Tag: Southwestern Colorado
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Colorado’s silverspot butterfly classified as ‘threatened’ under Endangered Species Act
In the meadows of southern Colorado, a new life begins. Under the leaf of a bog violet, near shallow groundwater, a butterfly flutters her brown wings and lays her eggs. The underside of her wings are lined with silvery-white spots, an ode to the species’ name. After about two weeks, the cooling October air welcomes…
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Colorado tourism industry took $500M hit in 2020: study
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tourism spending in Colorado fell 36% last year from the previous year, a $9 billion reduction to $15.4 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study says. It was the lowest annual total since at least 2011, when the economy was still recovering from the…