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Mountain Lion

Added by yongli on 02/21/2017 - 14:07, last changed on 08/15/2022 - 16:24

A Young Mountain Lion

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The mountain lion ( Puma concolor )—also known as the cougar and puma—is the largest wild felid, or member of the cat family, in Colorado. Mountain lions are obligate carnivores, meaning that only animal flesh can meet their bodies’ nutritional needs. They inhabit much of Colorado’s foothills and...

Colorado’s New Energy Economy

Added by yongli on 02/06/2017 - 16:14, last changed on 08/11/2022 - 11:31
The term New Energy Economy refers to the transition of a state’s energy economy from one based purely on fossil fuels to one that includes a higher percentage of renewable energy sources. State-level energy policies have been the primary force moving the United States toward a greener economy, and...

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Added by yongli on 02/03/2017 - 13:31, last changed on 10/18/2019 - 11:07
Two thousand feet deep, forty-eight miles long, and two million years old, western Colorado’s Black Canyon of the Gunnison is one of the most stunning geologic features in the American West. The fourteen miles along the Gunnison River have been protected as a national park since 1999, drawing more...

Irrigation in Colorado

Added by yongli on 02/03/2017 - 11:48, last changed on 04/17/2020 - 08:18
The tension between aridity and irrigated agriculture has been a defining characteristic of Colorado for much of its modern history. On average, the state receives less than fifteen inches of annual precipitation, making it the seventh driest state in the country. To complicate matters, the...

San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council

Added by yongli on 02/03/2017 - 11:30, last changed on 05/11/2020 - 12:48
The San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council (SLVEC) helps to safeguard over 3.1 million acres of public lands and natural resources in the six counties comprising the San Luis Valley , noted for their unchanged landscapes, biological richness, early settlement traditions, and rural lifestyles. This...

Yampa River

Added by yongli on 02/02/2017 - 16:41, last changed on 02/26/2021 - 01:07
The Yampa River snakes 250 miles across northwestern Colorado, primarily in Routt and Moffat Counties. Its watershed encompasses approximately 8,000 square miles in Colorado and Wyoming; in Colorado, the river flows through Craig , Hayden , Milner , and Steamboat Springs , among other communities...

Cannabis (marijuana)

Added by yongli on 02/02/2017 - 16:10, last changed on 08/01/2022 - 07:11

Hemp

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Cannabis ( Cannabis sativa ) is a cultivated annual herb. In Colorado it is best known for producing the medicinal and recreational drug “marijuana,” but it is also grown for a variety of other products, including seed oil, rope, ointments, and clothing. The cannabis plant comes in psychoactive and...

Colorado Rockies

Added by yongli on 02/02/2017 - 15:54, last changed on 08/29/2022 - 07:53
The Colorado Rockies arrived in Denver in 1993 and is the only professional baseball team in the Rocky Mountain West. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball’s National League West Division. Having made the MLB playoffs three times in their short history, the Rockies lost to the Boston Red Sox...

Populism in Colorado

Added by yongli on 01/31/2017 - 12:51, last changed on 08/18/2022 - 12:38
Populism was a third-party political movement of the 1890s that left an enduring imprint on Colorado history. The Populist or People’s Party was especially strong in the south, Midwest, and west because it focused on the grievances of farmers, workers, and members of what Populists called “the...

Land, Labor, Leisure: An Introduction to the Ecology Section

Added by yongli on 01/27/2017 - 13:13, last changed on 02/07/2021 - 01:07
The environmental history of Colorado is a story of the interplay among land, labor, and leisure. By land, I mean the summation of all the things in the environment that Coloradans did not make: the climate , topography, sunshine, soil fertility, minerals, plants, animals, germs, water , and more...

Land and Resource Management in Colorado

Added by yongli on 01/23/2017 - 16:21, last changed on 11/06/2019 - 01:07
The ideologies of conservation and preservation have profoundly shaped Colorado’s physical landscapes and continue to shape Coloradans’ attitudes toward nature. Agencies such as Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the United States Forest Service (USFS), multiple-use agencies, oversee the use and...

Colorado River Water Conservation District

Added by yongli on 01/23/2017 - 15:53, last changed on 08/10/2022 - 08:18
The Colorado River Water Conservation District, generally known as “The River District,” is a public agency dedicated to protecting and developing Colorado’s share of the Colorado River . Origins and Establishment The River District’s origins lay in the depths of the Great Depression, with much of...

The Rocky Mountain Fleet

Added by yongli on 01/23/2017 - 11:09, last changed on 08/31/2017 - 07:32
During World War II, Denver ’s war production industry expanded to include the production of ship parts bound for assembly on the West Coast. Known colloquially as “the Rocky Mountain Fleet,” dozens of ships would eventually see production at the Colorado works. Today, the Rocky Mountain Fleet...

Homeopathy in Colorado

Added by yongli on 01/18/2017 - 14:03, last changed on 11/18/2019 - 13:14
Homeopathy is a quasi-science espousing the treatment of maladies using small doses of poisonous or toxic substances. The practice was very popular throughout the United States and the world at large from the late-1700s to the early 1900s. Its popularity in Colorado Territory , and later the state...

Great Eclipse of 1878

Added by yongli on 01/18/2017 - 13:51, last changed on 10/04/2019 - 09:27
In 1878 a widely publicized total solar eclipse passed over the state of Colorado. The so-called Great Eclipse of 1878 would garner national attention for the state, as it was the ideal place to view the event thanks to the higher elevation and ready access to tall mountain peaks—perfect places for...

Fritchle Electric Automobile

Added by yongli on 01/18/2017 - 10:35, last changed on 12/28/2017 - 13:43
The Fritchle Electric Automobile was an early, fully electric car designed in Denver in the early 1900s. The Fritchle stood as an example of the early period of automotive design, when the internal combustion engine had not yet secured its place as the most popular design for the burgeoning...

Colorado’s Second Fur Trade

Added by yongli on 10/06/2016 - 16:33, last changed on 08/11/2022 - 13:49
Colorado’s “Second Fur Trade ” was typified by the burgeoning popularity of mink fur coats, a luxury item that enjoyed great popularity during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. As one of Colorado’s leading productive industries for several decades, mink farming is an example of the state’s transition...

Colorado Poetry

Added by yongli on 09/30/2016 - 10:47, last changed on 11/14/2020 - 01:07
In 2007 Mary Crow, Colorado Poet Laureate from 1996–2010, wrote a “Poetic History of Colorado” suggesting five basic areas of Colorado poetry: “Western,” Chicano, Beat, performance, and experimental poetry. This essay leans on those themes she identified, with some additional thoughts. ...

“Great American Desert”

Added by yongli on 09/30/2016 - 09:37, last changed on 08/11/2022 - 14:00
Early nineteenth century Army explorers Zebulon Pike and Stephen H. Long conceptualized the Great Plains east of the Rocky Mountains as the “Great American Desert.” Long’s report called it “unfit for cultivation,” while Pike compared it to “the sandy deserts of Africa.” The myth of the Great...

Colorado Fuel & Iron

Added by yongli on 09/29/2016 - 16:45, last changed on 01/31/2021 - 16:42
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) was a coal and steel company based in Denver and Pueblo . Most of its coal mines were located in southern Colorado. Its only steel mill was located in Pueblo. The firm came into existence as a result of a merger between the Colorado Coal and Iron...

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