Michelle Mercer

Approximately every ten years, Colorado Springs undertakes a Master Planning process for the parks system.

The backyard farming movement continues to grow in Colorado Springs, but exactly what kind of farming makes sense in our challenging climate is a complicated business.

Lawrence Leighton Smith passed away last week at his home at the age of 77.  Smith spent more than a decade as Music Director of the Colorado Springs Symphony and […]

Though wildfires have been definitively connected to climate change, megafires in the West haven’t shifted public opinion as drastically as environmentalists might hope.

The devastating 2002 wildfire season generated public discussion about the need for treatments to fix our dangerously overgrown forests.

The Black Forest Fire destroyed over 500 homes, leaving those homeowners with a difficult decision: should they rebuild?

In the wake of last year’s destructive wildfires, Colorado’s residents, scientists, and government officials have been working hard to manage the ongoing threat.