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A Healthy Forest

“But I moved to the mountains because I love the trees!” Working in the field of wildfire mitigation, I hear this often. And yet my job is to convince them to cut them down, in order to protect their home from the threat of wildfire. But it’s more than that….

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Boulder’s Beach

As I took the dogs out for their lunchtime walk. It felt hot. Nederland hot. In truth, the thermometer reached 74 degrees. However, consider that a typical summer day in Nederland rarely exceeds 80 degrees, it was in fact hot for mid-May. Breaking out my sandals and shorts, I could…

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The Fur Babies

May is the time of year when everything starts to come back alive. Tight green buds start to unfurl on the aspen trees. Flashes of purple dot the barren earth as the first wildflowers begin to bloom. And fur babies start to appear. As I stood out on the deck…

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Coronavirus — Impact on Nature

Spur trails making loops back to the main trail, or what we call social trails are forming at our favorite trails around Boulder. It’s understandable. We’re all suffering symptoms of “quarantine fatigue.” Couple that with balmy weather, and people start to hit the trails. In droves. But how do you…

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