Half a dozen volunteers stood in the Animas River near the Santa Rita Water Reclamation Facility dipping clear plastic bags into the water before flipping them several times and tying them closed.
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Rafters and anglers can thank upgrades at the Santa Rita Water Reclamation Facility for a safer and healthier Animas River.
A study by Mountain Studies Institute, the city of Durango and the Colorado .
Scientists collect a lot of climate change data.
With satellites, planes, field instruments and other technology, they monitor rising temperatures, changing snowpack and shifting precipitation pattern.
Volunteers plant trees in the 416 Fire burn area
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Planting part of larger environmental restoration effort
Saturday, April 17, 2021 4:22 PM
Volunteers plant trees in the 416 Fire burn area Volunteer Livi Curmano plants a tree Saturday morning in the 416 Fire burn area near Hermosa. About 900 trees were planted during the event celebrating Arbor Day. Courtesy of Livi Curmano
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Despite a snowy forecast, a group of volunteers gathered at 9 a.m. Saturday in the 416 Fire burn area near Hermosa for an Arbor Day tree planting.
The planting was organized by the nonprofit Mountain Studies Institute in partnership with the San Juan National Forest, said Amanda Kuenzi, MSI’s community science director.