If dusk seems to start early this Sunday (May 20), don't be alarmed by the twilight; it's only an eclipse. To be precise, an annular eclipse, when the moon passes directly in front of the sun, and the Colorado high country won't be a bad spot to watch the celestial display.
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Hat Creek's cutthroat trout get some bonus water from Vail Resorts land deal
May 15, 2012, 7:22 am
VAIL, Colo. — An Eagle County land trade that helped Vail Resorts add a little acreage at the Vail Village base area will also end up helping fish, including rare cutthroat trout, in Hat Creek, in the Upper Brush Creek drainage.
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Innovative short-term leasing program could help preserve economically important fisheries
April 27, 2012, 7:14 am
Gore Creek, Brush Creek and some other Eagle and Pitkin County streams could catch a break in what is expected to be a low-flow summer, as the nonprofit Colorado Water Trust launches an innovative project to help boost flows in streams threatened by drought.
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April snow little help; Eagle County in 'severe drought'
April 22, 2012, 8:33 pm
VAIL, Colo.—As northwest Colorado slides deeper into drought, Eagle County's draft disaster mitigation plan (which includes drought response) is currently awaiting approval by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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National Weather Service wants more ground-truthed data from mountain areas
April 18, 2012, 7:58 pm
Along with remote automated SNOTEL sites, the National Weather Service also relies on a far-flung network of volunteer spotters to help track weather across Colorado, but there's a big gap in the mountains of Summit and Eagle coun
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Vail, Eagle County to test tornado-alert system on Tuesday
April 15, 2012, 7:31 pm
EAGLE COUNTY, Colo.—If you’re someone who drools at the prospect of tornado season, or more questionably, drives around in a fortified van with other sacrificial nerds, hoping to video twisters that might level the nearest town, Eagle County will disappoint you terribly.
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National Forest Foundation to announce $415,000 in grants for forest stewardship projects
April 10, 2012, 8:28 pm
VAIL, Colo.—Landscape conservation and stewardship requires grassroots involvement, and one of the best examples of that on the local level is the National Forest Foundation's Ski Conservation Fund grant program.
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Snowpack just 2 percent of average at Vail's SNOTEL site
April 5, 2012, 5:21 pm
VAIL, Colo.—You already know that March was dry, but the official snowfall tally at the Vail Golf Club, which reports data to the National Weather Service, show that it was spectacularly dry — and not in a good way.
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Early wildfire season? A rake and a weed whacker may be your best defense
March 28, 2012, 3:14 pm
VAIL, Colo.—The Lower North Fork Fire, which has killed two people and destroyed 23 homes in Jefferson County, is a reminder that parts of Colorado are in the midst of an early wildfire season that can last until plants start to turn green, said Eagle County wildfire mitigation manager Eric Lovgren.
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Dust on snow research threatened by funding crunch
March 26, 2012, 3:02 pm
A critical research program that helps assess the effects of wind-born dust on Colorado's snowpack and runoff is fighting for financial survival.
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Collaboration all over the nation
March 22, 2012, 1:21 pm
A nationwide wave of collaboration on public land management will manifest in western Colorado this week, as stewardship groups, volunteer coordinators and citizens gather Friday in Grand Junction for the Western Slope Outdoor Stewardship Forum.
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School of Mines prof says media, activists are misleading the public on oil shale
March 12, 2012, 10:56 am
SILT, Colo.—Heated rhetoric over oil shale development may be obscuring some of the facts about the disputed resource in western Colorado, said Colorado School of Mines professor Jeremy Boak, who leads the Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research at the Golden-based university.
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Snowpack gains a bit of ground in February
March 6, 2012, 3:58 pm
VAIL, Colo.—The snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin gained a bit of ground in February, as a more typical La Niña pattern prevailed, bringing a moist northwest flow and snow to the mountains around Vail and Aspen.
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Critical network of streamflow gages threatened by lack of funding
March 6, 2012, 7:13 am
Unless it’s in a bucket or a measuring cup, water isn’t exactly the easiest substance to track. Ever-changing, from vapor to solid to liquid, and ever-moving, from stream to river to lake to ocean, it can be tough to measure.
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Shultz: Natural gas could loosen the grip on foreign oil, dicey relationships
March 4, 2012, 8:21 am
VAIL, Colo.—George Shultz sat self-assuredly in a soft chair, the way elder statesmen so often do when imparting those things they have come to know.
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Researcher apologizes for study of gay therapy
May 18, 2012, 3:43 pm
NEW YORK - A prominent retired psychiatrist is apologizing to the gay community for a decade-old study that concluded some gay people can go straight through what's called reparative therapy.
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Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairies
May 18, 2012, 1:20 pm
FRESNO, Calif. - Officials have lifted quarantines on two Central California dairies linked to a case of mad cow disease, after investigators found the illness didn't come from cattle feed.
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Rocket, weather look good on eve of new space era
May 18, 2012, 12:42 pm
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA hasn't seen this much prelaunch jitters since the space shuttle program ended last summer.
On Saturday, a private company is set to make history by launching a supply ship to the International Space Station.
On Saturday, a private company is set to make history by launching a supply ship to the International Space Station.
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Japan launches rocket with first foreign satellite
May 17, 2012, 8:47 pm
TOKYO - A Japanese rocket has lifted off with a South Korean satellite in Japan's first commercial launch of a foreign probe into space.
The HII-A rocket lifted off from a remote southwestern Japan island carrying the South Korean probe and three Japanese satellites.
The HII-A rocket lifted off from a remote southwestern Japan island carrying the South Korean probe and three Japanese satellites.
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Correction: Space Shuttle-California story
May 17, 2012, 6:53 pm
LOS ANGELES - In a story May 16 about the space shuttle Endeavour, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of the museum that will house the shuttle.
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Commercial rocket will fly to the space station
May 17, 2012, 1:55 pm
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.
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US forecasters say heat will stay on this summer
May 17, 2012, 11:11 am
WASHINGTON - Meteorologists say America's unusually warm year is likely to extend through the summer. And that's a bad sign for wildfires in the West.
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'Ring of Fire' eclipse visible from China to Texas
May 17, 2012, 1:55 am
LOS ANGELES - Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they'll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking everything but a blazing halo of light.
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Soyuz capsule with 3 crew docks with space station
May 17, 2012, 1:43 am
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - A Russian-made Soyuz craft carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station, putting the crew in place for the imminent arrival of the first ever privately owned cargo ship to the orbiting lab.
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CA museum gets big gift to build shuttle exhibit
May 16, 2012, 8:51 pm
LOS ANGELES - The California Science Museum said it has raised nearly half of the $200 million needed to build a permanent exhibit for the space shuttle Endeavour.
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Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm
May 16, 2012, 12:18 pm
NEW YORK - Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researchers report in the latest advance in harnessing brain waves to help disabled people.
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April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally
May 15, 2012, 9:35 am
WASHINGTON - Meteorologists say unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center calculated that April's average temperature of 57.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center calculated that April's average temperature of 57.
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Canon seeks full automation in camera production
May 13, 2012, 11:56 pm
TOKYO - Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating digital camera production in an effort to cut costs.
Jun Misumi, company spokesman, said Monday the move to totally rely on robots and have no human workers will likely be completed in the next few years.
Jun Misumi, company spokesman, said Monday the move to totally rely on robots and have no human workers will likely be completed in the next few years.
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Houston lawyer on quest to find missing moon rocks
May 13, 2012, 11:44 am
BUFFALO, Texas - The dark suit and tie that Joe Gutheinz wore set him apart from other customers inside an eatery between Houston and Texas where the usual attire is jeans and cowboy hats.
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Expo opens in South Korea with robots, ocean theme
May 12, 2012, 4:24 am
YEOSU, South Korea - Expo 2012 has opened in South Korea's coastal city of Yeosu for a three-month run.
Organizers say the fair, which kicked off Saturday, has the largest number of robots in the history of expos.
Organizers say the fair, which kicked off Saturday, has the largest number of robots in the history of expos.
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