Jim O'Donnell

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This is fascinating.

The Forgotten Gut of Zimapán - Anthropology.net www.anthropology.net/p/the-forgot... || #archaeology

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Bandelier sees trespassing as fears over vandalism on public lands rise amid shutdown | Local News | santafenewmexican.com www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n... || #NewMexico #PublicLands #Archaeology

Living with beavers | taosnews.com www.taosnews.com/news/environ... || #Taos #NewMexico #NMWater #NMwx #wildlife #rivers #Beavers

Foot Notes: The Social Implications of Polydactyly and Foot-Related Imagery at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon www.researchgate.net/profile/Patr... || #Archaeology

Creek Week cleanups give residents role in Fountain Creek water quality More than 20 volunteers were out Tuesday morning taking part in Creek Week, the annual restoration event held by the Fountain Creek Watershed District. Volunteers worked around the edges of Pikeview R...

Excellent Creek Week this year! We got THOUSANDS of pounds of trash out of Fountain Creek. Thank you everyone who participated!

Creek Week cleanups give residents role in Fountain Creek water quality - gazette.com/2025/09/30/c... || #FountainBook #COwater #COwx #Colorado #Pueblo #ColoradoSprings

City in early stages of $1B plan to redevelop swath of Fountain Creek with waterfront parks Colorado Springs is in the early stages of a more than $1 billion plan to redevelop a swath of Fountain Creek near downtown for environmental and recreational access. The city is accepting requests fo...

City in early stages of $1B plan to redevelop swath of Fountain Creek with waterfront parks - Colorado Springs Gazette gazette.com/2025/10/03/c... || #FountainBook #ColoradoSprings #Colorado #COwx #COwater #rivers

Wild on Purpose | torrey-house-press Sean Gerrity | Trade Paper Original ISBN: 9798890920348 | $23.95 | 360 pp | Trim: 5.25 x 8” | November 2025 Is it possible to make more nature? In 2001, a small team of ordinary citizens left their se...

Very much looking forward to reading this book by a fellow Torrey House author!

Wild on Purpose | torrey-house-press www.torreyhouse.org/product-page... || #conservation #naturewriting #publiclands #wilderness #wildlife

I'm not a huge fan of some of this. I really dont like the idea of more cars and parking down along the river.

What the Arkansas River Corridor may look like after improvements www.chieftain.com/story/news/2... || #Colorado #COwater #COwx #FountainBook #Pueblo

The Empire in the Afterglow: How Psychedelic Beer Helped the Wari Bind a Fractured Andes A new study suggests that 1,200 years ago, the Wari in Peru engineered empathy & alliance not only through roads and ritual, but through chemically altered feasts that rewired the mind for cooperation

The Empire in the Afterglow: How Psychedelic Beer Helped the Wari Bind a Fractured Andes www.anthropology.net/p/the-empire... || #archaeology

When and How Did the Brain First Invent the Idea of Gods? Spirituality may have evolved during the Paleolithic from a brain circuit that was originally involved in the control of fear, pain, and altruism.

www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/your...
Anthropologists estimate that at least 12,000 different gods, goddesses, and various animals or objects have been worshiped by humans since our species began producing durable artifacts.

Chupacabra.

Could not possibly be anything else. No way.

Jane Goodall's final lesson Honoring Jane Goodall's life, Pope Leo's first climate address, and finding hope in action

This week, we lost one of the world’s greatest advocates for people and nature. Even in her final days, Dr. Jane Goodall was urging us not to give up, and now her legacy lives on through the countless voices she inspired.

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Amen, Goose. Amen. I agree and thank you.

Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade | CNN Many parts of world face are predicted to endure periods of unprecedented extreme water scarcity, which could happen as soon as this decade in certain hotspots.

I worry about this for #Colorado 's Front Range cities including #ColoradoSprings.

Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decadez | CNN www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/c... || #COwx #FountainBook #COwater

NM Supreme Court reorganizes water courts • Source New Mexico The New Mexico Supreme Court rule reorganizes the state's water courts into three districts with designated judges

Kind of a confusing article, but an interesting development.

NM Supreme Court reorganizes water courts • Source New Mexico sourcenm.com/briefs/nm-su... || #NewMexico #NMwater #NMwx

There is just something about social media (even Blue Sky) that just encourages otherwise decent people people to misinterpret, nit pick, insult, attack and generally act like assholes. Social media is a huge part of our cultural problems these days.

I think you really didnt understand what I wrote.

Be sure to grab the latest issue of Colorado Life magazine where I have a photo essay about Fountain Creek! #FountainBook #Colorado #COwx #ColoradoSprings

Another successful Rio Fernando cleanup day in #Taos #NewMexico this morning! I really wish we didnt have to do this, but we do. And we always get some great volunteers. Kudos to Amigos Bravos for leading the charge! #nmwx #nmwater #NMTrue.

Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade | CNN Many parts of world face are predicted to endure periods of unprecedented extreme water scarcity, which could happen as soon as this decade in certain hotspots.

Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade | CNN www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/c... || #Colorado #NewMexico #Arizona #Utah #NMwx #NMwater #COwx

NM Supreme Court reorganizes water courts • Source New Mexico The New Mexico Supreme Court rule reorganizes the state's water courts into three districts with designated judges

NM Supreme Court reorganizes water courts • Source New Mexico sourcenm.com/briefs/nm-su... || #NewMexico #Rivers #NMWater #NMwx

New report calls for policy changes with Colorado River 'on the cusp of failure' A group of nonprofits is calling for reductions to water demand, changes at Glen Canyon Dam and more transparent negotiations.

New report calls for policy changes with Colorado River 'on the cusp of failure' www.cpr.org/2025/10/01/n... || #Colorado #ColoradoRiver #Rivers

In Lower Arkansas River Valley, a $1.39B pipeline is the Holy Grail of clean water - Water Education Colorado WILEY — Rick Jones strides quickly into the offices of the May Valley Water Association. He’s running late after a morning of checking leaks in a pipeline that is one of several delivering well water ...

In Lower Arkansas River Valley, a $1.39B pipeline is the Holy Grail of clean water - #Colorado watereducationcolorado.org/fresh-water-... || #Rivers

Decoupling consumption from population on the Colorado River Southwestern cities shrink their water footprint even as they grow

What happens to cities like #ColoradoSprings when all that paper water has no real water to back it up?

Decoupling consumption from population on the Colorado River www.landdesk.org/p/decoupling... || #ColoradoRiver #Colorado #Rivers

NO WATER AVAILABLE: NGOs RELEASE NEW REPORT TO ADDRESS COLORADO RIVER'S MAJOR PROBLEMS - Great Basin Water Network A coalition of NGOs released a reporting highlighting nine recommendations to help improve conditions on the Colorado. The effort does not require new laws. Just a willingness to do better.

NO WATER AVAILABLE: NGOs RELEASE NEW REPORT TO ADDRESS COLORADO RIVER'S MAJOR PROBLEMS - Great Basin Water Network greatbasinwater.org/no-water-ava... || #Rivers #ColoradoRiver #Colorado #Water

What do fens do? Make peat, store water and help combat climate change - High Country News Meet the researchers restoring these unique wetlands high in Colorado's San Juan Mountains.

What do fens do? Make peat, store water and help combat climate change - www.hcn.org/issues/57-10... || #Colorado #Wetlands

Visiting public lands during the shutdown? Be polite and prepared - High Country News Public land advocates say the shutdown threatens resources but offer advice on how to help.

Visiting public lands during the shutdown? Be polite and prepared - www.hcn.org/articles/vis... || #PublicLands

Shutdown causes ‘confusion’ across the Forest Service - High Country News Prescribed burns are on hold during shutdown while logging continues.

Shutdown causes ‘confusion’ across the Forest Service - www.hcn.org/articles/shu... || #PublicLands

'The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny' is a terrific, tangled love story This is an epic novel to be savored. At nearly 700 pages, this multi-character, multi-stranded story explores exile and displacement — not only from one's home, but also from one's own sense of self.

This is an epic novel to be savored. At nearly 700 pages, this multi-character, multi-stranded story explores exile and displacement — not only from one's home, but also from one's own sense of self. n.pr/3IVsWZx

Adding shutdown pressure, Trump cuts Dem state climate funds, including $195.2 million from New Mexico - New Mexico Political Report New Mexico Congressional offices were caught by surprise on Thursday when they the Trump administration announced on social media that it had canceled more than $8 billion Congressionally-approved app...

Adding shutdown pressure, Trump cuts Dem state climate funds, including $195.2 million from New Mexico - nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/10/02/a... || #NewMexico