Tag: environment
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San Juan National Forest to shut down due to fire near Durango
DENVER — Extreme fire danger prompted officials Monday to say they are shutting down a sprawling forest that includes some of Colorado’s most stunning mountains in a region that attracts tourists from around the world, a rare tactic also being used in neighboring states as the U.S. Southwest struggles with severe drought. National forests and…
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San Juan National Forest to shut down due to fire near Durango
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — Extreme fire danger prompted officials Monday to say they are shutting down a sprawling forest that includes some of Colorado’s most stunning mountains in a region that attracts tourists from around the world,…
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How EPA’s rollback of auto mileage rule would impact Colorado
The rollback of federal auto mileage standards – expected by the Trump administration in coming days – could erase some of the progress being made in Colorado on cutting air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, according to analyses by environmental groups. “Having this … yanked out from under us will send Colorado backward,” said Will…
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Rabid skunk population soars in El Paso County, along Front Range
An “unprecedented” spike in rabid skunks is gripping El Paso County and the state – even in traditionally uncommon areas like Colorado Springs’ Old North End, Palmer Park and Widefield. So far this year, 23 skunks have tested positive for rabies across the county – more than any other year on record, said Robyn Weber,…
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A Chinese space station will plummet to Earth within a week. It could land just about anywhere
Sometime between Thursday and the middle of next week, the Chinese space station known as Tiangong-1 is expected to fall out of the sky. Most of the 18,740-pound space lab likely will burn up in the atmosphere, experts said. But not all of it. Between 10 percent and 40 percent of the station’s mass probably…
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Rocky Flats refuge scheduled to open to public in summer
BOULDER — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans on opening the Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge to the public this summer following multiple public forums and a lawsuit that tried to keep the refuge from opening at all. The Daily Camera reports that Fish and Wildlife Service refuge manager David Lucas announced on Friday that the refuge…
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UN reports see a lonelier planet with fewer plants, animals
WASHINGTON — Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a dramatic rate, according to four new United Nations scientific reports that provide the most comprehensive and localized look at the state of biodiversity. Scientists meeting in Colombia issued four regional reports Friday on how well animal and plants are doing in the Americas;…
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No water restrictions in Colorado Springs, despite warm, dry winter
Despite abnormally warm and dry conditions in the Pikes Peak region, Colorado Springs Utilities officials are not planning to impose restrictions on water usage this year. The area has seen slightly more than half of the average precipitation so far this year and temperatures are nearly two degrees above normal to date, said Abigail Ortega,…
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EPA takes command of toxic tire fire in southern El Paso County
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken command of a Fountain-area tire fire that is emitting “extremely poisonous” smoke, is expected to contaminate Fountain Creek and spurred the closure of an elementary school Tuesday. But the blaze must burn itself out, officials said. The tires’ steel wheels are so hot that firefighters can’t cool them…
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The world’s last male northern white rhino has died, putting the species on the brink of extinction
Conservationists were expecting the death of Sudan, the world’s last remaining male northern white rhinoceros. But when he died on Monday night, the news was met with international dismay. The 45-year-old male rhino had been living under armed guard at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Earlier this month, Sudan developed an infection on his…