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Susan Houser
Aug 16, 20142 min read
New Look — New Criteria
I’d like to thank everyone for their patience while the blog has been undergoing changes the last three months. I’ve still got some...

Susan Houser
Aug 13, 20142 min read
Routt County, CO
Routt County is located in northwest Colorado, bordering Wyoming. The population recorded in the 2010 census was 23,500. The county seat...

Susan Houser
Aug 8, 20142 min read
Rio Blanco County, CO
Rio Blanco County is located in the northwestern part of Colorado on the Utah border. The 2010 census counted 6700 county residents,...

Susan Houser
Jul 31, 20141 min read
Lake County, CO
Lake County is in west central Colorado and has a population of 7300 people. The city of Leadville, the county seat, has 2600...

Susan Houser
Jul 28, 20142 min read
Grand County, CO
Grand County is in north central Colorado and had a population of 15,000 people as of the 2010 census. Municipalities in Grand County...

Susan Houser
Jul 25, 20142 min read
Garfield County and Glenwood Springs, CO
Garfield County has a large landmass that stretches from west of Denver to the western border of Colorado. It has a population of over...

Susan Houser
Jul 21, 20142 min read
Teller County, CO
Teller County is located in central Colorado and is part of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area. Teller County’s population is 23,000...

Susan Houser
Jul 16, 20142 min read
Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties, CO
Clear Creek (9100 residents) and Gilpin (5400 residents) are small counties in a mountainous area west of Denver. Clear Creek has two...

Susan Houser
Jul 13, 20141 min read
Las Animas County, CO
Las Animas County is located in southeastern Colorado and has 16,000 residents. Its county seat is Trinidad, which has 9100 residents....

Susan Houser
Jul 9, 20141 min read
La Plata County, CO
La Plata County is located in southwestern Colorado and has 51,000 residents. Its county seat is Durango, which has 17,000 residents. The...

Susan Houser
Jul 6, 20141 min read
South Platte Valley, CO
The South Platte River flows northward through Denver. An area just south of the city of Denver is known locally as the South Platte...

Susan Houser
Jul 3, 20142 min read
Chaffee County, CO
Chaffee County is located in a mountainous, rural area of Colorado west of Colorado Springs. It has a 2010 population of 18,000 people,...

Susan Houser
Jun 30, 20146 min read
No Kill and Plain Old Animal Welfare
In Which The Author Looks At Philosophy And Arrives At A Surprising Conclusion About The Best Method For No Kill To Market Itself (with...

Susan Houser
Jun 24, 20142 min read
Eagle County, CO
Eagle County is in a mountainous area of Colorado west of Denver, and has about 52,000 people. The county government provides animal...

Susan Houser
Jun 18, 20142 min read
Nevada County, CA
Nevada County is located in northern California, and it shares a border with the state of Nevada. The county has almost 100,000 human...

Susan Houser
Jun 15, 20146 min read
Is No Kill Still An Outsider Movement?
I started my first blog keeping track of high-performing public shelters back in July of 2011. At that time most people thought there...

Susan Houser
Jun 14, 20142 min read
Archuleta County, CO
Archuleta County is located on the southern border of Colorado, in the western part of the state. Its population is 12,000 people. Its...

Susan Houser
Jun 11, 20142 min read
Orcas Island, WA
San Juan County, population 15,800, is an archipelago located off the shore of the state of Washington. There are no bridges to the...
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