Embracing Winter with Good Gear
I reached a turning point about 10 years ago. After the good times of fort building and snowball fights and then introducing my sons to fort building and snowball fights, I’d come to disdain the coldest season. I’d complain through most of it and spend […]
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Wolves in Colorado?
Editor’s Note: We welcome guest columnist Matt Barnes from Dolores, Colorado. Barnes works with landowners and managers to improve rangeland stewardship, and to coexist with large carnivores such as grizzly bears and wolves. He is the owner of Shining Horizons Land Management. Matt ran a […]
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Come Mayhem, How Will We Fare?
I’m a reasonable person. Like a lot of people, I’m politically centric and middle class. I have no outstanding warrants and next to no savings. I roll through stop signs and I volunteer. I’m imperfect and reasonably happy. Like lots of folks, too, I get […]
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ADDITIONAL POSTS
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Avoiding Deer-Car Collisions
It's the time of year when it seems like drivers kill more deer than hunters. In fact, that's not so. But still. According to AAA,...
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Ode to Mancos
Old stomping grounds. Harpswell, Maine I was born and raised in Harpswell, Maine. If you swapped out fishermen and lobstermen for farmers...
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OR Highlights
The big blue bear outside the Colorado Convention Center Recently, we traveled to Denver to visit with folks at the Outdoor...
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A Baby Bird, A Rancher, and Me
Are you a birder? Then you probably know that many flycatchers belong to the confusing group of birds in the Empidonax Complex. These birds are...
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Apple to Bird to Tree to Cider: Fenceline Story
Sam Perry, co-owner of Fenceline Cider, in Mancos, was a studio art major in college. So, it makes sense that he’d reference a color palette...
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Sturdy Slippers from Salomon
Salomon XA Elevate Past protocol for introducing a new running shoe to my feet: Wear them at the store before purchasing....
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