Stories

But one self-made scientist high in the Colorado Rockies began doing that unintentionally nearly fortyfive years ago. Boredom is the reason that Billy Barr began recording the nature around him.

... BLACKSTONE: You`ve got to be a little obsessive though. BILLY BARR: Oh, yeah. DAVID INOUYE: Those notebooks are-- are historic now. JOHN BLACKSTONE: In the early nineties, scientist David Inouye f

Vast herds of caribou roaming the barren tundra are among the most iconic images of Arctic wildlife. But today, most of the world's barren-ground caribou and herds are on the decline. In some cases, t

By billy barr I first came to Gothic, Colo., in May 1972 to work on the water quality of the East River. Like many people I decided to stay in Colorado, so I moved into

Every Feb. 2, as Punxsutawney Phil shakes the dust off his coat, emerges from his burrow, glances at his shadow (or not) and allegedly prognosticates winter's end, I gather a group of professors, grad

... the nearby Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory and Billy socializes with them, playing the occasional game of cricket There are 91 inches of snow on the ground; the most that Gothic , Colorado ha

• Billy Barr, 66, moved to Gothic, Colorado, in 1973 to get away from city life • His first winter he recorded weather and wildlife patterns twice every day • After 43 years in Gothic, he still r

It was a year into his life alone in Colorado's Rocky Mountains when Billy Barr began his recordings. It started as a curiosity, a task to busy his mind during the winter. By no means, Barr told me, h

Dec 29, 2016( Coyote Gulch: http://coyotegulch.net/Delivered by Newstex) https://coyotegulch.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/tnc_28393893_preview_cropped.jpgFly fishing on the Gunnison River outside of De

The University of Montana issued the following news release: New research by scientists at the University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station has documented the first example of freshwater c