Wild horses: too many, too damaging to the land? What to do about wild horses always is controversial, and any discussion tends to pit emotion against research. This week we send out a pro-con duo with Scott Beckstead defending wild horses and burros on public land, and Ted Williams portraying them as exotic destroyers.
They are icons of America’s past, symbols of our pioneering spirit. Eyes flashing, nostrils flaring, tails obscured by a cloud of dust, they tear across the landscape. I am, of course, referring to feral hogs.
I live in a rural county heavily dependent on ranching and agriculture, and though I often hear people talk about threats from large predators like bears or lions, I never hear complaints about wild horses living on our public lands.
DENVER — After more than a decade of intensive efforts to rescue the greenback cutthroat trout from the brink of extinction, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced it has discovered that the state fish is naturally reproducing in Herman Gulch, one of the first places the agency stocked it in its native South Platte River drainage.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday, Sept. 27, for the grand opening of the Raton New Mexico Workforce Connection Center co-located within the Human Services Department building.
Colorado’s average gas price has dropped 4 cents over last week while many states have seen surges. The state’s average price for a gallon of regular gas is $3.69 as of Tuesday, which is down from $3.73 a week ago, according to AAA.
A former public school building owned by Trinidad School District. No.
SANTA FE — Livestock theft is to be prosecuted for each occurrence of theft rather than a separate charge for each animal allegedly stolen, the state Supreme Court ruled in an opinion released today.
The Trinidad Police Department responded to or initiated some 227 incidents between Thursday, Sept. 29, and Tuesday, Oct.
Carl Sandburg, in his biography of Abraham Lincoln, described the young Lincoln in 1831. “Abraham Lincoln, 22 years old, floated down the Sangamon River, going to a new home, laughter and youth in his bones, in his heart a few pennies of dreams, in his head a rag bag of thoughts he could never expect to sell.” Lincoln himself says he arrived in New Salem like a “piece of floating driftwood.” Six years later, he was a licensed lawyer and a member of the state legislature.