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Fifty for 150: First peach trees planted on Western Slope of Colorado in 1882

  • Sara Wilson

John Harlow, one of the early white settlers in Mesa County, first planted fruit trees in 1882 at his farm at Rapid Creek, a few miles from what is now Palisade.  Those are widely considered the first fruit trees in Grand Valley, and they spearheaded the agricultural tradition of peach-growing in the area. Those trees, […]

The myth of open forests | George Wuerthner
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The myth of open forests | George Wuerthner

  • GEORGE WUERTHNER
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One of the frustrations I face as an advocate for forest protection is the continuous stream of wildfire and forest ecology misinformation from government agencies such as the Forest Service and state forestry departments.