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Auden Schendler lives in Basalt, Colorado, where spring is usually measured by snowpack, river levels, and the return of kayak season. But after one of the driest winters in recent memory, Schendler says the rivers he and his friends depend on never truly arrived—a loss that signals far more than a bad recreation season.Schendler argues that climate change is not only reshaping the American West’s landscape and economy, but also eroding the rituals, friendships, and sense of identity tied to home. -
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Continuing the discussion on easing the pressure off of the teaching of Lao Tzu that tells us our thoughts will eventually become our destiny. -
Until recently, David Calkin was a senior scientist for the U.S. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station. Now a wildfire consultant in Missoula, Montana, Calkin says that staff cuts in the agency have already hampered its fire-fighting ability.Under the Forest Service’s planned reorganization, Calkin says there will be even fewer skilled management teams to respond to fires. The question, he asks, is not whether the fires will come. It is whether we are still capable of responding effectively when they do. -
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We are often taught the words of Lao Tzu: "Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny."
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Aaron Weiss writes about the Interior Department’s plan to hollow out its agencies that maintain and protect America's public lands. Released in early April, the 2027 budget plans to cut nearly 3,000 positions from the National Park Service alone.Congress largely rejected cuts like this the last time around, says Weiss. Now, conservationists are once again working hard to rally the public and defeat Interior's budget. -
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The final in a 5 part series that explores a mindful approach to positive action and helping the plant.
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If you have attended a night sky outreach event, conducted, for example, by the Black Canyon Astronomical Society or the Western Colorado Astronomy Club, then you have heard mention of the distance to a star or galaxy measured in light years, i.e. how long the light has been travelling to reach Earth. You might wonder “Do the photons get tired or slow down as time passes?” -
