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A Wildfire Sheds Light: It Didn’t Have To Be This Way

September 28, 2023 Like 0 Carolyn Elerding

This is Part 3 of a multi-part series that explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual aid. Photo by Skinner Myers…

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In a step toward healing, Mount Evans is now Mount Blue Sky

September 25, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

By Natalie Skowlund at KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) Rae SolomonOne of Colorado’s 14ers has received a lot of attention in recent years, and now the verdict is in. After an overwhelmingly favorable vote from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Friday,…

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The Best North Metro Fishing Spots

September 22, 2023 Like 0 Evaristo Gomez

Explore Colorado and maybe even improve your mental health, catching a fish is only one of the benefits The lapping of the water against the shoreline has always felt like home. The mere thought of the water’s constant flow energizes…

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The Best Places to Leaf Peep in Colorado

September 15, 2023 Like 0 Mary-Beth Skylis

By: Mary-Beth Skylis Fall is often a two-month operation across the state of Colorado. Due to the varying elevations, leaf peepers get the chance to witness the changing hues in the high country as early as the beginning of September,…

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A Wildfire Sheds Light: Mutual Aid Is Everyone’s Future

September 5, 2023 Like 0 Carolyn Elerding

This is Part 2 of a multi-part series that explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual aid. Photo by Skinner Myers…

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Feds ease Colorado River cutbacks after positive forecast, but more work remains

August 31, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

By Alex Hager, KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) Federal officials are easing water restrictions in response to new Colorado River forecasts from the Bureau of Reclamation. An unusually snowy winter in the mountains helped replenish the beleaguered river and added water…

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A Wildfire Sheds Light: Interviews with Marshall Fire Survivors

August 17, 2023 1 0 Carolyn Elerding

Rebuilding from natural disaster within a capitalist system YS explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through a multi-part series including interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual…

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A Wildfire Sheds Light: Mutual Aid in Suburbia?

August 17, 2023 Like 0 Carolyn Elerding

This is Part 1 of a multi-part series that explores the ongoing impacts of the Marshall Fire through interviews with survivors and analysis of the role of climate change and alternatives to recovery such as mutual aid. Photo by Skinner…

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River deaths are on the rise in Colorado

August 14, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Photo and Article by Alex Hager / KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) Deaths on rivers in Colorado are up from last year, according to data from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. So far this year, 18 people have died on the state’s…

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Colorado-Based Water Protector Faces Trial, Shares Wisdom

July 17, 2023 3 0 Carolyn Elerding

“Mom, I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m going there.” When Mylene Vialard followed her 21-year-old daughter across the US to join the thousands of the resistance by Water Protectors led by Indigenous women at Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline, her…