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Leghold traps will be used to catch wildlife on Methodist Mountain for a research project being conducted in collaboration with Colorado State University-Pueblo and the Bureau of Land Management.

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Dozens of landowners in the foothills of Methodist Mountain have agreed to forest treatments that are necessary to create a community fuel break designed to protect Salida and Poncha Springs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $5.7 million in implementation of Chaffee County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which maps where to treat forested lands to reduce risk at the

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $5.7 million in implementation of Chaffee County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which maps where to treat forested lands to reduce risk at the

Chaffee County is among 25 counties, 42 projects, to receive funding under the Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation program from the Colorado State Forest Service.

Every week a group of about six friends meets over a pint of beer at one of several local brewers.

Members of the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Department and Salida Police Department arrested a suspect Friday morning they had been searching for since Thursday night, after he fled and lead law

I was trying to figure out what to write about this week while watering my strawberries, lettuce, spinach and carrots Sunday and struggling against the bone-chilling wind. I truly cannot remember a colder May. Despite the bitter wind, the strawberries are looking great, as are the raspberries. The tulips have bloomed, the rest of the bulbs are ready to put on a display, the other veggies are just starting to peek out of the soil, but I am fairly sure the cold nights killed my thunbergia. Now I ...