Mary Harris

• Locations: Letters Published Mar. 9, 2022

  Letters - March 10, 2022

  To the people of Carbondale

  Reading The Sun’s spotlight on each of the candidates running for town trustee and Mayor, I was really impressed. Carbondale is blessed to have SO many smart, experienced, thoughtful, community-focused people who have stepped up to run for local office to lead and serve their… read more →

• By Raleigh Burleigh Published Jun. 2, 2021

  Scuttlebutt/Calendar - June 3, 2021

  Three local youths, aged 11-15, entered the Colorado Birding Challenge held on May 8. This is Colorado’s version of the Global Big Day, which celebrates World Migratory Bird Day with more than 100 countries joining in an international bird species count! Reports from sightings around the world are sent to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon to help give scientists a picture of what happens to our birds during migration. It also serves to raise awareness and appreciation of the amazing journey these birds undertake each year. The Youth Team representing Garfield County gathered pledges from friends and family, met at 6:30 a.m. and spent 11 hours outdoors to find as many species as they could! They were cautioned not to expect to win because our valley has far fewer species migrating through or arriving to breed than the Eastern Slope does. The Youth Team was fine with those odds, knowing they were helping to raise funds to protect Colorado’s crucial Prairie Chicken habitat. Garfield County’s team counted a total of 84 species and won the Youth Division for the entire state of Colorado! In addition to the pledge money they raised, the team received $1,000 in prize money to donate to a Colorado conservation organization of their choice. Who says kids can’t make a difference? From left to right: Shawn and George; Sarah and Katie; Mary, trip leader; Maddy, whose mom, Rachel is taking the photo. Caption by Mary Harris.

  Traffic alert

  Signal replacement works begins on June 7 in Carbondale (where Highway 133 meets Meadowood Drive and Village Road) and in Glenwood Springs (where Highway 82 crosses 11th Street and 14th Street). Motorists should plan for single lane closures with side street impacts through December.… read more →

• Locations: Español By Raleigh Burleigh Published Apr. 14, 2021

  La migración más grande del mundo

  Calandria Cejas Naranjas. Foto por Shep Harris.

  Por Mary Harris, Roaring Fork Audubon
  Traducción por Dolores Duarte

  La migración más grande de animales en el mundo está llegando a Norteamérica. Una parte de esta migración pasará justo por el Valle Roaring Fork; y para nuestra suerte, muchos se quedarán a reproducirse, ¡la mayoría de ellos regresan… read more →

• Locations: Columns, News Published Apr. 7, 2021

  The world’s largest migration

  Western Tanager. Photo by Shep Harris.

  By Mary Harris
  Roaring Fork Audubon

  The world’s largest animal migration is coming to North America! A portion of this migration will pass right through the Roaring Fork Valley; and, lucky for us, many will remain to breed, most of them returning to the very same habitat patch where… read more →