Caroline Llanes
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Rocky Mountain Community Radio
To limit damage Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been increasing its efforts to detect the bivalve since it was first discovered in the state in 2022.
Murphy Woodhouse
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Boise State Public Radio
KUNC’s In The NoCo is a window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Courtesy of Marion Clement / Bird Conservancy of the RockiesA leading conservation organization says owls need a hand – and they’re rolling out a program to do it. The Bird Conservancy of the Rockies is about to launch a project to get homeowners along the Front Range to place boxes in their backyards where owls can live. -
Courtesy of Julian Resasco / CU BoulderClimate change impacts many facets of nature – including the timing of when wildflowers, bees and other species emerge in the spring. A new study out of CU Boulder finds that some plants and pollinators on Pikes Peak have fallen out of sync with each other.
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Colorado State University's First-Generation Summit starts this weekend. It's the inaugural run of an event to support students that are the first in their families to pursue a degree. -
Over the last decade Medicaid spending has risen at a rate of 8.8% a year — about double what the state government is allowed to spend under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, according to the governor’s office. -
The Rams are sitting at 2-6 as they enter their bye week. Their struggles has led to the ouster of now former head coach Jay Norvell and star quarterback Bryden Fowler-Nicolosi. -
Between hosting a hit reality show and acquiring a prestigious film festival, Colorado’s entertainment industry has been buzzing recently. But filmmakers, producers and crew members say making media here is still an uphill battle. -
Your beloved morning 'cup of joe' may be getting a bit pricier at local coffee shops as tariffs are hitting coffee beans. -
A Simple Soldier, Underland and Seeds are standouts at this year's edition of the festival.
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Artificial intelligence is increasingly creeping into our lives. And in support of that super technology, nondescript data centers are popping up in cities, towns and even near cattle ranches. They require lots of power — creating new challenges for utilities. -
Maybe, but even the ones that want to be environmentally friendly face energy challenges. -
AI data centers use large amounts of water for cooling. And many are being built in the drought-stricken Mountain West, sparking concerns over water supplies. -
A new report finds that rising temperatures are making droughts across the Mountain West and Southwest even worse — and longer-lasting. -
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Every two and a half miles of barbed wire is responsible for killing one deer, elk or pronghorn a year, one study estimated.
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