Tag: western slope
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LIFE | A surprising sound sanctuary in western Colorado
In Rangely, Colo., a 65-foot tank once built to store water has been converted into a musical oasis for musicians and experimental sound artists. The tank, known as the Center for Sonic Arts, is now a recording studio and music venue. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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LIFE | Rock Crawling in Rangely, Colorado
Rangely, Colorado is home to the state’s only rock crawling park. The 560-plus acre park on the Western Slope is full of jagged boulders and steep hills that challenge drivers. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Colorado’s Rio Grande has sustained historic way of life in Alamosa. Can it last? | Colorado River Towns
Editor’s note: In the arid West, water means life. Turn on your tap, and you’re part of the Colorado circulatory system. The towns born along the banks of Colorado’s most iconic waterways – The Colorado, the Big Thompson and the Arkansas lead a list of 158 named rivers – live the same way yet differently…
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Colorado’s Rio Grande has sustained historic way of life in Alamosa. Can it last? | Colorado River Towns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The people of Alamosa have always had a relationship with the Rio Grande, but San Luis Valley Great Outdoors is working to revitalize the Rio and connect the community with their water. { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “Colorado River Towns | Alamosa”, “description”: “The…
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What does a drier, warmer climate mean for the future of Colorado wildflowers?
During a hike in the woods near his Summit County home, Tom Lebsack stopped when he spotted a bright pink burst in the brush. A wildflower fanatic toting his camera across Colorado’s plains, foothills and tundra in search of the next little wonder to add to his portfolio, the source of the color was a…
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What does a drier, warmer climate mean for the future of Colorado wildflowers?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During a hike in the woods near his Summit County home, Tom Lebsack stopped when he spotted a bright pink burst in the brush. A wildflower fanatic toting his camera across Colorado’s plains, foothills and tundra in search of the next little wonder to add…
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Auditors: State’s park preservation program operates ‘effectively,’ ‘efficiently’
Colorado’s 27-year-old grant program for parks and open space was performing well, the state’s Legislative Audit Committee was told Monday. “They operate — this is my opinion — very effectively and efficiently on a small staff,” Kimberley Higgins said of Great Outdoors Colorado. Higgins’s firm, Eide Bailly, LLP, was contracted to do a financial and performance…
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Auditors: State’s park preservation program operates ‘effectively,’ ‘efficiently’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s 27-year-old grant program for parks and open space was performing well, the state’s Legislative Audit Committee was told Monday. “They operate — this is my opinion — very effectively and efficiently on a small staff,” Kimberley Higgins said of Great Outdoors Colorado. Higgins’s firm, Eide…
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Sen. Sonnenberg’s plans to tap lottery funds for Colorado schools fails in Senate committee
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While Democrats on the Colorado Senate’s State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee want to find solutions for funding the state’s schools, they aren’t willing to touch lottery funds to do it. The Senate committee voted along party lines Monday to reject Senate Concurrent Resolution 1,…
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Sen. Sonnenberg’s plans to tap lottery funds for Colorado schools fails in Senate committee
While Democrats on the Colorado Senate’s State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee want to find solutions for funding the state’s schools, they aren’t willing to touch lottery funds to do it. The Senate committee voted along party lines Monday to reject Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, offered by Republican Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling. Currently, under…