Boulderganic

Cultivating community

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After one year of labor intensive farm work, August Miller and his wife decided to pack up and take the knowledge and experience they learned while working on a farm in Paonia, Colo., to their own community in Boulder County. Their mission: to offer residents ...

Contesting the rules of roadlessness

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Six years ago, in the interest of protecting Colorado’s pristine wilderness areas while the national roadless area rule was being contested in court, the state began development of a roadless rule. Two drafts and 200,000 public comments later, local conservation ...

Sprayed trespass

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A recent decision from a district court in Delta County could affect the view of trespassing, aerial spraying and the restitution available to farmers who lose crops due to drift...

Eco-briefs | Fort Collins bans fracking

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Following in the footsteps of Longmont, the Fort Collins City Council voted to approve an initial ban on hydraulic fracturing within city limits...

eco-briefs

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LET IT RAIN...

Unfair share

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Don Feusner ran dairy cattle on his 370-acre slice of northern Pennsylvania until he could no longer turn a profit by farming. Then, at age 60, he sold all but a few Angus and aimed for a comfortable retirement on money from drilling his land for natural gas instead...

First Nations Families Exposed to Industrial Chemicals

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Mothers and children of a First Nations tribe living in one of Canada’s most industrialized regions are highly exposed to estrogen-blocking chemicals, according to a new study...

Traverse the great outdoors without leaving your seat

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"You can’t be an outdoor enthusiast and not be a lover of nature. Or someone who is concerned about the environment,” Richard Paradise tells...

Pine beetles appear to share Santorum’s views on sex

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Quote “To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from...

Global warming 1-2-3

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Scientists first started writing about global warming in the 1850s. More than a century ago, others explored the possibility of human-caused climate change. And...

Bike commuters risk higher exposurer to pollutants; Landmark court case establishes...

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BIKE COMMUTERS RISK HIGHER EXPO- SURE TO POLLUTANTS, STUDY FINDS...

eco-briefs

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BOULDER COUNTY AWARDS FUNDING FOR ZERO WASTE PROGRAMS...