Crossing the Divide

Thanks to BLM Colorado for staging an opportunity to watch aerial seeding efforts in progress for the Pine Gulch burn scar in the wake of last year’s historic fire. Rehabilitation of affected areas is ongoing and a collaborative project with to balance terrain recovery and the needs of area wildlife.

Learn more about the Pine Gulch Fire and firefighting coordination in our upcoming Season 4 lineup premiering in March!
BLM Colorado Fire

If you’ve already downloaded and listened to our last podcast of Season 3, “Climate Talks,” you already know something about this.

If you haven’t, click on Learn More above to access my conversation with former National Weather Service Meteorologist Joe Ramey to get the lowdown on his independent climate study of the Western Slope using data gathered over the past 100+ years!

UN Climate Change on Twitter “Confused about the ? Usually a strong jet stream confines Arctic air to the north, stabilized by a big difference in temperature between low and high latitudes. The smaller the difference in temperature, the more the wind belts meander (Via & )”

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“In the year 1984 I was offered a job as the Western Slope Regional Director for The American Heart Association. For three years prior, I had been travelling around the country, and I decided it was time to settle down. I remembered driving past Parachute a few times and I had heard there was a lot of good housing there that they were practically giving away. So, I bought a car in Fort Collins and drove down here. I ended up finding a three bedroom/ two bathroom fully furnished modular here for only $187 a month, and I took it."

"After getting settled into my new job, I was at a little gift shop downtown and a man named Mike Salinsky said to me ‘you need to meet Lee Hayward. I think you would make an absolutely great couple,” to which I responded ‘eh, I’m not really looking for anybody.’ Of course, about two months later, I heard that Lee Hayward and the 96 Ranch had trail rides. I had always thought I’d like to go on a horseback ride in the mountains, so I called and made an appointment. The day I went to the ranch for my ride, it was a Sunday morning, so I assumed there would be a large group of people going on this horseback ride. However, when I drove up to the 96 Ranch I only saw two horses saddled. So, that’s how it started. Lee and I went out on a ride with just us two. After our ride, he invited me to have breakfast with him. That was the beginning of the greatest love of my life. Lee was some 22 years older than me, but I loved his energy, and most importantly, his love of this area.”