The Powers Art Center in Carbondale recently celebrated its 11th anniversary and continues to grow as a community resource. Like the Frick in New York City, it is an unusual art institution that has spawned from the quirks of a single private art collection. Founded by Kimiko Powers to commemorate her husband John’s life, the […]
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Conservation easement a ‘moral choice’ for prime habitat
Imagine a swarm of ecologists, birders, soil scientists, climate scientists, teachers and students descending upon a landscape for several days. Toting equipment and personal hydration systems, they peer into magnifying glasses at insects and plants, take soil samples, identify birds, wildlife and water sources, and take photos of everything – all to figure out what […]
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A portrait of friendship
The Powers Art Center sits on a hill above Highway 82 at mile marker 13, about a mile upvalley from the Highway 133 intersection. There, at the top of the winding dirt road, sits a jewel: a Colorado-red sandstone building, like a ruby, in a setting of sage, piñon, juniper and tall, slender grasses. Inside […]
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Restoring Rifle habitat
As mountain meadowlarks called out, Lisa Tasker buzzed about Rifle Creek’s banks among a sea of small pink flags emerging from the ground. She delivered cottonwood, willow, rose, serviceberry, sumac sage, and oak saplings to be planted at each flag to about 30 shovel-bearing volunteers organized by Middle Colorado Watershed Council and Wilderness Workshop. These […]