Stories
News articles, interviews, press releases, and other narratives about RMBL and the Gunnison Basin.
5 stories · Feature · 2000–2009
Where research and tourism collide; "We've gone from being fairly isolated to wondering, any time we drive out
GOTHIC, Colo. - When Michael Soule researched butterflies in this mountain valley in the early 1960s, the nearby town of Crested Butte was little more than a busted coal-mining settlement. "You couldn
Where Research and Tourism Collide
When Michael Soule researched butterflies in this mountain valley in the early 1960s, the nearby town of Crested Butte was little more than a busted coal-mining settlement. ''You couldn't even buy a m
Discover dinosaur or roller-coaster tracks in Colorado
Chicagoans spend an entire season indoors, locked away from fresh air and nature. When choosing a summer vacation spot, it's no wonder that of the Americans planning to take 328 million leisure trips
Groundhog study links legend to love
*The critters really do poke their heads out of their burrows in February, researchers say -- but not to check on their shadows. When a male groundhog emerges from his burrow at this time of year, it'
Groundhog Day legend may have basis in love
When a male groundhog emerges from his burrow at this time of year, it's ladies he's looking for, not shadows. Groundhogs, also called woodchucks, have long been regarded as the most anti-social of ma