Quotes from George Carlin
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
“Electricity is really just organized lightning.”
“Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.”
“If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?”
“If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re going to have selfish, ignorant leaders.”
Protecting the Colorado's Environment 2020
Apple Orchards
Growing apples was once Colorado's main fruit crop. "Bringing back apples is not only about preserving the past. Apples use less water than other common crops. By testing irrigation strategies and looking into reviving apple production, we can increase the understanding of how to be provide food and manage water sustainably for the area," said
Jude Schuenemeyer co-director of Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project (MORP)
MORP partners plan to demonstrate water conservation in apple orchards while saving Montezuma County's hairloom apples and turning them into a value-added product such as juice or cider.
Aspen Trees
Aspen Trees will be used to slow wildfires by acting as natural fuel breaks to protect homes and neighborhoods. By replacing highly flammable conifer trees with less flammable aspens we may able to buffer communities while also boosting biodiversity wildlife habitat.
This year Summit County Open Space and the Town of Breckenridge planted 1,200 aspen seedlings. An area had been cleared as a fire break a few years earlier but now was sprouting lodgepole pines by the thousands. The partnership replaced the flammable lodgepoles with aspen seedlings to create natural fuel breaks.
Reintroducing Wolves in Colorado
The idea is that connecting wolf populations in the Northern Rockies with packs in the south will enable recovery of a species that was nearly hunted to extinction in the early 1900s.Few topics raise hackles like wolves in the West. Farmers, ranchers and big-game hunters fear the predators will wreak havoc on livestock and hunting economies. Wolf advocates see Colorado as the critical final step in a 40-year effort to return wolves to the Lower 48.
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
“Electricity is really just organized lightning.”
“Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.”
“If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?”
“If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re going to have selfish, ignorant leaders.”
Protecting the Colorado's Environment 2020
Apple Orchards
Growing apples was once Colorado's main fruit crop. "Bringing back apples is not only about preserving the past. Apples use less water than other common crops. By testing irrigation strategies and looking into reviving apple production, we can increase the understanding of how to be provide food and manage water sustainably for the area," said
Jude Schuenemeyer co-director of Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project (MORP)
MORP partners plan to demonstrate water conservation in apple orchards while saving Montezuma County's hairloom apples and turning them into a value-added product such as juice or cider.
Aspen Trees
Aspen Trees will be used to slow wildfires by acting as natural fuel breaks to protect homes and neighborhoods. By replacing highly flammable conifer trees with less flammable aspens we may able to buffer communities while also boosting biodiversity wildlife habitat.
This year Summit County Open Space and the Town of Breckenridge planted 1,200 aspen seedlings. An area had been cleared as a fire break a few years earlier but now was sprouting lodgepole pines by the thousands. The partnership replaced the flammable lodgepoles with aspen seedlings to create natural fuel breaks.
Reintroducing Wolves in Colorado
The idea is that connecting wolf populations in the Northern Rockies with packs in the south will enable recovery of a species that was nearly hunted to extinction in the early 1900s.Few topics raise hackles like wolves in the West. Farmers, ranchers and big-game hunters fear the predators will wreak havoc on livestock and hunting economies. Wolf advocates see Colorado as the critical final step in a 40-year effort to return wolves to the Lower 48.
Reintroduction work has been guided by recovery plans under the Endangered Species Act, which has protected gray wolves since 1978. Unfortunately the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently decided to take Gray Wolves off of the Endangered List of protected species..
Denver Lights the Holidays
Denver City and County Building 2020
Denver Botanical Gardens
Historical Mysteries: Murder in the Rockies,
Two Miles High and Six Feet Under check them out at Amazon and Kindle. In Denver try Tattered Cover Books also BookBar Bookstore and snack shop.