Feature: From Sweat to Steaks
by Eugene Buchanan

Wearing a camo Under Armour baseball hat, faded jeans and a blue-and-gray plaid shirt matching his eyes, Ryan Wood, 37, props a well-worn cowboy boot atop the new metal fence at his 652-acre Sweetwood Cattle Company along the Elk River. Sunglasses bulge from his chest pocket and a Miami Vice five o’clock shadow encircles his cheeks and chin.             You can’t blame him for not shaving. He’s got a ... Full Article

Feature: Play Ball! Triple Crown Still Rounding the Bases in Steamboat
by Rob Marin

On Saturday Night Live in the ‘70s, a Dominican-born Mets infielder named Chico Escuela (played by comedian Garrett Morris), stammered out one of the all-time famous quotes of his sport: “Beis-bol, been berra berra good to me.”  The Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa, a real-life Dominican home-run hitter, poked fun at himself by repeating that line at the height of his career in the late ‘90s. These days, Steamboat Springs might consider adopting those words as an unofficial summertime slogan. Because for many local businesses, baseball and softball ... Full Article

Feature: Global Climate Change with a Local Twist
by Jennie Lay

Small Steamboat efforts address the planet's big dilemma. A recent pair of 500-inch winters doesn’t trump the reality of climate change. The Rockies are headed for warmer temperatures, smaller snowpacks, earlier melt-off and corresponding drought, wildfires and water shortages – let alone consequences for the traditional ski season. Scientists share a solid understanding of the underlying physics of climate change and an overwhelming certainty that it is underway. Weather is not ... Full Article