Boulderganic
In the market for something new
You know spring is in full swing when the farmers’ market opens, which Boulder County’s will do in both its Boulder and Longmont locations this Saturday, April 4...
Governor’s Water Plan could ignite water war
“This plan reads like a river-destroyer’s manifesto, not a science-based public policy document.” —Gary Wockner, director of Save the Poudre...
Paving the way for electric vehicles in Boulder, and across the...
Public opinion polls tend to show Americans overwhelmingly think electric vehicles (EVs) are better for the environment. A new study, led by the U.K....
Ivory poaching rears its head
Uhuru lay in a clearing surrounded by acacias, far from any roads, legs bent as if ready to run. He was headless, and whatever glory he had when he was alive had bled from the open wound...
A visual story of mountain building
Located at the nexus of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, Boulder’s topography is the ultimate geologic juxtaposition. The change of slope where...
Deforestation intensifies warming in the Amazon Rain Forest
Fires raging across the Amazon in recent weeks have gripped the world’s attention and renewed concerns over deforestation in this iconic ecosystem. The widespread...
Vanishing ice; Planting trees
Putting numbers to vanishing ice
A paper published in Geographical Review in July announced the development of a database for all research about sea ice...
Eco-briefs | Week of September 26, 2013
Sage grouse under Endangered Species Act review...
‘The market is for me, too’
"Our mission is essentially two fold,” says Brian Coppom, Executive Director of Boulder County Farmers Markets (BCFM). “One is to support local agriculture and...
eco-briefs
Bark beetle kill causes increase in stream flow and affects water quality in Colorado...