Original Post ➡️ Opinion by Stephanie DunganSnowpack on top of Colorado’s Mt. Sopris shines bright white in the morning sunshine. Often, I have admired her grandeur from the ground, but I’ve never seen her from above. Looking down on this peak from a Cessna 210, it is clear to see that this mountain — as ...

Original Post ➡️ GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Among other things, Colorado is known for its beautiful landscapes and natural features including the Dolores River surrounded by breathtaking canyons. Scott Braden, director of the Colorado Wildlands Project, and pilot Gary Kraft of Eco Flight invited me on an aerial tour over the Dolores River area while Scott ...

Original Post ➡️ The Dolores River is having a moment.It’s a moment that advocates are hoping will grow into something more permanent in the form of protections for the waterway and the corridor it travels.Last year bipartisan backing, from U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, both Colorado Democrats, and U.S. Reps. Lauren Boebert, Ken ...

Original Post ➡️ Goal was to explore how best to leverage funds Attorney General Phil Weiser met with community stakeholders in Durango on Thursday to discuss how to spend settlement funds to remediate environmental damages in and around the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site, as seen here on a 2016 Ecoflight. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald ...

Original Post ➡️ Estudiantes de Basalt High School del Programa de Desarrollo de la Lengua Inglesa, se acercan temerosamente a la pequeña avioneta con el piloto Gary Kraft, preparándose para dar un tour sobre el Thompson Divide y Crystal River. Foto por Vanessa Porras Cuando los estudiantes de Basalt High School entraron al edificio de ...

Original Post ➡️ The Minidoka National Historic Site is seen beside the Millner-Gooding Canal during an EcoFlight tour on June 13, 2022. The Lava Ridge Wind Project, if approved, would impede on the site’s horizon. Drew Nash, Times-News File Photo. When it was Idaho Sen. Jim Risch’s turn to address Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on ...

Original Post ➡️ Aerial tour by EcoFlight showcases uniqueness of Utah’s saline lake The railroad causeway is breached on the Great Salt Lake as photographed on Wednesday, May 3, 2023.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Pilot Gary Kraft has flown over the Great Salt Lake at 15,000 feet, but this week was a different experience.At an ...

Original Post ➡️ This season’s record snowpack means good news for the Great Salt Lake. It has already risen a few feet, and the runoff has barely just started. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Great Salt Lake shows signs of improvement on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, near the outflow of the Weber ...