One of the nation’s most well preserved shortgrass prairies lies just a few miles east of Colorado Springs, at the Nature Conservancy’s Bohart Ranch. The Ranch draws local kids on school trips . . . and visitors from around the world. Recently, a team of scientists traveled here from Mongolia, to study how conservation methods used on the ranch might slow the expansion of the Gobi Desert. Shelley Schlender reports. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
A climatologist says to expect less water in the Arkansas over the long term, and a fisheries biologist says go ahead and take one home for the frying pan. Both are panelists at the annual Arkansas River Basin Forum being held this week in Poncha Springs. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
A bill that would require lobbyists to report a lot more about who they work for and what they’re doing has made it through the House, but faces tough sledding in the Senate. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
More than a dozen immigration-related bills have been introduced in the state legislature this year. Republicans say the majority party is making them impossible to pass. Democrats say look at the record. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
Voices of Latino students in Denver who want greater rights for immigrants. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
Of every dollar you spend at the grocery store, how much does the farmer get? Half? Hardly. Try 19 cents, and that’s down more than a dime since 1980. As making a living in agriculture gets increasingly tough for small operators, many are getting out. But a handful are trying to hang on by marketing their products and services directly to consumers. Colorado College student Molly Adams reports on their reception at this year’s state of the rockies conference at CC. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
High Country News Editor Greg Hanscom says there’s no evidence that the Bush administration “streamlined” process to reduce fire danger actually works. In fact, the old system, with more environmental safeguards, seems to be working just fine. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
Governor Owens adds flag protection to the state budget, there’s no agreement on PERA, and Democrats want businesses to report how many people the do and don’t offer health insurance. Our regular report from under the Dome in Denver. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
Caroline Vulgamore gives us the perspective of a grandmother shopping for a brand new granddaughter. She says she doesn’t see much evidence of the progress she saw when raising feminist daughters in the 1960s and ’70s. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
The story of United Flight 93 has been much in the news lately, as a jury decides whether Zacarias Moussaoui deserves to die for the role he played in the 9-11 attacks. Colorado has its own tragic airline sabotage story, this one dates back to 1995, when United flight 629 exploded shortly after takeoff from Denver. A new book recounts the story, and the investigation that followed. Colorado Central magazine’s Ed Quillen has a review. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
