foliage is beginning to burst in all of its golden-orange glory in the San Juans. As of this week, 30 percent of the cottonwoods, oakbrush and aspens along the Dolores River up to Rico are...

DATE: Sept. 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Dolores tamarisk battle wins additional funding

The Dolores River Restoration Partnership has been awarded $50,000 to continue its work eradicating the tamarisk scourge. The group's Tamarisk Coalition, along with The Nature Conservancy, and BLM,...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

River Talk: Town steps up to help family deal with disease

In a small town, we often celebrate and mourn together. We also pull together in times of need.Such is the case when a local middle school student gets some very bad news - Hodgkin's disease.It's...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Firebreaks can help keep homes safe

Firewise of Southwest Colorado has teamed up with Southwest Conservation Corps to defend rural homes and neighborhoods from wildfires. The project is funded by a $23,000 grant from the Colorado...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Harvest time

By the time the gates opened at the Colorado State University Extension Apple U-Pick event in Yellow Jacket and 9 a.m. Saturday, hundreds of people had lined up at the gates armed with bags, boxes,...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Marina at House Creek?

The owner of a marina service at Vallecito Reservoir wants to relocate his business to Dolores and McPhee Reservoir. Stan Folsom is working to open Doc's Outdoor Sports and Recreation on the House...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Storm spoils big horn sheep hunter's day

An injured hunter was rescued via helicopter from the Lime Creek drainage south of Silverton on Sunday morning during one of the most ominous storms of the season. The San Juan County Sheriff's...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Young fossil hunters reveal early Earth

A landowner near Groundhog Reservoir provided students from the Children's Kiva Montessori schools with memories dating 80 million years. Fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders took a recent tour to...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Produce galore at Fall Festival

The third annual Dolores Fall Festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Flanders Park. Organizer Ruby Gonzales said this year there will be a record 25 vendors selling...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Jumping mouse endangered

A little brown mouse that sleeps nine months of the year and is known for its impressive leaping ability was recently listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On June...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

All tree-needle loss not the same

Evergreen trees shedding needles in the foothills in Southwest Colorado may be going through an annual ritual - not dying from bark beetles. Evergreens that are beginning to shed needles look...

DATE: Sept. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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