Mountain Pine Beetle: Preservation Perspective
As a preservationist, my landscape management philosophy is that Nature is capable of managing itself and that human intervention further imposes our ideals and our knowledge/science upon the landscape. Nature is prior to our ideals and science and, thus, with the preservation of areas as Wilderness, we allow Nature to carry on as it has … Read more
Pine Beetle Outbreak: Rocky Mountain National Park
This documentary on Rocky Mountain National Park, gives a very good overview about the current outbreak of the Mountain Pine Beetle. He explains that historically outbreaks of this insect are normal, but not at the current scale. He describes this outbreak of the Pine Beetle as the perfect storm, because of warmer winters and hotter … Read more
Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign: Contesting and Defining Wilderness in Colorado’s Central Rocky Mountains
[This is an abridged version of a research paper for an Environmental Policy class at the University of Colorado Denver] What’s the controversial issue? Throughout the last few years, there have been heated and contentious debates regarding the type of landscapes that the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign (HGWC) proposes to preserve as Wilderness. The landscapes … Read more
Lost Creek Wilderness
Posted by sainteterre on March 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Access from Denver: Take Hwy 285 West to Bailey. In Bailey, access can be gained by taking Wellington Rd. south-east, where first access can be obtained at the Colorado Trail (CT) crossing, but further access can be achieved by following Wellington Rd. past the lake to FR 560 to Wigwam Park and Goose Creek trails, … Read more
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