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Vail Launches Shuttle Service From Heavenly to Kirkwood
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (241+ words) Nolan Deck is a writer for Unofficial Networks, covering skiing and outdoor adventure. After growing up and skiing in Maine, he moved to the Denver area for college where he continues to live and work today. His passions extend into…...
Adventure Film Program Brings Global Expeditions to Boulder Next Weekend
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (412+ words) Nolan Deck is a writer for Unofficial Networks, covering skiing and outdoor adventure. After growing up and skiing in Maine, he moved to the Denver area for college where he continues to live and work today. His passions extend into…...
USGS Launches Powerful AI River Drought Forecasting Tool
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (287+ words) The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new machine learning tool capable of predicting streamflow drought conditions up to 13 weeks in advance, offering water managers, farmers, and recreation operators an unprecedented early warning window. The River DroughtCast draws on data from…...
Strangers Fund $6000 Helicopter Search That Saves Hiker's Lost Dog
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (213+ words) WELLINGTON, New Zealand " A week after a hiker was airlifted from a remote waterfall without her dog, a determined group of strangers helped bring the two back together. The woman had fallen roughly 180 feet at a waterfall on New Zealand's…...
Utah Hosting Statewide Dark Sky Scavenger Hunt
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (712+ words) SALT LAKE CITY "For the 6th year in a row, Utah Governor Spencer Cox has declared April Dark Sky Month as a statewide celebration of Utah's world-renowned night skies. Utah is home to thedarkest skies on Earthand currently leads the world…...
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1+ week, 4+ day ago (11+ words) The World's Steepest Railway Climbs A Staggering 47.7" Pitch'Unofficial Networks...
Yellowstone's Hot Springs Keep Filling Up With Junk, and Cleaning Them Is a Nightmare
2+ week, 6+ day ago (260+ words) Yellowstone National Park's geology team has a problem that never quite seems to go away. Visitors keep throwing rocks, sticks, coins, and just about everything else into the park's hydrothermal features, and cleaning them out is an exhausting, never-ending job....
How Science Is Saving The Whitebark Pines of Crater Lake National Park
3+ week, 3+ day ago (531+ words) CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, Ore. " Scientists are working to protect the iconic whitebark pine trees that grow along the rim of Crater Lake from a deadly invasive fungus known as white pine blister rust. The disease, introduced from Europe more…...
Why Yosemite National Park Geologists Keep Close Tabs On Rockfall Activity
4+ week, 2+ day ago (215+ words) YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California " Rockfalls are a regular part of Yosemite Valley's dramatic landscape, and park scientists closely track each event to better understand the natural process and help protect visitors. The towering cliffs that define Yosemite Valley were carved…...
Meteor Flash Lights Up The Sky Over British Columbia
4+ week, 2+ day ago (266+ words) A meteor tearing through the atmosphere was visible to residents across British Columbia Tuesday night, producing a blinding flash and a loud sonic boom felt and heard across a wide stretch of the Pacific Northwest. According to CBC, experts confirmed…...