With convenient access to the great outdoors, several sites honoring United States military members and veterans, a high desert climate perfect for summertime activities and some of the best Mexican food in the country much of which is grown right down the road on Pueblo County farms there are countless things to do in the Home of Heroes during the summer months.
Summertime in Pueblo is perhaps best known for the Colorado State Fair and the annual Chile & Frijoles Festival, but those are just two small facets of the many attractions the city has to offer. Pueblo has an immersive Creative Corridor that runs through three historic neighborhoods and is filled with museums, galleries, street sculptures, fountains, live music and more.
This is the fifty-eighth in a series of articles from the staff of the Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center that will provide resources, ideas, and suggestions for families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch for future articles with outdoor activity ideas for students and families. The public can help the nonprofit NWDC get through this challenging time by making a donation at https://hikeandlearn.org/donate/. Join NWDC for guided hikes and other exciting nature programs listed here: https://hikeandlearn.org/programs-and-events/.
From the Archean Epoch to the Holocene to the Anthropocene, carbon has played a crucial role in the global ecosystem of the Earth, and the success and technological progress of human society. The Holocene saw the rapid worldwide proliferation, growth, and impacts of the last remaining human species. Human progress on Earth has had an exponentially increasing global impact, one that we are discovering a bit late significantly threatens our present well-being,
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A crowdfunding campaign is launching today to help build a new £5.5 million visitor and education centre at the Highland Wildlife Park.
It is hoped £50,000 can be raised towards creating Scotland’s Wildlife Discovery Centre at the Kincraig attraction which will be a learning ‘gateway’ to the Cairngorms, helping people to connect with and protect the environment as well as endangered species.
From 5am today people can enter a prize draw, with one lucky supporter set to ‘win the keys’ to the park and feed the animals, including polar bears, tigers and snow leopards.