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CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — Elizabeth "Liz" Johnson works on Walter The Dinosaur with a student at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Craig, Colorado. Walter doesn't look like an economic savior. At the moment, he's not even a fully exposed skeleton. His bones remain encased in rock and plaster in the basement of Colorado Northwestern Community College in the Moffat County town of Craig, waiting to be freed by students armed with brushes and tiny hammers. In short, Walter is a fossil, but not just any fossil. Colorado Public Radio reports t...
DENVER (AP) — An ongoing effort to cull geese from Denver parks — and donate the meat to needy families — continued in the predawn hours of Monday morning. The latest roundup occurred at City Park. A pair of wildlife managers with the United States Department of Agriculture boarded kayaks and slipped onto the surface of man-made Ferril Lake. Their colleagues stood on the shore in waders, forcing the geese toward a corral erected on shore. One supported the effort with a red remote-controlled boat. Relying on the rainbow glow cast from a fount...
DENVER (AP) — If you've been to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, you've probably heard the mighty roar of its saber-toothed cat. It's worked the same way for more than four decades: Grab some spare change, reach past its steak-knife-sized fangs and drop the coins down its throat. The cat, situated near a corner of the museum lobby, repays donations with a single, iconic roar that fills the museum's main entrance. It now has a larger repertoire. Jodi Schoemer, director of exhibits and digital media for the museum, affectionately calls t...
DENVER (AP) — Would you eat venison if there was a chance it could slowly eat away at your brain? If there's a slight possibility, it doesn't bother Patrick States. On the menu this evening for his wife and two daughters at their Northglenn home are pan-seared venison steaks with mashed potatoes and a whiskey cream sauce. "We each have our specialty, actually," said States as the steak sizzled. "The girls made elk tamales this morning, but we use (venison or elk) in spaghetti, chili, soup, whatever." The States take pride in skipping the b...
DENVER (AP) — After a 2015 rainstorm, bait shop owner Kenny Condrey went to check on some river-fed ponds near his eastern Colorado home. What he found confirmed his fears. Dead fish lined the banks and floated on the water. It was bad news for Condrey. Fishing spots were already rare north of I-70 along the Kansas Border. Business at Pappa's Bait Shop in Idalia, Colorado, had all but dried up along with Bonny Reservoir, which was drained in 2011 to keep a water compact with Kansas. He counted on the South Republican State Wildlife Area for t...
