On Sept. 14, the City of Glenwood Springs was awarded a $600,000 grant for urban and community forestry, expanding the city’s community forestry program sixfold over the course of the […]
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Letters – Aug. 31, 2023
Thompson Divide All my years volunteering for preserving the Thompson Divide, and just last Saturday I accepted an invitation from Wilderness Workshop for a guided hike. Sam Feuerborn, field coordinator, […]
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Carbondale Report: Tree lovers fill Town Hall
It was standing room only for late arrivals to the Trustees’ regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 22. All trustees were present in-person along with more than 70 members of the […]
Stories Told by Trees Walk: Forest Recovery from the Lake Christine Fire
The forest ecosystems affected by the 2018 Lake Christine Fire have many stories to tell. Join ACES Forest Programs Director, Adam McCurdy, and explore the ecological stories and regeneration/recovery of […]
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Forest Service prepares to redo Carbondale office
Sitting across from Carbondale’s post office is a familiar brown building with yellow trim. The Aspen-Sopris Ranger District office was built in 1939 to serve as a residence, rather than […]
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Composing community
“I’ve flowed in and out of trees and music my whole life,” says Lubbock, Texas native Carl Meinecke. “My dad was the orchestra director at the high school. My mom […]
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Branching Out: Magic of the Lost Trees
Once upon a time, a young woman typed the last of data into a computer at a desk in a cubicle back East. The saltwater coursing within her ached to […]
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What can we do? We can plant trees!
What can we do? By Illène Pevec Special to The Sopris Sun In Colorado and around the world, devastating fires have burned, are burning, will burn. Droughts dry, high-speed winds […]
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Saving money and planting trees
On June 1, FirstBank launched the FirstBank Bloom Package, a new checking and savings account that will plant five trees for every account opened. FirstBank has partnered with the global […]
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Branching Out: Rooted in (her)story
How do we sink roots in a new place? I came to Carbondale before the “Best Places to Live” lists. Mad about fly fishing, hunting for a place “to grow […]