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Pine Beetles Diverting Money From Camp Sites In National Forests

The Aspen Times | Matt Joyce | Posted 11.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Shoshone, Rocky Mountains, White River, Pine Beetle, Wyoming, Roosevelt, National Parks, Routt, Forest Service, Colorado, Arapahoe, Denver News

CHEYENNE, Wyo. Some national forests in Wyoming are trimming their budgets, including possible campground closures, as the regional U.S. Forest Servic...

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Altitude Sickness Costs Colorado Ski Industry Up To $200 Million Annually: Report

5280 | Lindsey B. Koehler and Natasha Gardner | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Telluride, Colorado Ski Industry, Altitude, Skiing, Rocky Mountains, Altitude Sickness, Institute for Altitude Medicine, Denver News

If your most vivid memory from your last getaway to a Colorado ski resort is downing Tylenol and curling up, fetal position-style, in your slope-side ...

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Tell Your Senators to Save Our National Parks From Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Wyoming, Saguaro, Wildlands, Biogems, Wildlife, Cap and Trade, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Teddy Roosevelt, Rocky Mountains, Grand Tetons, Sudden Aspen Decline, Western Us, John Muir, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey, Glacier National Park, Climate Legislation, Joshua Tree, Ken Burns, Global Warming, National Parks, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Glacier National Park could lose all its glaciers, Joshua Tree National Park all its Joshua trees and Saguaro National Park all its saguaros, according to a new report on climate change from NRDC.

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Con Games: I'm Allergic To New England

Michael Conniff | Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Travel, New England, Boston Red Sox, Denver, Boston, Sports, Fenway Park, The West, Outdoors, Rocky Mountains, Denver News
Michael Conniff

I can't wait to get back to Denver, Aspen, and the West -- the wide open spaces and really cool place, the wildlife, the rivers, the mountains, the light. I won't be allergic to anything once I get off the plane.

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9 National Parks In Danger (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Denali, Rocky Mountains, Glaciers, Yellowstone, Acadia National Park, Melting Glaciers, Ken Burns National Parks, Habitat-Distruction, Sustainability, Everglades, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Zion National Park, Ken Burns, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Joshua Tree, Global Warming, National Parks, Ellis Island, Slideshow, Slidepoll, Green News

In light of Ken Burns' documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea and a recent report that lists "National Parks in Peril," we're featuring 9...

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I Love Denver, But This Has Got to Change

Wade Norris | Posted 09.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Rocky Mountains, Aces, Denver Broncos, Environmental-Refugees, Colorado, Denver, Pollution, Pine Beetles, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Mile High City, Denver News
Wade Norris

What if a city's reputation for pollution was reflected in the sports team's names? Instead of the Denver Broncos would we be the Denver Bronchitis?

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10 Pithy Observations About Boulder (Part One)

Bob Wells | Posted 09.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Environmentalism, Rocky Mountains, Boulder, Denver Post, Twenty Something, Daily Camera, Exercise, Bicycling, Startups, Generation X, Green Living, Boulder Weekly, Denver News
Bob Wells

Number four: It's oh so common for us to comment after a trip to other parts of America about how fat everyone was. With compassion, mind you.

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Rocky Mountains' Best Water Found In Aurora: American Water Works Association

The Denver Post | Posted 09.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Drinking Water, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Aurora Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, American Water Works Association, Denver News

What city or town has the best tasting water in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming? Aurora, of course....

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The Many Partnerships That Make Up HuffPost's Denver Section

Katharine Zaleski | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mountain West, Grand Junction, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Denver, New Media, Newspapers, Huffington Press Denver, Denver News
Katharine Zaleski

An amazing group of journalists are dedicated to delivering the best coverage of Colorado's cities, politics, culture, opinion, sports and more. That group has chosen to feed in their content to the Huffington Post.

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Why the West Must Be Won

Gary Hart | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: New Media, 2008 Democratic National Convention, Rocky Mountains, West, National Parks, Denver, Colorado, Denver News
Gary Hart

Starting about 35 years ago, I've argued the political importance of the Western United States, especially in my own Democratic party.

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California Fire's Smoke Reaches Colorado, Makes Mountain Invisible From Denver

The Denver Post | Howard Pankratz | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: California Fires, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Denver, Wildfires, National Weather Service, Los Angeles Fire, Denver News

The smoke over Colorado -- which has made the mountains west of Denver invisible from downtown Denver -- has come directly from the massive 85,000-acr...

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John McCain Tours National Parks: Admits Climate Crisis, Offers No Solutions

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Glacier National Park, National Parks, John McCain, Global Warming, Climate Change, Rocky Mountains, Green News

ESTES PARK, Colo. — Global warming is threatening America's national parks. But there is no consensus about how to prevent the harm. Republican...

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A Superficial Take on Politically Historical Events as Perceived While Watching CNN and MSNBC

Jann Karam | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Obama Supporters, Msnbc, The Arizona Republic, Democratic National Convention, Pinkberry, Dating Advice, Joe Biden, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Rocky Mountains, Politics, Swiftboating, West, Bill Ayers, Wolf Blitzer, Sarah Palin, Hook Up Politics, Watching Msnbc, Denver, Entertainment News
Jann Karam

I'm not saying that getting laid is the agenda at every political event. But when everybody's drunk on America, there's a good chance to engage salaciously with legislators or the fit security staff.

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Safety Through Guns: Are You Crazy... Or Am I?

Sharon Glassman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Carolyn McCarthy, Debate, Rocky Mountains, Living News, Colin Furgeson, Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich, Concealed Carry, Gun Control, G.I. Joe, Living, Chekhov's Gun, Obama Guns, Living News
Sharon Glassman

if a bad guy had wandered hrough the street, pillowcase over shoulder at high noon, a host of adults would have called the local precinct for action. This was, clearly, what a concerned citizen should do. Taking the law into your own hands made as much sense as performing your own tonsillectomy.

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Confessions of a Hallo-Weenie

Sharon Glassman | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Chrissie Hynde, Costumes, Dr. Phibes, Rocky Mountains, Fashion Victim, Fear of Fear, Halloween, Vincent Price, Happiness, Samhain, Living News
Sharon Glassman

Moving on the fly is always a nightmare in New York. But the spookiness multiplies when you move on Halloween, through Chelsea's Halloween parade.

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Rocky Mountain Conservation Land Deal Tops $500 Million, Largest Of Its Kind

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Rocky Mountains Land Deal, Conservation, Rocky Mountain Conservation Deal, Green News

HELENA, Mont. — Some of the most prized land in the northern Rocky Mountains is being protected from development in a conservation land deal hai...

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Democrats Roaring Back In Western States

The Oregonian | Charles Pope | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democrats Winning in West, Western States, Rocky Mountain West, Rocky Mountains, Democratic Party, Democrats, Elections, Politics News

Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., was one of the first, deciding in 2004 that it would be more fun to ride his tricked-out Harley than run for re...

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