Where once a river ran, the Dolores River has all but disappeared in its lower reaches below McPhee Dam this summer, another causality of an intense drought that has gripped Southwest Colorado.

A local developer in Moab has broken ground on an Edward Abbey-themed subdivision, with street names paying homage to the iconic environmentalist’s works. But now, friends of Abbey say, that for a man ...

A year after being passed, a new state law that increases the financial benefits of conservation easements has reinvigorated efforts, at unprecedented rates, of people who want to protect their land ...

I wrote the essay below – about my parents’ farm’s ditch in the North Fork Valley of Western Colorado – in 2018, which was one of the region’s driest years on record. The essay is every bit as ...

BP American Production Co. was once one of the largest oil and gas operators in the San Juan Basin, overseeing more than 3,800 wells in the vast natural gas field that spans southwest Colorado and ...

Back in 1993, USA Today dubbed Durango “the worst-dressed city in America.” They weren’t necessarily wrong. If you were to put a local in a lineup with half a dozen people who’d just been rescued from ...

After more than 100 years, could full-scale mining return to La Plata Canyon? One Canadian company that has been prospecting the area for the past three years says it’s generating promising results, ...

There is a proposal currently making its way through the City of Durango approval process to redevelop the Durango Mall. The proposal to redevelop the long-neglected, decaying property includes: ...

For decades, I’ve returned to Truro, Mass., drawn by some of the most breathtaking vistas on Cape Cod. I never tire of biking through the dunes, hiking the sandy bluffs of the National Seashore or ...

Imagine Westerners waking up one morning only to discover that many of their most cherished wetlands have dried up, gone. This is not fiction during these times of determining the true value of water.

The director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, who ushered in the state’s wolf reintroduction program amid widespread scrutiny over many of his decisions, is stepping down. Jeff Davis announced Tuesday ...

Hillcrest Golf Course’s longtime Superintendent Will Herz is heading on to greener, uh, fairways. Last week, the course announced that Herz, who has served as superintendent for 30 years, is hanging ...