SUBSCRIBER ONLY Opinion Columnists | Opinion: Out-of-state hunters aren’t the problem. Here’s how to sustain and improve hunting in the West. By Lesli Allison November 30, 2023 at 2:57 p.m. Pulling the economic rug out from under private lands and wildlife by reducing tags for...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | As REI’s arrival nears in a southwestern Colorado mountain town, some local outdoor rec stores worry By John Aguilar December 1, 2023 at 9:41 a.m. A little more than a year before REI comes to Durango, its arrival has raised...
Economy | Outdoor recreation in Colorado, nationwide packs economic punch, federal numbers show By Judith Kohler November 23, 2023 at 10:01 a.m. The outdoor recreation industry accounted for 2.2% of nation's GDP at $563.7 billion in 2022...
Environment | With Colorado set to reintroduce gray wolves, bill backed by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert seeks their removal from endangered species list By The Steamboat Pilot November 9, 2023 at 11:58 a.m. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill co-sponsored by U.S....
Opinion Columnists | Opinion: Colorado’s mountain lion hunting helps maintain a delicate balance By Seth Brandstetter November 7, 2023 at 10:28 a.m. When the population of these large carnivores grows unchecked, it can lead to imbalances, causing...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Opinion Columnists | Opinion: Too many tourists are robbing locals of the hunt By Andrew Carpenter November 3, 2023 at 8:55 a.m. We need to preserve the wildness weāve got left in Colorado along with the wild...
Entertainment | A chilling Colorado tale of buffalo slaughter jumps from page to screen in Nicholas Cage’s latest movie By John Wenzel October 26, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. As a novel, the coming-of-age story was arguably the first Western to subvert the genre's...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Colorado News | Fossil hunting? This White Sands find suggests dried up lakes are a good place to look. By Bruce Finley October 11, 2023 at 6:03 a.m. The Denver-based U.S. Geological Survey scientists who this month confirmed the oldest known human footprints...
Environment | Colorado man is accused of killing bear and her two cubs, faces felony charges By Elise Schmelzer October 2, 2023 at 3:35 p.m. A Colorado man illegally shot and killed a sow bear and her two cubs and...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Colorado News | Should Colorado’s mountain lions be hunted? Voters could decide in new ballot initiative By Elise Schmelzer September 29, 2023 at 11:49 a.m. Three years after a successful ballot initiative push to reintroduce wolves, wildlife advocates will try...