Environment

Due to higher than expected passenger numbers and more establishments opening for the summer, Mountain Village officials have decided to extend gondola hours to midnight effective Wednesday, June 24. To view gondola lines live, web cameras are now streaming from each gondola station at www.townofmountainvillage.com/webcams.  Beginning...

We curated this story about summer heat and corona written by Jordan Davidson for EcoWatch. The news is not sunny. Researchers have found that warm temperatures in the U.S. this summer are unlikely to stop the coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19, according to a...

San Miguel Public Health Department issues new Public Health Order, which more closely mirrors the state's Executive Order. All info will be posted on the San Miguel County website on Sunday, May 31. For up-to-date coronavirus information visit here. San Miguel County Public Health, with the...

In anticipation of a dry irrigation season, the Town of Mountain Village will be restricting outside watering beginning Monday, June 1, 2020.  “Based on recent reports from the USDA/NRCS National Water and Climate Center and Bikis Water Consultants Division of SGM, the town is being proactive...

For further information, go to tellmed.org/coronavirus. For more San Miguel County updates, go here. [caption id="attachment_87160" align="aligncenter" width="441"] Grace Franklin, County Public Health Director[/caption]   I am writing to the citizens of San Miguel County from a very different place than two months ago when we started our fight against COVID-19,...

Join EcoAction Partners for an "Intro to Permaculture," Monday, April 20, 3:30 - 5 p.m. Zoom Meeting url here. Meeting ID= 814-358-1435. Wilkinson Public Library sign up here. Facebook event page here. Join EcoAction Partners on Monday, April 20 for "Intro to Permaculture," the next session...

And now for some good news. We curated this story titled "Scientists Find Bacteria That Eats Plastic." It was written by Jordan Davidson for EcoWatch. German researchers have identified a strain of bacterium that not only breaks down toxic plastic, but also uses it as food...