DENVER (KDVR) — As Colorado faces drought conditions after one of the driest winters on record, experts are encouraging residents to use water-wise landscaping and native plants to help conserve water ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... April’s Earth Month should have made us curious about what we can do to tread more lightly on the planet. We may think of reusing and recycling or driving ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rabbitbrush is an important late-season plant for pollinators, beneficial insects, and wildlife. This new queen will forage before finding overwintering ...

A serious and growing problem in the West is the invasion of non-native plant species, commonly called noxious weeds. Noxious refers to the species’ aggressive behavior, which damages native Colorado ...

Colorado homeowners can replace hard-to-maintain grass lawns with water-wise, pollinator-friendly landscaping. Design considerations include sun exposure, bloom succession, layered planting and access ...

I was stunned to read “Lawn irrigation makes up 70% of the city’s water use” (Herald, April 11). Wait. What? Seventy percent? Durango has been in a megadrought for 25 years and we’re still using 70% ...

A systematic approach to oil and gas reclamation introduced in the Denver Julesburg (DJ) Basin takes the national stage at the 2026 American Society of Reclamation Sciences (ASRS) Annual Meeting at ...