River of Lost Souls Excerpt: 1911 Flood

Southwest Colorado is wracked by drought, and the Animas River, along with being sullied by ash and mud from debris … More

Farmington flatline: The lower Animas River is dry

UPDATE 7/9/2018: The US Geological Survey determined that their gauge was faulty, and that the river did not actually run … More

UPDATE on 6/8/2018: As of the end of day 6/7, the 416 Fire had reached 5,100 acres and as of … More

For his entire adult life, my grandfather, Herb Billings, was a farmer in the Animas Valley north of Durango, Colorado. … More

In January, I posted here about the dire snowpack situation in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. At the … More

… The capitalists formed the Gold King Mining & Milling Company, and went to work developing the claim, combining it … More

“For the first time in fourteen years, San Juan County celebrated Christmas and New Year’s days without any snow on … More

I just handed over to my editor the second draft of the manuscript for River of Lost Souls. We’ve still … More

Back in August (I know, I’m late to post this, apologies), on a soggy weekend, the Mountain Studies Institute held … More