The application deadline to become a Master Gardener has been moved up to Sept. 15 this year. Master Gardeners do everything from educating neighbors about gardening, to helping grow food for local communities, to promoting.
For rancher Jim Stanko, this summer has turned into a race to cut and bale hay on his family’s 600-acre ranch just outside of Steamboat Springs. “Anybody that has dryland is really pushing it,” Stanko.
“I feel like I’m witnessing a slow-motion ecological pandemic on our landscape … whitetop has invaded our ecosystem and unfortunately our ecosystem has no way to deal with it,” Cedar Beauregard, secretary for the community.
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The Yampa River is full of snowmelt on its way to the Colorado River, bringing temporary relief for farms, fish and millions of people in the Southwest.