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OUT: Haggerty’s Hikes May 03, 2009

“In Tuckerland, hiking is what you do when you run out of gas. Jogging is running out of gas in the ’hood.” There are some able-bodied Grand Valley residents who completely refrain from outdoor activity — as if they ...

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OUT: Colorado Division of Wildlife’s weekly fishing report

April 28, 2009 Springtime in Colorado represents both the best and worst of times for anglers. While the spring thaw continues, chasing the ice from ever more lakes and reservoirs, it also triggers the runoff in free-flowing rivers across the ...

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OUTside Connection Column April 29, 2009

Here’s something good to grouse about. Sage grouse, that is, and the Mountain (also called the Columbian) Sharp-tailed grouse, which offer some of the most curious and fascinating entertainment during their spring breeding ...

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OUT: Youngsters involved with the outdoors understand a little more about the outdoors

When Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien arrives in Grand Junction on Friday to start her campaign aimed at getting youngsters involved more with the outdoors, she’ll be a week late to the party. Politicians can’t be everywhere, but ...

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OUT: Sunday Column April 26, 2009

Of the many conservation groups I’ve been associated with or written about in my 25-plus years of covering outdoor causes and issues, none stand out as much as Trout Unlimited. Agreed, Trout Unlimited doesn’t own the concession ...

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OUT: Haggerty’s Hikes April 26, 2009

“I’m shufflin through the Texas sand, but my head’s in Mississippi,” blared ZZ Top on the car stereo. My head was not in Mississippi, but into a hike in the Colorado Rockies to see how high I could climb without ...

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OUT:  O:utside connecction April 22, 2009

It’s hard to understand how any youngster in western Colorado could get what author Richard Louv described as Nature Deficit Disorder. Louv, in his 2005 best-seller “Last Child in the Woods,” described how children are ...

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OUT: Haggerty’s Hikes April 19, 2009

In an attempt to avoid paying taxes until the last second, I talked buddy Nick into a lengthy hike along Little Dominguez Creek on April 15. Little Dominguez and its smaller brother, Big Dominguez, are in the midst of the newest wilderness ...

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OUT: Sunday Column April 19, 2009

Everyone knew children were losing touch with nature, but no one put a name to the problem until author Richard Louv published his best-selling “Last Child in the Woods.” Louv calls the problem “nature-deficit ...

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OUTside Connection April 15, 2009

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