This week, I attended the Land Trust Alliance’s annual Rally to moderate a panel on ecosystem based management, ocean use planning, and conservation. While there, I got the chance to see several other presentations, including one about an impressive program in Puerto Rico, where a...
It’s official. The new hot color of the season is maroon. Maroon is making a head-to-toe hit for many reasons. First of all, it’s been a while since we’ve seen maroon in fashion. Other colors and trends have been recycled time and again, but maroon has...
[caption id="attachment_23697" align="alignleft" width="224"] Trad Cotter[/caption] Trad and Olga Cotter were in Telluride in August for Shroomfest, touting among other things the three mushroom infusion we tasted brewed into Smuggler Joe's Red Ale. The Cotters own and operate Mushroom Mountain, part farm, part research facility located...
Editor’s note: It’s no secret. The Telluride region is dog heaven. Unless you are one of our furry friends who gets caught in the maw of neglect and abuse. Then heaven is on hold until Second Chance Humane Society comes to the rescue. Second Chance...
October EcoAction Roundtable (EAR) investigates the New Financial Frontier of Crowdfunding We are pleased to have Anthony Edwards – our neighbor from Silverton – coming over the hill on Friday, October 12, to give us an update on how crowdfunding can help revitalize our communities....
October is the time of year when turning leaves signal cooler mountain air. It also means the end of a busy bike season in the San Juans. For those who want to squeeze in one last event before the snow flies, Mountain Village has got your...
I was grumbling from the minute I woke up. I had a humongous hangover—I don’t usually drink anymore, but our two- and three-year-old children spent the night at their grandparents so Blake and I could celebrate our anniversary. I guess we celebrated a little too...
Summer in Telluride is fast becoming a fond memory of sunlit adventures with friends and family, BBQs and bare feet. For most people, summer in the region is a great time to be outdoors doing the things we love every year. But I am program...
[caption id="attachment_23410" align="alignright" width="262"] Effects of insect attack[/caption] As Telluride’s old-timers gather for a 40th anniversary celebration this weekend, my middle-aged mind drifted back to glory days of Colorado in the 1970s, when the Rocky Mountains were densely populated with healthy stands of aspen, pine, and...
Editor’s Note: The following recipe continues a bi-monthly series of recipes from the kitchen of Chef Erich Owen, classically trained and oh so popular executive chef (since 2008) of the Chop House at the New Sheridan Hotel. Awarded the 2011 Four Diamond Hotel rating, the...
