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eco-briefs

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Boulderganic

Dive to survive

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Under a full moon on a frosty December night, two advantageous Boulderites make the most of a hole in the system.   “You wouldn’t believe...

Weight of the world

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Jeff Kiehl had been a climate scientist at NCAR in Boulder studying topics like the greenhouse effect and stratospheric ozone for nearly two decades...

Wilder paths to rejoining civilian life

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The Women’s Wilderness Institute, a Boulder-based non-profit organization focused on helping women build strength and courage through wilderness experiences, recently teamed up with the Sierra Club and the University of Michigan to research the benefits of outdoor ...

Washing away a harvest: Contamination ruins Boulder County crops

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This story is part of Our Road to Recovery, our coverage of the 2013 Boulder County floods...

The last of the beauty

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Photographer Shawn Heinrichs grew up with an innate love of nature. Born in Durban, South Africa, he spent all his free time outside, hiking,...

Hunting for conservation

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If you ask communications staff for Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Michigan) about H.R. 2834, the representative’s proposed bill on hunting and fishing access, they’ll quickly clarify that, despite claims, the bill does not apply to wilderness areas. Benishek probably doesn’t ...

The psychedelic renaissance

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If you were a teenager in 1967, Berkeley was the place to be. The Summer of Love was beaming with a newfound madness, and...

Season of hail

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It’s that time of year again. The time when thunderstorms and fast-moving currents of warm air collide over the Front Range, lofting water high...

If a tree falls in Boulder County…

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This story starts in Asia. The main character is a tiny metallic green insect, known to English ears as the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)....

Stop and smell the roses

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It’s springtime in Colorado, and as the trees, flowers and other plants around us leaf and bloom, will we take notice? That may be...

Creatively building community

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Though the general rule is not to play in the street for fear of cars, the pedestrians of Boulder will have the opportunity to take over a vehicular domain and do just that this coming weekend...

Climate data gives mixed message on storm forecasts

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Keep calm and hold on to your hat. The atmosphere will not become increasingly stormy as the planet warms and the climate changes...