Tag: Aspens
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COLUMN: Fall teaches valuable lessons for life | Paul Batura
In case you weren’t paying attention, summer ended and fall officially began here in the Rocky Mountain West this past Monday during the lunch hour. If you wanted to sound all fancy or scientific about it, you would have called it the “autumnal equinox” – a term that comes from the Latin word “aequus” (equal)…
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How a Colorado mountain snow affects the fall color change
Heavy snow fell across some parts of north-central Colorado’s mountains Tuesday, particularly the mountains along the Continental Divide west of Denver from Interstate 70 to the Wyoming state line. Up to of 12 inches was forecast by the National Weather Service in Boulder on the high peaks above 11,000 feet and between 1-3 inches down…
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Does the presence of wolves impact the health of aspens? Debate continues
The trickle-down effect of changes within an ecosystem can often be surprising and impactful. With that in mind, one related topic of discussion has long been that of whether or not the presence (or addition of) an apex predator may change the natural landscape – from how rivers flow to population numbers of other species…
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8 Colorado spots rank among ‘top places for fall colors’ around U.S.
Vacation rental company ‘HomeToGo’ has published their annual report of the best places to find fall colors around the United States, and unsurprisingly multiple Colorado spots made the cut to be included on their list of 75 cities and towns. In case you haven’t heard, fall colors are already starting to pop up around the…
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Glowing aspen? A Colorado student’s curious report
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July 25, 2019. A warm night in the woods of northern Colorado. This is where Jacob Bopp’s strange tale begins. From a near distance, “it was like the subtle headlights of a car,” he recalled. That could not be right, he thought. He got closer and later wrote of what he saw: “A soft, green…
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While aspens steal the show in Colorado, this native tree also delivers fall colors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Come fall in Colorado, aspen gets all the love. But yellow isn’t the only color in the hilly palette. However short lived and uncertain the display, it’s all the more reason to appreciate the underappreciated native that is Gambel oak. For fall colors, Pikes Peak…