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The Royal Elk Glade at Beaver Creek is one of my favorite tree runs of all time. With no shortage of steep terrain and a magical run out to give your legs a break, it…

Special to the Daily Walking Mountains Science Center makes it easy to locate resources that can enable us to take small actions in our own daily routines, and every little bit makes a difference. Emily Kent/Special to the Daily Since its inception in 1970, Earth Day is observed every year on April 22 to continue to foster global consciousness around the state of our planet and our natural resources that keep all living things growing and flourishing. Today we find ourselves amid a very real urgency to not only talk about things like climate change, clean energy, ecosystem changes and extinct...

Matt Inden/Special to the Daily Climate Change is important in Eagle County. How important? Important enough that in 2018 more than 30 local governments, utilities, businesses and community organizations banded together to form the Climate Action Collaborative for the Eagle County Community. The Climate Action Collaborative, led by Walking Mountains Science Center, is tasked with achieving the goals set forth in the Eagle County Climate Action Plan, which was adopted in 2017. Paul Abling The goals set forth in the Climate Action Plan to decrease local emissions 25% by 2025 and 80% by 2050 wer...

Daily file photo Here’s a phrase you’re going to start hearing more: “beneficial electrification.” That phrase refers to goals of the Eagle County Climate Action Collaborative. That group, which includes members from Eagle County, local towns and nonprofit organizations, is working to by 2030 reduce the county’s greenhouse gas emissions 50% from 2014 levels. Much of that work will involve electrifying transportation and the valley’s buildings. Colorado is one of the states most quickly adopting electric vehicles. According to a 2018 study, electric vehicles’ market share increas...

Sustainability Tip It’s fair to say we all leapt into this new year with more hope in our hearts and minds than we’d come to know in the year prior. What may be a surprise is the list of positives hidden beneath the suite of misfortune last year brought. “I feel like there is a silver lining, and the more we can talk to people about finding that, the more the effect of the pandemic won’t be as negative, long-lasting and impactful as it’s always painted out to be, with people finding new opportunities, new ways to engage, and using it for a positive shift in their life,” said Chris...