Instructor Marilyn Moore, GARNA Board, Denver County Master Gardner for 17 years, horticulture volunteer at Denver Botanic Gardens and co-leader for several wildflower hikes at the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival will lead a trip on Cottonwood Pass. Learn how these exquisite jewels of the plant world survive and thrive in one of the most inhospitable [...]

We may not live near the oceans, but this TED talk really hit home about how important our oceans are. Our decisions here still affect the oceans - good to think about.

Two submissions have come to us in the last day related to Nestlé and local sustainability issues. The first, was a link to this Huffington Post commentary by Michael DeJong. He writes:
“Bottled water, even from a super-slick eco-spinner like Nestlé, will forever be a massive waste of our collective resources. As a multi-national giant posing [...]

A CBV reader recently submitted a link to this trailer for the new documentary called, Tapped. From the movie website:
“Tapped examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.”
In other water related news, new dates have been determined for public hearings concerning [...]

Hayden Mellsop, Vice President of the Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas, recently posted this article on the Salida Citizen. From the article:
This past week, two events occurred that will have a significant long term impact on the protection of open space and natural resources in the Upper Arkansas Valley….

These two events now position LTUA [...]

From the League of Women Voters of Chaffee County blog:
In January, four League of Women Voters meetings will focus on water development. On January 5 and January 12, the documentary movie “The Flow” will be screened. On January 14 and January 15, a representative of the Nestle Corporation will discuss the proposed water development in [...]

I filled up our Subaru today and noticed that I payed less than half price for a full tank than I did a year ago. Gas in Buena Vista is around 1.69 for regular unleaded! I definitely have mixed feelings on this issue.
From a financial standpoint, I feel happy that I can allocate more of [...]

“By the time he got a clear shot near tree line at 12,000 feet, Bobby had been running with the herd for five miles. He had picked them up low—below the south ridge of Mt. Columbia, 10-15 miles northwest of Buena Vista—and climbed 3,000 feet with them, working hard to get ahead of the elk [...]

There has been a lot of attention given in recent days to the question of who Barack Obama will choose for various members of his cabinet. Having already announced his nomination for Treasury Secretary, one of the most highly important positions in the administration - especially now, there are people who would argue that the [...]

In his blog, Let Your Life Speak, Buena Vista resident Dustin Urban writes a poignant letter to Senator Salazar urging him not to hand over a blank check to the big 3.
“I am the proud owner of a Japanese Toyota Prius. I am 24 with a baby on the way, and I am committed to [...]