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Within the sagebrush steppe ecosystem in the intermountain west, sagebrush obligate birds occupy a variety of specialized niches. The purpose of our research was to identify the effect of road presence and habitat covariates on the density of sagebrush obligate birds during their breeding season. Roads through sagebrush threaten local bird abundance through anthropogenic disturbance and habitat fragmentation (Knick et al. 2012). However, research...
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Charles H. Buttolph discusses the early fruit growing industry in Mesa County, and the challenges it faced. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
40863) Plowing the garden
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"Dad Smith and Daddy Borah [Alfred] putting plow down deep in garden" - from Alda Borah. Near Brush Creek. Smith is pulling while Alfred pushes; both men are in similar dress with hats.
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Interview with Charlie and Fonda Paterson for induction into the Aspen Hall of Fame. Photo from Aspen Hall of Fame bio.
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Interview with Tage Pedersen for induction into the Aspen Hall of Fame.
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Interview with Nancy and Bob Oden for induction into the Aspen Hall of Fame.
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Interview with Klaus Obermeyer for induction into the Aspen Hall of Fame.
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Interview with Elizabeth Paepcke for induction into the Aspen Hall of Fame. Also includes information on Walter Paepcke.
40870) Nancy (Renwick) Saxton
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An early 20th century resident of Mesa County's Hunter District and of the Appleton area. She appears to have been born in England as Ana Jane Renwick to parents James Douglass Renwick and Mary Renwick. The 1891 England Census, taken when Nancy was not yet one year old, lists her father’s profession as Fruiterer. Immigration records show that she arrived in Canada with family members in 1906, at the age of sixteen. The family emigrated to the United...
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The Izaak Walton League in Mesa County, part of a broader national organization, advocated for several ecological and environmental changes, including: the establishment of grasses for sheep and cattle grazing, the prevention of sewage runoff in the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers, the abatement of smog in the Grand Valley, and erosion and flood control.
School superintendent and local leader Lucille (Hunter) Mahannah worked as a member of the Ladies...
40872) Edna Rowe
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Homesteader in Glade Park, Colorado, who hosted Florence Bryant Walker during her time teaching up in Glade Park (1916-17). According to Walker, Rowe was an excellent homemaker who did much with little.
