Writers on the Range https://tj.durangoherald.com/section/writers-on-the-range/feed/ Latest local news from The Durango Herald. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:00:53 -0600 en-us 30 https://tj.durangoherald.com/renewing-old-friendships/ Drought, fire, snow, heavy runoffs, pestilence and helping to pay for orthopedic surgeons’ children to go to college forced me to ignore two good friends. Those friends are Lime Creek and Cunningham Creek. I really missed not being able to... Sat, 07 Sep 2019 00:35:54 -0600 91E57557-430F-5A52-E053-0100007F589F https://tj.durangoherald.com/four-wheel-low/ When I have to put my truck into four-wheel low to get out of my driveway, I know the dreaded disease of, “There’s no where to fly fish” is about to overtake me. She who must be obeyed, (SWMBO) has... Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:38:32 -0700 83100214-48C6-3082-E053-0100007F1AD7 https://tj.durangoherald.com/its-a-new-year-now-what/ Christmas has come and gone, and as usual, most of the items on my wish list are still there. We don’t have world peace, hunger is still around, happy political parties are still a fiction, I think Denver fell off... Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:21:34 -0700 7EA58709-2276-2D63-E053-0100007F9446 https://tj.durangoherald.com/what-i-want-for-christmas/ I’m no different from my friends. I’d love to open the paper on Christmas day and see that world peace had broken out, hunger was now gone and the United States now had political parties that weren’t selfish. However, now... Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:29:27 -0700 7CAE65E4-C214-2A39-E053-0100007F63EA https://tj.durangoherald.com/high-and-fast-water-makes-for-creative-fishing/ I’m not real religious when it comes to prayer. In fact my prayers are usually for good cigars, better whiskey, and fish in love with dry flies. I’m a man of simple needs. However, when the droughts in Colorado, Oklahoma... Mon, 06 Jul 2015 15:41:48 -0600 311B600A-9273-4A6D-BF4B-355EC293F575 https://tj.durangoherald.com/yellowstones-a-place-to-be-thankful-for/ By Don Oliver It’s November, and it seems anyone writing a column does a “being thankful” column. Well, I’m no different. Last September, while standing in the middle of an area comprised of 2,221,776 acres – or 3,472 square miles... Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:56:36 -0700 15FD1BC7-5A24-47D9-8033-94A5B42253C6 https://tj.durangoherald.com/want-to-fish-head-north-along-the-animas/ The River of Lost Souls, also known as the Animas River, downstream from Durango has always been a fun and challenging fishery. From the 32nd Street bridge south to Bondad, the Animas is known for big browns and rainbows. It... Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:54:55 -0600 F6E1C5F7-287E-42EB-B11C-A582CC617233