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Jim O'Donnell
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Walker. Writer. Reader. Storyteller. Photographer. Author NOTES FOR THE AURORA SOCIETY and THE FOUNTAIN from @torreyhouse, speculative fiction, archaeology, history. Слава Україні! www.aroundtheworldineightyyears.com
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · Jan 13
FOUNTAIN CREEK, can be found at the following locations:

SOMOS, Taos, NM
Analogue Books, Pueblo, CO
El Pueblo Museum, Pueblo, CO
Fountain Creek Nature Center, Fountain CO
Poor Richard's, Colorado Springs, CO
Mountain Chalet, Colorado Springs, CO

& www.torreyhouse.org/fountain-creek
#FountainBook
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 14h
Foot Notes: The Social Implications of Polydactyly and Foot-Related Imagery at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon www.researchgate.net/profile/Patr... || #Archaeology
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 14h
Excellent Creek Week this year! We got THOUSANDS of pounds of trash out of Fountain Creek. Thank you everyone who participated!

Creek Week cleanups give residents role in Fountain Creek water quality - gazette.com/2025/09/30/c... || #FountainBook #COwater #COwx #Colorado #Pueblo #ColoradoSprings
Creek Week cleanups give residents role in Fountain Creek water quality
More than 20 volunteers were out Tuesday morning taking part in Creek Week, the annual restoration event held by the Fountain Creek Watershed District. Volunteers worked around the edges of Pikeview R...
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 14h
City in early stages of $1B plan to redevelop swath of Fountain Creek with waterfront parks - Colorado Springs Gazette gazette.com/2025/10/03/c... || #FountainBook #ColoradoSprings #Colorado #COwx #COwater #rivers
City in early stages of $1B plan to redevelop swath of Fountain Creek with waterfront parks
Colorado Springs is in the early stages of a more than $1 billion plan to redevelop a swath of Fountain Creek near downtown for environmental and recreational access. The city is accepting requests fo...
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 14h
Very much looking forward to reading this book by a fellow Torrey House author!

Wild on Purpose | torrey-house-press www.torreyhouse.org/product-page... || #conservation #naturewriting #publiclands #wilderness #wildlife
Wild on Purpose | torrey-house-press
Sean Gerrity | Trade Paper Original ISBN: 9798890920348 | $23.95 | 360 pp | Trim: 5.25 x 8” | November 2025 Is it possible to make more nature? In 2001, a small team of ordinary citizens left their se...
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 14h
I'm not a huge fan of some of this. I really dont like the idea of more cars and parking down along the river.

What the Arkansas River Corridor may look like after improvements www.chieftain.com/story/news/2... || #Colorado #COwater #COwx #FountainBook #Pueblo
What we know about the Pueblo City Park and Arkansas River Corridor Master Plan so far
The Pueblo City Park and Arkansas River Corridor Master Plan continues to take shape. Here's what some of the preferred concepts might look like.
www.chieftain.com
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 14h
The Empire in the Afterglow: How Psychedelic Beer Helped the Wari Bind a Fractured Andes www.anthropology.net/p/the-empire... || #archaeology
The Empire in the Afterglow: How Psychedelic Beer Helped the Wari Bind a Fractured Andes
A new study suggests that 1,200 years ago, the Wari in Peru engineered empathy & alliance not only through roads and ritual, but through chemically altered feasts that rewired the mind for cooperation
www.anthropology.net
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Past Horizons Archaeology Equipment @pasthorizons.bsky.social · 17h
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/your...
Anthropologists estimate that at least 12,000 different gods, goddesses, and various animals or objects have been worshiped by humans since our species began producing durable artifacts.
When and How Did the Brain First Invent the Idea of Gods?
Spirituality may have evolved during the Paleolithic from a brain circuit that was originally involved in the control of fear, pain, and altruism.
www.psychologytoday.com
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 1d
Chupacabra.

Could not possibly be anything else. No way.
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Some things at night are better left unseen.

I went to solo-climb a small mountain in the Chilean Andes. To avoid the heat I started hiking before sunset. The trip would take me one or two nights. I hiked up for a couple hours. A moonless night, but I could still see the ground.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 2d
This week, we lost one of the world’s greatest advocates for people and nature. Even in her final days, Dr. Jane Goodall was urging us not to give up, and now her legacy lives on through the countless voices she inspired.

Read on Mailchimp: shorturl.at/lDxXk
Read on LinkedIn: shorturl.at/VOiPa
Jane Goodall's final lesson
Honoring Jane Goodall's life, Pope Leo's first climate address, and finding hope in action
www.talkingclimate.ca
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 1d
Amen, Goose. Amen. I agree and thank you.
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 1d
I worry about this for #Colorado 's Front Range cities including #ColoradoSprings.

Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decadez | CNN www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/c... || #COwx #FountainBook #COwater
Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade | CNN
Many parts of world face are predicted to endure periods of unprecedented extreme water scarcity, which could happen as soon as this decade in certain hotspots.
www.cnn.com
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 1d
Kind of a confusing article, but an interesting development.

NM Supreme Court reorganizes water courts • Source New Mexico sourcenm.com/briefs/nm-su... || #NewMexico #NMwater #NMwx
NM Supreme Court reorganizes water courts • Source New Mexico
The New Mexico Supreme Court rule reorganizes the state's water courts into three districts with designated judges
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 4d
There is just something about social media (even Blue Sky) that just encourages otherwise decent people people to misinterpret, nit pick, insult, attack and generally act like assholes. Social media is a huge part of our cultural problems these days.
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 4d
I think you really didnt understand what I wrote.
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 4d
Be sure to grab the latest issue of Colorado Life magazine where I have a photo essay about Fountain Creek! #FountainBook #Colorado #COwx #ColoradoSprings
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 4d
Another successful Rio Fernando cleanup day in #Taos #NewMexico this morning! I really wish we didnt have to do this, but we do. And we always get some great volunteers. Kudos to Amigos Bravos for leading the charge! #nmwx #nmwater #NMTrue.
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 5d
Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade | CNN www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/c... || #Colorado #NewMexico #Arizona #Utah #NMwx #NMwater #COwx
Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade | CNN
Many parts of world face are predicted to endure periods of unprecedented extreme water scarcity, which could happen as soon as this decade in certain hotspots.
www.cnn.com
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 5d
NM Supreme Court reorganizes water courts • Source New Mexico sourcenm.com/briefs/nm-su... || #NewMexico #Rivers #NMWater #NMwx
NM Supreme Court reorganizes water courts • Source New Mexico
The New Mexico Supreme Court rule reorganizes the state's water courts into three districts with designated judges
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 5d
New report calls for policy changes with Colorado River 'on the cusp of failure' www.cpr.org/2025/10/01/n... || #Colorado #ColoradoRiver #Rivers
New report calls for policy changes with Colorado River 'on the cusp of failure'
A group of nonprofits is calling for reductions to water demand, changes at Glen Canyon Dam and more transparent negotiations.
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 5d
In Lower Arkansas River Valley, a $1.39B pipeline is the Holy Grail of clean water - #Colorado watereducationcolorado.org/fresh-water-... || #Rivers
In Lower Arkansas River Valley, a $1.39B pipeline is the Holy Grail of clean water - Water Education Colorado
WILEY — Rick Jones strides quickly into the offices of the May Valley Water Association. He’s running late after a morning of checking leaks in a pipeline that is one of several delivering well water ...
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 5d
What happens to cities like #ColoradoSprings when all that paper water has no real water to back it up?

Decoupling consumption from population on the Colorado River www.landdesk.org/p/decoupling... || #ColoradoRiver #Colorado #Rivers
Decoupling consumption from population on the Colorado River
Southwestern cities shrink their water footprint even as they grow
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 5d
NO WATER AVAILABLE: NGOs RELEASE NEW REPORT TO ADDRESS COLORADO RIVER'S MAJOR PROBLEMS - Great Basin Water Network greatbasinwater.org/no-water-ava... || #Rivers #ColoradoRiver #Colorado #Water
NO WATER AVAILABLE: NGOs RELEASE NEW REPORT TO ADDRESS COLORADO RIVER'S MAJOR PROBLEMS - Great Basin Water Network
A coalition of NGOs released a reporting highlighting nine recommendations to help improve conditions on the Colorado. The effort does not require new laws. Just a willingness to do better.
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 5d
What do fens do? Make peat, store water and help combat climate change - www.hcn.org/issues/57-10... || #Colorado #Wetlands
What do fens do? Make peat, store water and help combat climate change - High Country News
Meet the researchers restoring these unique wetlands high in Colorado's San Juan Mountains.
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 5d
Visiting public lands during the shutdown? Be polite and prepared - www.hcn.org/articles/vis... || #PublicLands
Visiting public lands during the shutdown? Be polite and prepared - High Country News
Public land advocates say the shutdown threatens resources but offer advice on how to help.
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Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social · 5d
Shutdown causes ‘confusion’ across the Forest Service - www.hcn.org/articles/shu... || #PublicLands
Shutdown causes ‘confusion’ across the Forest Service - High Country News
Prescribed burns are on hold during shutdown while logging continues.
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