It’s great fun to go skiing at Wolf Creek Pass and enjoy the incredible views of the wild San Juan Mountains and the landscapes far beyond. Great to hike there …
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Parks Closed over Border Wall Demands
Late December 2018 finds us enjoying strong snowfall in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. The Jet Stream that abandoned us last winter is now swooping up and over us …
Exceptional Walk Through Time in the Western Jemez Mountains
New Mexico may be a flyover state to the majority of Americans and it may appear to be a vast dry wasteland to those who drive through on I-40 looking …
Just Say No to Black Friday!
This is Black Friday which somehow became the day we are all supposed to rush out and buy things in anticipation of Christmas, a holiday centered on exchanging gifts …
Oil Spill in Animas and other Oil Industry Disasters
This week, British Petroleum Corporation (BP) created an Animas River oil spill. BP has dumped oil and fraking fluids into the Animas River near Durango, Colorado. The company spilled fraking …
Thinking About the Land as Fall Colors Blaze
Sodden fall in New Mexico and southern Colorado. While Donald Trump is hyperventilating and bloviating about refugees from Guatemala marching toward his fragile little world, we are wearing rain gear …
Key Environmental Issues in New Mexico Governor’s Race
This November we chose a new governor in New Mexico. After eight years of population decline and economic stagnation under Suzanna Martinez, we have a chance to change course. The …
Why Fall Colors? What’s Going On?
Fall is a time when we can hear melancholy songs in our minds as the wind grows cold and leaves rain down from the trees. Maybe the moments of …
Huge Collapsed Volcanos Host Dangerous Animals
Rocky Mountain Beer Explorer sent our top reporter to Yellowstone National Park in early September to check on the other major caldera in the West. While its easy to be …
Great American Beer Festival Sparks up Denver
This week Denver hosts the Great American Beer Festival, which has turned in to one of the largest craft beer meetings in the country. This year 800 breweries from all …