Ellen Mahoney
Ellen Mahoney is a writer and author and taught in the journalism department of Metropolitan State University of Denver for many years.
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You may have heard about the large underground seed vault in Svalbard, Norway, which opened in 2008. But you might be surprised to learn there is a similar facility in the Rocky Mountain region. The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado, has been operating since the 1950s. -
The National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility, which opened in 1993 in Lakewood, Colorado, houses thousands of meters of ice cores collected by scientists from polar and glacial regions worldwide. The ice cores reveal important information about Earth’s continually changing climate. -
When the University of Colorado first opened in Boulder nearly 150 years ago, the campus had only a few trees. Today, it’s home to thousands, with dozens of different species. The university’s biannual tree tour invites visitors to explore the foliage on campus. -
On highway 93 between Boulder and Golden, Colorado, there’s a unique pullout where you can easily see bears, wolves, eagles, owls, a gigantic tortoise, and even Bigfoot. All of these large-scale creatures have been carefully sculpted out of wood by Bongo Love who is an acclaimed chainsaw artist.
