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OUT: Sunday Column April 12, 2009

Each year hunting trips seem to take a bigger bite out of the budget, and a new report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reveals how big that chunk is. The report says waterfowl hunters in 2006 spent $900 million on necessities and ...

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OUT: Haggerty’s Hikes April 12, 2009

Liberty Cap is a 160 million-year-old remnant sand dune that is slowly succumbing to the forces of erosion. Just like me. I hiked to the Cap from the Wildwood Trailhead on the Redlands in Grand Junction, and made it in about 55 minutes the ...

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OUTside Connection April 08, 2009

May 9 might be about a month off but it’s an important day in the life of a migratory bird. That day is the annual Spring Bird Count hosted by the Grand Valley Audubon Society as part of International Bird Migration Day. The day is ...

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OUT: Ann Driggers Column April 05, 2009

big adjective, big-ger, big-gest, 1. large, as in size, height, width or amount; 2. of major concern, gravity, importance or the like; 3. outstanding for a specified quality. Saturday, March 21, was a big day. My ski buddy Jack Brauer and I, ...

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OUT: Sunday Column April 05, 2009

That deadline for 2009 limited-license big-game hunting applications is, like, Tuesday. Your taxes can wait another week, but something as important as having a place to hunt next fall can’t. If you’ve procrastinated this late, ...

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OUT: Haggerty’s Hikes Column April 05, 2009

Located in the middle of Capitol Reef National Park in southeast Utah, Grand Wash was simply Grand! Grand Wash cuts through the 100-mile long Waterpocket Fold, an incredible monocline that is the centerpiece of Capitol Reef. My ...

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OUT: OUTside Connection Column April 01, 2009

If you’ve already blown the cobwebs off that mountain bike you’ve stored in the garage all winter and are looking for a place to ride, here’s the chance to make sure the riding is there for you. The Colorado Plateau Mountain ...

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OUT: Sunday Column March 29, 2009

Today marks the start of the 23rd annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic at Snowmass, an event that’s much larger than even its cumbersome name may imply. Last year, the event attracted nearly 400 participating veterans ...

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OUT: Haggerty’s Hikes Column March 29, 2009

If you hike through the hiking section of a bookstore and you find a new hike, does it count as exercise? I’m still moving a little slow and not hiking the way I want, but that’s OK. I drove to the Colorado National Monument ...

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OUT: OUTside Connection March 25, 2009

Gee, where did the winter go? When we looked up last fall it was snowing 6 inches in Grand Junction and Christmas still was a month away. Now, it’s 70 degrees, the daffodils are blooming and there are skiers wearing shorts on the ski ...

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