Our May issue looks at NOCO birds and the people who love them, while also asking whether population growth, climate change, and other factors are thinning out the flocks. As a non-scientific experiment --- and an excuse to post some pictures of weird-looking birds...
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NOCO Journal: Colorado Native Plant Sale
High Plains Environmental Center's annual Native Plant Sale and Habitat Fair returns tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shop for seeds, seedlings, shrubs, and so on, all oh-so-local and ecologically friendly, pesticide- and neonicotinoid-free. Plenty of booths, games, kid...
Earth Day in NOCO
Earth Day proper is next Monday, April 22, but the celebrating peaks this weekend. A roundup of things to do around the region: GREELEY The Arbor Day Foundation will designate Greeley a "Tree City USA" for the 39th consecutive year. Celebrate on Saturday at 9 a.m. in...
NOCO Golf Mulligan #2: Mountain Vista
If you watched Tiger Woods win his 5th green jacket over the weekend, you may have been wondering: Is that cacophony of bird chirps you hear in the background live, or is it Memorex? The network insists those are real tweets emanating from the pines of Augusta...
Faculty Friday: April 12, 2019
Good times for UNC golfers. Both the men's and women's teams scored Big Sky Conference Golfer of the Week honors --- Beah Cruz on the women's side, and Joshua Matz for the men. Cruz earned her award on the strength of a 68 --- a new school record for a tournament...
NOCO Golf: Mulligan #1
By definition, our roundup of NOCO's 18 iconic golf holes couldn't capture every great hole in the region. The final list was winnowed down from a roster of about 50 candidates, one of which was the 13th hole at TPC Colorado. It was hard to leave that one out of our...
Dog’s Best Friend
NOCO is full of committed animal lovers, as our April feature on pet fosters can attest. NOCO visitors apparently share the same trait. Per the Loveland Reporter-Herald: Matthew Glatz drove nearly 1,200 miles to the Larimer Humane Society to pick up Amelia — an...
Faculty Friday: April 5, 2019
UNC hoopster Jordan Davis threw it down last night on ESPN in the Great Clips Slam Dunk Championships. The departing senior (and the Bears' all-time leading scorer) made it to the final round, finishing 2nd to Tulsa's DaQuan Jefferies. Watch this dunk from the Big Sky...
Planning Ahead
Fort Collins voters are at the polls today, voting in a new city council. Before the current members depart, they’ll vote on a new City Plan that’s been in the works for more than a year. You can view the draft here, and you can get insights from the city’s long-range...