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Over 1 Million Colorado Residents Live in High Fire Risk Locations

Over 1 Million Colorado Residents Live in High Fire Risk Locations

| June 28, 2012 | 1 Comment

This year’s explosive wildfire activity in Colorado is a reminder that during the housing boom many people built homes in risk-prone areas of the state.  Today over 1 Million Colorado residents live in a “red zone”, i.e., an area that will eventually, inevitably see wildfire activity.  Millions more live in locations with moderate risk.  Here’s [...]

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Postdoctoral Research or Software Engineering Position, Computational Landscape Modeling, University of Colorado, Boulder

| June 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

Interesting job post appeared in my inbox.  Check it out: Postdoctoral Research or Software Engineering Position, Computational Landscape Modeling, University of Colorado, Boulder. Applications are invited for either a post-doctoral researcher with a background in the Earth Sciences and in scientific software development, or a software engineer with experience in geoscience modeling. The successful candidate [...]

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Why Relocate to Pueblo Colorado – a Geographer’s Approach to Residential Location

Why Relocate to Pueblo Colorado – a Geographer’s Approach to Residential Location

| February 1, 2012 | 79 Comments

I’m one of the growing numbers of fortunate people who are able to work from a home office and can live just about anywhere in the US.  My only key work requirements are a good phone line, a solid internet connection and a major airport within driving distance (well, a quiet room and a pot [...]

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