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Recent Posts
- From Freelancer to staffer – my current work archive has moved!
- Agriculture Grants Spice Up A Pueblo Sriracha Maker And Six Other Businesses
- The Colorado State Fair Is Ready To Return In 2021 After The Pandemic Closed Down Most Activities Last Year
- The 1921 Flood Changed Pueblo Forever. What Has Recovery Looked Like?
- 100 Years Ago, A Devastating Flood Changed The Course Of Pueblo’s Future
- $1.1 Million In EPA Grants Target Contaminants At Trinidad’s Fox West Theatre And Other Historic Las Animas County Buildings
- As The Pueblo Region Plans For The Future, Solving Housing Issues And Supporting Diverse Communities Are Among The Priorities
- New Green Mountain Falls Art Installation To Use Light and Space to Explore Human Perception
- Powerful Pedal Pushers To Pump It Out At This Weekend’s Pueblo Classic Bike Race
- Pueblo Got $36 Million In Federal COVID Aid. City Residents Can Tell The Mayor Their Ideas For Spending It
- A Connection Between The Amtrak Southwest Chief And The Proposed Front Range Rail Chugs Closer To Reality
- Pueblo School District 60 Breaks Ground On Two New High Schools As Part Of Major Upgrade Project
- From Backyards To Balconies It’s Time To Think About Your Garden
- EPA Grant Will Bring Gardens To Pueblo Homes Impacted By The Colorado Smelter Superfund Site
- Pueblo’s Old Steel Mill Headquarters Becomes Colorado’s 26th National Historic Landmark
- Pueblo Wants More Pedestrians On Union Avenue And Main Street
- Colorado Is Cracking Down On Illegal Ponds In The Arkansas River Basin
- Amtrak CEO’s Priorities Could Be Good News For Train Travel In Colorado
- Historic Cabin Hidden Inside Walls Of Modern Home Is Being Restored In Southern Colorado
- In Southern Colorado, Giving The Old Cuchara Mountain Ski Area A New Life
- Potential Arkansas River Dam Safety Project In Pueblo Could Create Better Recreation
- Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar Highlights COVID-19 Resilience, Previews Development In State Of The City Address
- Plans Are Underway To Restore Pueblo’s Historic Keating School
- Testing On Amtrak’s Newest High-Speed Train Nears Completion At Pueblo R&D Track
- Wild Bison Return To Colorado’s Great Plains
Category Archives: Sustainability
Digging Into The History Of Wild Horses To Understand Their Future
Wild horses are symbolic of freedom and are part of the mythology and legends of the American West. Yet growing herds are costing millions of taxpayer dollars as politics and society collide over how to manage them. Pulitzer Prize- winning … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Animals, Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, Environment, History, Rural Issues, Sustainability
Tagged blm, dave philipps, music, wild horses
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Two Men Trek Hundreds Of Brutal Miles To Save The Grand Canyon
Millions of tourists visit the Grand Canyon in Arizona every year. But very few have ever walked its entire length. In fact, more people have set foot on the surface of the moon than have completed this hike. The grueling … Continue reading
Water Use Decreases Nationally, Shortages Still Loom in Colorado
Water use across the country has reached its lowest level in nearly 45 years, according to a recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey. Yet, western states still face shortages and just a dozen states account for half the nation’s water … Continue reading
Taking A New Look At Tamarisk and Other Invasive Species
If you’ve hiked or rafted rivers in Colorado, you’ve probably seen tamarisk. It lines waterways in thick stands, blooms in spectacular clouds of pink flowers and birds call from its branches. First introduced in the West in the late 1800s … Continue reading
Flash Point: Living With Wildfire
In the wake of last year’s destructive wildfires, Colorado’s residents, scientists, and government officials have been working hard to manage the ongoing threat. We’re not only mitigating our landscapes; we’re adapting our very understanding of what it means to reside … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, KRCC, Online, Rural Issues, Sustainability
Tagged andrea chalfin, colorado fires, environment, micelle mercer, mountain forests, waldo canyon, wildfire
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Wild Horse Wars
Wild horses conjure up romantic images of mustangs roaming vast western spaces, but the reality isn’t so beautiful. There are thousands more wild mustangs and burros than the land here can support. Now although it’s illegal in the U.S. to … Continue reading
Heat Causes Early Harvests
Drought and heat have led to a lot of bad news this summer. The fires, of course, and field after field of dead crops. But there is a “silver lining” to the rainless cloud. Farmers who are fortunate enough to … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, Radio, Rural Issues, Sustainability
Tagged drought, greg brophy, harvest, heat, ron carleton, watermelon
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Extending Extension to City Farmers
For the last year, Blake Angelo has been advising farmers who live in the city. Angelo is CSU Extension’s first Urban Agriculture Coordinator. Part of his job is to help open people’s eyes to the rewards and pitfalls of urban … Continue reading
Hunting Sandhill Cranes
Bird lovers aren’t in love with the idea of a crane hunt in northwestern Colorado. The state Parks and Wildlife Commission is considering a hunting season on Sandhill cranes near Craig and Steamboat Springs in Moffat and Routt counties. Colorado … Continue reading
Kosher On The Range
In a barn on his 400-acre ranch south of Pueblo, Colo., Hersh Saunders sharpens a long blunt-end knife called a halaf. A blue crocheted kippah, a Jewish skullcap, covers the bearded rabbi’s silver hair. Outside the barn, sheep graze and … Continue reading
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