By Eilene Lyon Some of you may have heard about our record high river flows, especially in La Plata and Archuleta Counties. On October 23rd, the Animas River in Durango crested at 11,200 cubic feet per second (cfs). It starts overflowing its banks at less than half that amount. The rains came back this weekend.... Continue Reading →
Artful Durango: River Trail 1
By Eilene Lyon As you’ve seen from previous posts, Durango has a lively arts scene, and public art is a big part of that. Durango is also a river city and over the four decades I’ve lived here, this feature has become less of an industrial wasteland and more dominated by parks and a trail... Continue Reading →
Gold Medal Waters*
via Daily Prompt: Toxic By Eilene Lyon August 2015: I was working the MAPS bird-banding station at the Oxbow Park and Preserve along the Animas River, just north of Durango. Some of our volunteers happen to be active-duty, uniformed Parks and Wildlife officers, so we heard early on that something was amiss high in the... Continue Reading →