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Decker Fire Grows By 200 Acres, Keeping Evacuees, Fire Officials On Edge

By Alison Borden

The Decker Fire’s Higher, Drier Ground Is Why It’s Still Burning Nearly A Month Later

By Hayley Sanchez

While Officials Work To Keep The Decker Fire Away From Salida And Other Towns, They Plan To Let It Burn In The Wilderness Until It Snows

By Alison Borden and Avery Lill

The Decker Fire burns near Salida, Colo.

Evacuations Ordered As Decker Fire Approaches 4,000 Acres

By Taylor Allen

The Decker Fire burns near Salida, Colo.

Growing Decker Fire Near Salida Prompts Health Warnings Over Smoke

By Taylor Allen

Decker Fire Grows To 846 Acres As Officials Let It Burn To Clear Dry, Dead Trees

By Natalia V. Navarro

Disease-Resistant Strain Of Rainbow Trout Helping Species Rebound

By Abigail Beckman

Can A Disease-Resistant Species Of Rainbow Trout Replenish Its Nearly Decimated Colorado Ancestor?

By Joella Baumann

As Climate Warms, Rafters and Fishermen Eye an Uncertain Future in the Upper Arkansas River Valley

Peak of Mount Shavano, Near Salida, Soon Officially Public

Browns Canyon Visitors Invited to Share Feedback

Browns Canyon Dedicated as a National Monument

By Andrea Chalfin

Body Found In Search For Missing 11-Year-Old Rafter

By The Associated Press

Prescribed Burn Classes Offered to Landowners

Touring music festival, with Mumford and Sons, draws praise and concerns in Salida

By Corey H. Jones

Browns Canyon to Become National Monument

By Andrea Chalfin

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area Celebrates 25 Years

By Rachel Gonchar

Two-Mile Section of Arkansas River Reopens

By Andrea Chalfin and The Associated Press

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