Clear nights cause radiational cooling, letting heat escape into space and making valleys like Cortez and Mancos colder than surrounding ridges.

Phil’s Boggy Draw Trail Report for January 23 covers incoming snow, fat biking conditions, groomed trails near Rico, and weekend riding and skiing options.

A new UN University report says the world is using water faster than nature can replace it, leaving billions water-insecure and calling for a new global water agenda.

Park staff uncovered the remains of a long-necked dinosaur beneath a parking lot near the Quarry Exhibit Hall, marking the first excavation in the area in more than a century.

The City of Cortez is asking residents to share family stories, photos, and artifacts connected to a Civilian Conservation Corps camp that operated near today’s Carpenter Natural Area during the Great Depression.

A new snow drought update shows record-low snow cover across much of the western U.S., with warm temperatures and rain replacing snow. Experts warn that low snowpack could worsen water supply concerns and impact recreation if conditions don’t improve.

Forecasters say La Niña remains in place, but a shift to neutral conditions later this winter could shape snowpack and water supplies.

Snow continues in the high country with more than a foot reported in parts of the San Juans, followed by much colder temperatures and subzero lows before a gradual warmup this weekend.

New Mexico SNAP recipients can now receive discounted hunting and fishing licenses as snowpack lags across southwest Colorado and another storm moves in.

CPW has ended its search after a fatal mountain lion attack near Denver, saying no additional lions were found and emphasizing public safety and reporting.