Walden News

U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., is visiting northwest Colorado today and Wednesday in a trip that includes two appearances in the Grand Valley.

Stacks of beetle-killed timber wait to be turned into pellet fuel at the Rocky Mountain Pellet Co.

“The key is to identify that the person is in fact a danger, and sometimes you don't know that.”

Authorities have confirmed that skeletal remains found last year in a remote wooded area of Jackson County are those of a 19-year-old woman who was last believed to be with Scott Kimball. via Denver Post

“Paper was too expensive back then”

Linda Young talks to a group of fourth-grade students in a one-room classroom in the historic Lone Valley School during the High Plains History Festival held at the Centennial Village Museum in Greeley. via Greeley Tribune

“I would think that we would have more in the future just because the trees that have been killed are getting older, and as they get older there's more of a chance that they will fall down”

Chambers Lake Campground is the lone campground in the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest that will be impacted by tree removal caused by back beetles. via Fort Collins Coloradoan

“It's going in and restructuring the entire heating system of the district so that everything will be more efficient”

A school district in this mountain region is taking a giant step toward renewable energy with a new heating system that relies on wood pellets for fuel. via Vail Daily News

In last month's column, I discussed the premise that for most communities entrepreneurship and thus legitimate economic development must be grown from within. via Northern Colorado Business Report

For many years, author Merle L. Lord has entertained his sons and grandsons on their annual fishing trip to Walden, Colorado. via PrimeNewswire

“The fund was established as a memorial and tribute to Dennis and things that he valued in the law enforcement profession”

The New Castle Town Council passed a resolution designating a Dennis J. Mahan Memorial Scholarship Fund, which was established to honor Mahan, who served as administrative captain and records and evidence clerk ... via Glenwood Post Independent

“We had school kids making ornaments and former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who owns an 18-wheeler, driving the tree across country”

There's time and opportunity for lots of Wyoming folks to get involved in the selection of a U.S. Capitol Christmas tree for 2010. via Casper Star-Tribune

“The affiliate groups represent the core of CCA, and the Current Issues Breakfast Meeting is just one of many outlets CCA has to make sure every member's voice is heard”

November 26, 2007 Colorado Cattlemen's Association held their 57th annual Mid-Winter Conference Nov. via Western Livestock Journal

“Parishioners who were very good to me”

While admitting that few Catholic priests find time to write a book, Father Frank Gerber has done just that. via Denver Catholic Register

“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.”

There's an ranger station for Routt National Forest in Walden. This page gives contact information. via Lonely Planet