Tag: Bears Ears National Monument
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Observations of a wildfire lookout: Eyes in the sky for vast Four Corners area | RICK FREIMUTH
The writers Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder and Norman McLean all staffed high-elevation fire lookouts in the West — their experiences rich fuel for their work. But Jack Kerouac’s reaction makes me smile. After he searched for smokes from Desolation Peak Lookout in Washington during one summer in the 1950s, Kerouac complained that his brain was…
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Outdoor Retailer organizers respond to calls for boycott
Officials with the company that organizes the Outdoor Retailer show said they’re “taking all input and perspectives into consideration” in deciding whether to move the show out of Denver. The Conservation Alliance, composed of more than 270 companies, said in a news release Monday that Emerald X, the publicly traded company that owns Outdoor Retailer,…
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Colorado College poll: More support for outdoors, little for Trump’s policies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (Editor’s note: This story was updated with comments from the luncheon to release the poll and analyze its contents.) Colorado College’s Conservation in the West Poll released Thursday shows a big gain in the number of Coloradans and Westerners, in general, who consider themselves conservationists.…