The temperature is a perfect 75 degrees, with cloudless skies, a calm breeze moving through the branches above you, and an open trail ahead. Friends sit around a campfire with the Milky Way spanning..
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Topics: Curious Nature
What’s that rabbit running from?! It’s not a bobcat or a hawk; the rabbit is running from the tiny but fierce weasel, one of Colorado’s smallest mammalian predators. At one-third the size of a..
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Topics: Curious Nature
When I was in college, there was a large dry erase calendar on the wall in the biology department hallway. Students, faculty, and staff used the board to record their observations of the natural..
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The blue spruce is the official state tree of Colorado and an important streamside species. Their roots stabilize soil, preventing erosion. Their cones provide food for squirrels and nuthatches...
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It’s a new year in so many ways as we face this brave new world. And what the New Year brings, in some ways, is up to us. Where will we focus our energy? How will we spend our time? The answers to..
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At the base of Vail Mountain, the villages are filled with twinkling lights, colorful decorations, warm fireplaces, and happy families; there’s no question that the holidays are fast approaching...
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The coming of the winter solstice means that this Wednesday will be the shortest day of the year for those of us in the northern hemisphere. But the shortest day also means the longest night, and..
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To stay warm throughout the cold winter months, we bundle up with coats, boots, hats, and scarves. Animals, however, don’t have this same luxury. A bear wearing a down coat and earmuffs would look..
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Topics: Curious Nature
Tis the season… for pine nuts that is! As we approach the winter holidays here in Colorado, we find that many dishes incorporate pine nuts into their recipes. These vanilla-colored morsels are..
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This is the time of year that we turn our eyes towards the skies, watching for that overcast, gray color that could signal the flakes to fly. Clouds have always been a teller of tales. Mountainous..
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Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a Paleolithic human. You’re standing at the top of a hill overlooking a herd of deer lazily grazing on the yellowing grasses and shrubs in the open plains below..
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Tucked away deep into the White River National Forest lies an abandoned ghost town. A town that was once a vital stop along the railroad from Denver for miners looking to bite off a piece of the..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Colorado Road Trips
