The reintroduction of the grizzly bear into the northern Rocky Mountains has been rife with controversy — author David Knibb visited Boulder to discuss issues related to the grizzly.
Rocky Mountain Ecology
The Ditch Project: Man-made tributaries of Boulder County transform natural landscape
By taming the water cascading down from the high mountains, water engineers turned the high-altitude, semi-arid desert of short-grass prairie into a lush, green urban landscape surrounded by irrigated farmland.
Heavy metals, pesticides detected in 20 western U.S., Alaska national parks
The eight national park areas studied were Glacier, Mount Rainier, Olympic, Rocky Mountain, Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Denali, Gates of the Arctic and Noatak.
Insects, wildfire suppression, development challenge Colorado’s forests
The mountain pine beetle epidemic wildfire suppression, climate change and rural property development will impact the Colorado’s forests over the next several decades.
OSU: Northwest marine ecosystem ‘dead zones’ unprecedented, may be linked to climate change
During the summer of 2006, anoxia, a complete lack of oxygen in the water, was recorded off the central Oregon coast for the first time.
Scripps: Climate change, water use threaten Lake Mead, Lake Powell
An unusually dry year or sustained drought would mean unstable and variable water deliveries for a system that relies on the huge reservoirs Lake Mead in Arizona/Nevada and Lake Powell in Arizona/Utah.
OSU: Managed Northwest conifer forests threaten many species
When the primary goal of a forest is sustainable timber production, the lack of historic tree diversity, shrub and vegetation species may have long-term impacts on forest health.