The Montezuma Land Conservancy will ensure the land is protected in perpetuity A 302-acre property along the West Fork of the Dolores River is permanently protected from development as of Nov. 22.

The Dolores River is one of the most extraordinary places in Southwest Colorado – a redrock stronghold for biodiversity, a vital source of water for our agricultural heritage and a refuge for the ...

Two counties on Colorado’s Western Slope this week published a plan to protect land around the Dolores River that would take in a significantly smaller area than environmentalists’ competing proposal ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Those who love the Dolores River canyonlands agree — the swath of rugged land along Colorado’s western border is one of the state’s last, best wild places.

Mesa and Montrose counties have released a plan to protect sensitive river areas in remote Western Colorado, but conservationists are already calling the idea inadequate. The Dolores River, and the ...

Alcohol is being investigated as a potential cause in single-vehicle accident A Dodge Ram left Colorado Highway 145 and entered the Dolores River on Friday morning, prompting a brief road closure in a ...

A bill that would provide some new protections for some public lands in the upper Dolores River watershed has cleared a Senate committee. The Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special ...

Pending legislation to protect and manage the Dolores River drew extended discussion from the Montezuma County Board of ...

Officials in western Colorado have offered an alternative to a controversial national monument proposal surrounding a legendary riverscape. Mesa and Montrose counties have presented a map covering ...

As a mother and grandparent, I often think about the world I’m leaving for my kids — the air they breathe, the water they drink and the special places that spark their wonder. That’s why I’m deeply ...

MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. — A proposed national monument in southwest Colorado is drawing concern from some in nearby communities, as environmental groups push for additional protections on nearly ...

You do not have to go to a United Nations conference in Scotland to see the effects of climate change. NOEL KING, HOST: Right. Many parts of the United States have been experiencing it for years. As ...