Noxious weed blooming now around Cedaredge
Myrtle spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites) is blooming in neighborhoods west of Cedaredge. This weed is in the same family as the highly invasive leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula).
LeValley, Allen elected to grazing advisory board
The BLM grazing advisory board for Southwest Colorado recently completed its election of board members.
Every three years since being chartered by Colorado in 1994, the BLM grazing permittees of southwest Colorado have elected a grazing advisory board.
Snowy pony
Photo by Hank Lohmeyer Snowy pony No complaints were heard about a welcome wet snowfall that came to the high country and extended into the lower valleys last week. Still, water managers statewide are looking warily at this year’s water supplies as much more good snow is needed to restore snowpack to average levels.
Drought still isn’t over
An April 9 blog post by Denver Water was headlined, "It's raining, it's snowing, the drought is still going." The post notes that it would take about six feet of new snow over the next couple of weeks in the mountain watersheds Denver relies on to have a normal snowpack, and even if the snowpack were normal, they would still be in drought because of low reservoir levels left over from last year.
Private landowner can help state monitor forest health
This month, private forest landowners around the state will be receiving letters from the Colorado State Forest Service to request property access to collect essential data about forest health conditions in Colorado. The requests are part of the National Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program — the principal source of information used to assess the status of America's forests.