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Durango needs ‘forward-looking’ housing plan for wildfires

Placing high-density housing in the Wildland-Urban Interface does not make sense economically or socially. Rapidly escalating wildfire insurance rates will reduce affordability in WUI areas....

DATE: Jul 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

If you care about public education, go to the polls

The news media and political pundits are heavily focused on the next “big” election – November 2024, when we will decide who occupies the Oval Office for the next four-year term. Will it be ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Following the Colorado River from Moab to Mexico

With the two largest reservoirs in the nation perilously low, and the Colorado River Basin experiencing the worst drought in centuries, we decided to follow the river by bus from Grand Lake ...

DATE: Jul 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

It’s not about the checkbook

Before I start this guest column, I feel compelled to explain the one I wrote in June. I’ve had more compliments on it than usual. I’m happy to know so many readers took joy and inspiration ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Our democracy, for the most part, in good hands’

Over several decades, Americans have witnessed a growth in political extremism and naked partisanship. Those are often accompanied by assertions to the effect that all government is inept an...

DATE: Jun 30, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Restoring the land can actually be fun

Driving back to Colorado State University with a van full of students after a day of working to heal some beat-up land north of Fort Collins, I wondered: Could ecological restoration be a ne...

DATE: Jun 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘How exactly is Polis saving us money?’

Gov. Jared Polis might have gotten his start in the digital flower business, but he just as easily could have been a used car salesman. Like so many politicians today, Polis has become incre...

DATE: Jun 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Going farther, deeper, higher for backcountry rescues

When I led groups into the Wyoming wilderness in the 1990s, once we left a trailhead, we were on our own. If somebody got hurt, we could walk or carry the injured person out or send runners ...

DATE: Jun 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

The case for diversity in higher education

College admissions is one of the most talked about aspects of higher education, and nothing animates those conversations more than the topic of race-conscious admissions. In the coming days,...

DATE: Jun 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Closing birthing center ‘a public health emergency’

Open letter to the Southwest Health System Board of Directors, It was with deep alarm that I learned of SHS’s plan to “temporarily” close the Family Birthing Center at Southwest Memorial Hos...

DATE: Jun 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Wilderness doesn’t need climbing hardware

We humans want the most out of life, so why shouldn’t we push to get more of what we want? That’s what some rock climbers must be thinking. They want to enter designated wilderness in order ...

DATE: Jun 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

War wounds everyone there – but no holiday commemorates

Jim Dyer died in April, but the news of his death and his formal obituary bracketed Memorial Day. That was fitting, for although the former state representative, state senator and Marine did...

DATE: Jun 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Durango needs ‘forward-looking’ housing plan for wildfires

If you care about public education, go to the polls

Following the Colorado River from Moab to Mexico

It’s not about the checkbook

‘Our democracy, for the most part, in good hands’

Restoring the land can actually be fun

‘How exactly is Polis saving us money?’

Going farther, deeper, higher for backcountry rescues

The case for diversity in higher education

Closing birthing center ‘a public health emergency’

Wilderness doesn’t need climbing hardware

War wounds everyone there – but no holiday commemorates

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