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SJMA’s Trees for Conservation Celebrates 13 Years
Friday, 07 November 2025
Many are familiar with SJMA’s Christmas tree lot. We offer wild, locally-sourced trees and wreaths—along with farmed trees—to brighten your home for the holidays. But have you ever wondered how
- Published in volunteers
What to Expect on Public Lands During the Shutdown
Sunday, 12 October 2025
“The report of my death was an exaggeration,” is a well-known – and often mis-quoted – remark by Mark Twain. Recently, the San Juan Mountains Association was the subject of
- Published in Stewardship, Uncategorized
Sit spot in the ponderosa
Friday, 12 September 2025
By John Malloy It was mid-day at 8,500 feet amid the Ponderosa and Oak scrub of Top of the Pines (TOP) Preserve outside Ridgway. The grasses, dried and aromatic, reminded
- Published in Education, Stewardship, Trees
The power of collaboration
Thursday, 07 August 2025
By Andy Hawk The verb collaborate is “to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor.” Collaboration, the noun, might need a subdefinition of; messy, slow, argumentative,
- Published in Education, News, Stewardship, Uncategorized
