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Wolves ‘drugged, blindfolded, collared, moved to remote land’

What was it like for 10 captured Oregon wolves when Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened their crates on a December day last year? The wolves had been chased by helicopter, drugged, blindfolde...

DATE: Mar 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Wolves ‘drugged, blindfolded, collared, moved to remote land’

What was it like for 10 captured Oregon wolves when Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened their crates on a December day last year? The wolves had been chased by helicopter, drugged, blindfolde...

DATE: Mar 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Public will be left in dark around legislation that affects them’

Irony is the juxtaposition of one conceptual proposition with a directly contrary reality, like a “vegetarian butcher” or something that’s “seriously funny.” Or the swift enactment – during ...

DATE: Mar 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Guilt crept in – what if he declined precipitously in memory care unit?

“I can't do this for one more day,” I wailed to myself after my husband of 40 years, including several years deep in dementia, baffled me with yet another irrational antic. These moments wer...

DATE: Mar 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

On water: ‘Hundred years later, citizens remain disengaged’

“Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.” – Unknown author Throughout thi...

DATE: Mar 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

My mother and crows: ‘Weird passion holds a lot more’

“Hello!” My mom yelled over the rolling gusts of wind, waving her hands to the crows perched high up in the aspen. “I’m Jennifer!” “Mom,” I said, ducking my head in embarrassment from the st...

DATE: Mar 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Primergy may have ‘back door’ for solar facility approval

Under a proposed state bill, Primergy of California may have found a back door for approval to construct its massive industrial solar facility near Hesperus. The permit application to constr...

DATE: Mar 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Hurkle-durkling not a sin. Give yourself gift to lounge’

One of the latest TikTok crazes/wellness trends is hurkle-durkling (TikTok user Kira Kosarin). I am proudly not a TikToker. However, this term caught my eye. The Scots have some wonderfully ...

DATE: Mar 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

San Juan River’s ‘ever-moving pile of sediment’ requires new vigilance

When the San Juan River flows out of the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado, it contributes 15% of Lake Powell’s water. But there’s a problem: The river carries a hefty 55% of the s...

DATE: Mar 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

On water compact: ‘Colorado will never get a better deal’

I’ve been a water engineer in Southwest Colorado for 50 years and watched the importance of the Colorado River Compact increase from a background document to front and center as the current ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

NRA, the U.S. Supreme Court and the public trust

A parallel exists between Wayne La Pierre, former leader of the National Rifle Association, and Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court justice. Both men have damaged public trust in their respecti...

DATE: Mar 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘When can we respect dignity, wishes of aged, ill?’

Dr. Thomas J. Perille’s guest column on Feb. 23 in The Durango Herald, previously published in The Colorado Sun, is wrong on so many counts. He talks about Senate Bill 068, currently in the ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Wolves ‘drugged, blindfolded, collared, moved to remote land’

Wolves ‘drugged, blindfolded, collared, moved to remote land’

‘Public will be left in dark around legislation that affects them’

‘Guilt crept in – what if he declined precipitously in memory care unit?

On water: ‘Hundred years later, citizens remain disengaged’

My mother and crows: ‘Weird passion holds a lot more’

Primergy may have ‘back door’ for solar facility approval

‘Hurkle-durkling not a sin. Give yourself gift to lounge’

San Juan River’s ‘ever-moving pile of sediment’ requires new vigilance

On water compact: ‘Colorado will never get a better deal’

NRA, the U.S. Supreme Court and the public trust

‘When can we respect dignity, wishes of aged, ill?’

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