Woodhouse’s jay
Monday, February 11, 2019
by Sue Hirshman
with Kent Nelson
Every turn out-of-doors becomes
full of delight and surprises
about birds.
—Birds in the Bush
Monday, February 11, 2019
by Sue Hirshman
with Kent Nelson
Every turn out-of-doors becomes
full of delight and surprises
about birds.
—Birds in the Bush
Thursday, January 24, 2019
by Dalton Carver
dalton@ouraynews.com
Inspired by the reemergence of history at Blue Mesa Reservoir in Gunnison County, the Plaindealer was interested to know what may sleep beneath the pool of our local water reserve, Ridgway Reservoir. This story, focusing on the history of the reservoir and dam, is the second of three that will revisit the reservoir’s impact and history on Ouray County.
Friday, January 4, 2019
by Sue Hirshman
with Kent Nelson
Living on the tundra makes them
Optimistic little creatures
Living the gospel of,
“Come storm or sunshine all is well”
--From Birds of America—
Monday, November 19, 2018
by Sue Hirshman
with Kent Nelson
Miracles come in
Small Packages
—Anonymous
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Old Mine, New Tricks
Prospecting for Innovation at the Idarado Mine
Part 10 in “The Mine Next Door” Series
by Samantha Tisdel Wright
The mining camps of the San Juans were the innovation boot camps of the late 1800s – the Silicon Valley of their time. The mountains, and the mines, were full of challenges looking for solutions.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Like Water for Power
Building Bridges (and Pipelines) at Bridal Veil Falls
Part 9 in The Mine Next Door series
by Samantha Tisdel Wright
Thursday, October 4, 2018
A Legacy of Land
… And Other Perks of Having a Mining Giant in Your Back Yard
Part 8 in “The Mine Next Door” Series
by Samantha Tisdel Wright
Just past a tight S-curve at mile post 82 on Red Mountain Pass – up above Idarado’s old company houses – there’s a little hill that the Idarado Mine blasted flat for a scenic overlook.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Windows in Time
Historic Preservation at the Idarado Mine
Part 7 in The Mine Next Door series
By Samantha Tisdel Wright
Master carpenter Loren Lew balanced on the steep, ramshackle roof of the old Lewis Mill, chainsaw in hand, on a summer morning in 2002. His mission: to stabilize this marmot high-rise at the head of Bridal Veil Basin, even as it was falling apart in slow motion all around him.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Grass on Gray Mountain
Adventures in Tailings Remediation
by Samantha Tisdel Wright
Every workday morning back in the 1970s, Joe Smart would kiss his wife and little son goodbye, step out into the bracing dawn, and tune his ear to the rhythm of the Pandora Mill, a mile and a half up the valley from his company house in Telluride.
Friday, August 10, 2018
A Tale of Two Watersheds
by Samantha Tisdel Wright
Deep inside the guts of the San Juan Mountains, thousands of feet beneath the ragged ridge line that parts the mighty San Miguel and Uncompahgre river watersheds, two headlamps bobbed along like buoys in an inky sea – Alfred Berry in front, George Cappis right behind him – on the abandoned 2000 level of the Idarado Mine.