The Crestone Eagle, August 2005: “Rock of Ages” The Crestone Conglomerate by P.J. Smith Long, long ago, and very, very close by, there rose up a mighty mountain range, the Ancestral Rockies. They overlooked a vast inland sea fed...
Read MoreThe Crestone Eagle, April 2004: Winter’s snowpack melting quickly; dry March means drought is not over by David Nicholas With the winter cold turning into warm spring days as we approached the equinox, Steve Vandiver, the State...
Read MoreThe Crestone Eagle, September 2006: Fall colors are coming; get out and enjoy the show! by Thomas Cleary The aspen, cottonwood trees and a variety of undergrowth are about to do their color thing again. It is time to get out and...
Read MoreWater issues Part 2 by Tom McCracken SB 222 allows the sub-districts 20 years following their formation to restore the aquifer to a “sustainable” level, defined by the state to be between negative 200,000 and negative 400,000...
Read MoreWater issues Part 1 The Crestone Eagle • March, 2020 by Tom McCracken Availability of water affects everyone in the SLV. Surface water comes from precipitation in the surrounding mountains, as the valley floor only receives 7-9...
Read MoreThe U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation to permanently protect nearly 1.4 million acres of wilderness in Colorado, California and Washington.
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