Having worked and hiked extensively in Rocky Mountain National Park, I would tell you that it is a beautiful national park with some amazing views off Trail Ridge Road and some spectacular hikes. Having said that, Colorado is filled with places that rival the beauty of Rocky or even surpass it….
Continue readingThis past spring, I posted a picture of a bat house that Bryon built for our “resident” bats, saying we hoped that if we built it, they would come. Well, they’ve come all right, but to the wrong house. There are no bats using the bat house we put up,…
Continue readingThough I’ve lived in Boulder County for over five years now, I really hadn’t realized how incredibly diverse the outdoor environment is until this past summer while working at different county parks. When a plant ecologist spoke passionately about the diversity of the county’s ecosystems during a recent training workshop, I started…
Continue readingAs a Park Ranger, I have often been asked about mountain lions and the dangers they pose. It’s probably the single biggest worry most visitors seem to have about hiking in national parks. But my favorite statistic about mountain lions doesn’t say so much about them, as it does about…
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