Category: Regional Roundup

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we look at the latest efforts to open Bears Ears National Monument to mining, and we’ll hear about a public awareness campaign in Colorado aimed at helping people stay bear aware.
We’ll also hear about a Western Colorado nonprofit building community by encouraging women and girls to exercise, and learn how the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe is strengthening relationships with local governments. Then, we visit the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory to learn about its research, and we finish with a look at why some trees survive wildfires while others don’t.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we head to the alpine tundra of Rocky Mountain National Park with naturalists searching for ptarmigan. We also learn about efforts to restore beaver habitat in other parts of the park.
Then, we travel to the small Western Colorado town of Lake City, where three newly trained EMTs are stepping up to help provide medical services to the community. In Wyoming, we visit Grand Teton National Park and meet a former National Park Service ranger who’s on an anti-censorship tour, raising awareness about signs and exhibits that have been removed from national parks following a federal order targeting what the administration calls “negative” content. We round out the show in Utah, where communities are taking on the problem of billboard blight.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we explore the mental and emotional toll a hectic fire season can take on firefighters. We also look at how the language we use to describe wildfire can shape the way we feel about fire. Then, we turn to water, and we hear a report about the impact of this year’s drought on the Arkansas River and the communities that depend on it. We round out the show with a discussion on what the latest federal management plan for the Colorado River could mean for the future of the river and the seven states that rely on it.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear a report on new cuts to water use for the Lower Basin states that rely on the Colorado River. Then, we explore how increasingly intense wildfires are affecting landscapes and their ability to recover.
Next, we head to southwest Colorado to learn about expanded air quality monitoring. That’s followed by a story about a Diné musician honoring the ancestors who were forced on the Long Walk. We then visit Carbondale, Colorado, where a new initiative is encouraging older adults to prepare for emergencies before disaster strikes. We round out the show with a conversation with author Heather Hansman about her new book, Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America’s Love for the Wild.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, hear about literary endeavors around the region. We hear about a new book inspired by the author’s own journey from being a former East Coast attorney to moving to Colorado to work on a horse ranch. Then we visit a bookstore in Nederland to hear how it is working to create a community space. After that, best-selling author T.A. Barron talks about how things in nature get their names, a topic he explores in his latest book “Naming Nature.” And we finish the show hearing about the healing power of trees from Dr. Lindsay Branham, whose new book is Heartwood: The Wisdom and Healing Kinship of Trees.”

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear about the recent awards given by Aspen nonprofit Climate Curve for innovative climate solutions. Then we’ll hear how President Trump has reduced the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments, reducing protections for the iconic landscapes. Then we find out how an animal shelter in Western Colorado had to evacuate all their animals due to the Gold Mountain Fire. Then we tag along on Carbondale’s first-ever Art Crawl, then we hear about the geologic history of the region, and we round out the show with the story of an historic collegiate summer baseball league.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear about some of the fires burning in the region, we’ll hear from evacuees from the Aspen Acres fire, we pay a visit to the incident command post for the Gold Mountain Fire in Western Colorado to hear what it takes to support the hundreds of firefighters battling the blaze, and we’ll hear about the ecological impact of the Ferris Fire in southwest Colorado. Then, we hear about concerns over efforts to open up the Roan Plateau to oil and gas drilling, and we visit a boxing class for people living with Parkinson’s. We round out the show with a visit to Wyoming, where a new nonprofit hopes to provide after-hours emergency veterinarian care for local pets.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear about the extreme fire danger facing communities across the Rocky Mountain West. Then, we go to Aspen, where an all-American form of dance called Bandaloop turned the side of a building into a stage during the Fourth of July weekend. After that, we’ll visit Boulder, where a gun safety initiative is giving free safes to firearm owners. Next, we’ll head to Wyoming, where volunteers are removing miles of old barbed wire fence to make it easier for wildlife to migrate. And we’ll wrap up the show in Utah, spending time with drag performer Diana Lone as she prepares for a show at Why Kiki Bar in Salt Lake City.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear how rural communities are particularly impacted by extreme heat. We’ll hear a report from Aspen Ideas: Health on how music can be used for therapy and rehabilitation. Then, we’ll hear about the history of labor organizing done by janitors in Denver that has spread around the country. After that, we visit a school garden in southwest Colorado that continues to teach children even when school is out for the summer. We’ll hear about a songwriters festival that took place recently in Western Colorado, and then we round out the show hearing from author Peter Heller, whose 2012 novel The Dogs Stars has been adapted into a movie that will be released in August.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we bring you voices from Pride celebrations across the Rocky Mountain West. We also hear about a new app that connects LGBTQIA+ community members with volunteer opportunities in Utah and beyond.

As drought conditions persist across the region, Trout Unlimited is urging anglers to give stressed fish a break by reducing fishing on rivers with low flows and warm water temperatures. We also hear from southwest Colorado, where dry conditions are affecting irrigators, growers, and gardeners. With drought comes increased wildfire risk. We visit a firehouse in Salida that is looking to lessons from past fire seasons as they prepare for what could be another challenging summer. And in south-central Colorado, we visit a jazz group that is building community through music.