Boulder County, Eldora Ski Resort, Sierra Club, and Middle Boulder Creek Coalition reach agreement on Eldora Mountain Ski Resort expansion By: Dave Hallock and Bill Ikler, Middle Boulder Creek Coalition An historic agreement was signed by Middle Boulder Creek ...
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Dear Utah – Tehri Parker
A poem by: Tehri Parker Dear Utah, For the last few days I have been exploring your back roads, moving through your landscapes, taking in your aromas of cedar, aspen, and alfalfa fields from my vantage on the back of a motorcycle. I have had some time to ponde...
One Woman for the Wild
By: Gabby Vermeire, Rocky Mountain Wild Intern As our northern hemisphere tips away from the sun and our summer draws to a close, so do the internships of countless college students. Hopefully their internships will have given them more than just another line ...
Another Reason We Fight for Bears Ears
By: Erica Prather, Campaign Assistant During the last weekend of August, Rocky Mountain Wild sent me to volunteer with scientist Robert Gay, performing paleontological surveys in Bears Ears National Monument. There were 3 other volunteers, and they all happe...
Paul’s Trip to See the Solar Eclipse
By: Paul Millhouser, GIS Analyst GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, involves using maps and other geographic information to analyze, interpret and illustrate data. At Rocky Mountain Wild, that means figuring out when proposed oil and gas leases on federal...
The SabbMattical Chronicles – Volume 9
And around we go… By: Matt Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild June 22, 2017 I could have spent months exploring the canyons and forests of southern Utah. But, when you’re traveling with an almost 3 and 6 year old, knowing when to say when is a necessity. It ...
Introducing our 100 Women for the Wild Intern, Gabrielle
By: Gabrielle Vermeire, RMW 100 Women for the Wild Intern It’s always a relief to land an internship for the summer, since three months is a great opportunity to pad the resume of an anxious college student. I consider myself lucky that Tehri relented to my ...
The SabbMattical Chronicles – Volume 8
I guess she’s right… By: Matt Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild June 13, 2017 We spent a morning at Natural Bridges National Monument. This is a National Monument within Bears Ears National Monument. Natural Bridges was declared a National Monument by P...
The SabbMattical Chronicles – Volume 7
Searching By: Matt Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild June 9, 2017 Each day at Bears Ears I would take Micah and Leo for an evening hike. I put Micah in the back carrier and we would walk. I tended to meander off the road at some point towards a different rock featu...
The SabbMattical Chronicles – Volume 6
What Could Be Lost By: Matt Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild June 8, 2017 After setting up camp I took the boys for a hike to explore the area. The petroglyphs at the site had piqued my interest. We began searching the cliff walls, alcoves, and caves for signs of ...