Jul. 2—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan is a protected species under the Endangered Species Act. The determination came in response to a ...
SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (CBS4) - Mandatory evacuations of the Hamilton Creek and Angler Mountain subdivisions will be lifted at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Summit County Sheriff Jamie FitzSimons announced ...
SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (CBS4) - Hundreds of people remain evacuated from their homes on Tuesday following a wildfire that started near Silverthorne on Monday. As of Tuesday afternoon, 183 are under the ...
The start of the Ptarmigan Loop is absolutely brutal, could be a hike-a-bike for most. But after that there is some nice rolly singletrack that will take you up and down until you get to a bench 2 ...
The lark bunting is Colorado’s state bird, but in our mountains, a good case could be made for the white-tailed ptarmigan. White-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura), also known as snow quail, live year ...
A white-tailed ptarmigan in fully white winter plumage. (Ron Knight via Wikipedia_ SEATTLE — Climate change on Mt. Rainier — manifesting in warming temperatures, receding glaciers and wet snow — ...