Jason Blevins
Outdoors and Business Writer at The Colorado Sun
writer at The Colorado Sun: local journalism directed by readers. [email protected]
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The Outsider | A Salida rancher wants to rethink conservation easements in the face of soaring costs
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coloradosun.com | Jason Blevins
“Darling, forever is a long, long time and time has a way of changing things.”That’s a quote from the wise owl Big Mama in Walt Disney’s “The Fox and the Hound.”It’s also a sentiment shared by wise rancher Art Hutchinson. His dad forged a conservation easement more than a decade ago on their 800 acres of lush pastures between Salida and Poncha Springs and now he and his daughter, Abby, are grappling with a rapidly changing landscape in Colorado.
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1 week ago |
coloradosun.com | Jason Blevins
After one of the most successful ski launches ever, Peak Ski Co. has collapsed amid acrimony and claims of mismanagement by the high-profile founders of the Montana-based ski-maker. “It’s such a sad story. It did not need to go down this way,” says Aspen big-mountain skiing legend Chris Davenport, who joined Peak Ski Co. in 2022 as a senior director of skiing and product innovation. The paychecks stopped coming in shortly after Davenport signed on.
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1 week ago |
coloradosun.com | Jason Blevins
Chris Oxford and his friend Donovan Romero were having a good day. The pals since grade school were snowboarding Keystone on an uncrowded weekday in December. It was maybe their fifth or sixth run when they zoomed through the maze and loaded up the Ruby Express. About 30 seconds into the ride, Oxford said he “felt a jolt” and looked over. His friend was hanging from the armrest on the opposite side of the six-person chair. “It was like a rattle and when I looked over he was holding on, off the chair.
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2 weeks ago |
coloradosun.com | Jason Blevins
The country’s top land managers testified before U.S. senators Wednesday to defend sweeping budget cuts for the nation’s public lands and a plan to sell 3.3 million acres managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management so communities can build housing.
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2 weeks ago |
coloradosun.com | Jason Blevins
149Number of chairlift falls reported to the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board since 2014, including a record 18 falls in the 2024-25 ski seasonChris Oxford and his friend Donovan Romero were having a good day. The pals since grade school were snowboarding Keystone on an uncrowded weekday in December. It was maybe their fifth or sixth run when they zoomed through the maze and loaded up the Ruby Express. About 30 seconds into the ride, Oxford said he “felt a jolt” and looked over.
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