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• Price going up for senior national park pass

  By PiedType on July 11, 2017 • ( 12 )

  

  Seniors, time is running out to buy your lifetime pass to America’s national parks for just $10. On August 28, per Congressional legislation passed last December, the price will jump to $80. Still a bargain when you consider that admission… Read More ›

• Brown bears and salmon and seagulls, oh my!

  By PiedType on July 10, 2017 • ( 13 )

  

  Hard to believe it’s been a year already. But the Katmai (Alaska) National Park bear cam is operating again at Brooks Falls. The salmon are running and the bears are feasting. It’s a live camera (several cameras, actually), with sound,… Read More ›

• Marmots on Niwot Ridge

  By PiedType on July 9, 2017 • ( 9 )

  

  I’ve spent a lot of time using the controllable TundraCam, up on Niwot Ridge near Nederland, CO (17 miles west of Boulder). It’s at 11,600 feet, in the middle of an area of research projects, with great views of surrounding… Read More ›

• Trump at G20 making America great again

  By PiedType on July 8, 2017 • ( 9 )

  

  This morning’s Washington Post newsletter featured this photo with the headline “Growing U.S. isolation on display at G-20 as world aligns against Trump policies.” My reaction was profound sadness. That’s not Donald Trump sitting there alone. That’s the United States…. Read More ›

• Enshrining oxymorons

  By PiedType on July 8, 2017 • ( 12 )

  

   

• Forget me not, Colorado

  By PiedType on July 7, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  Estes Park photographer Erik Stensland shot these alpine forget-me-nots, above, in June 2015. But they can be found every summer in Colorado’s high country. Forget-me-nots are my favorite alpine wildflower (tied with columbine), and their intense blue is only part… Read More ›

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