Tag: ecosystem
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A sprouting field: local college students bringing together Colorado’s fungi fanatics, researchers
It isn’t exactly easy to pull off an intrastate mushroom forage. The weather must cooperate, picking sites are scoped out in advance, enough notice has to be given, and everyone commits to varying degrees of distance to travel, all for the chance to maybe stumble upon some wild fungi. Luckily for the recently formed University…
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Scientists studying effects of dam removal at Eleven Mile Canyon
Scientists are studying the effects of removing an abandoned concrete dam in Eleven Mile Canyon, Colorado, to observe how the ecosystem repairs and reshapes itself. They’re closely monitoring changes in the streambed, habitat recovery, and the response of fish populations, aiming to apply their findings to similar dam removal projects in the future, with particular…