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The announcement from Parks and Wildlife on Wednesday came three months after the Trump administration blocked Colorado’s original plan to capture a second batch of wolves in British Columbia and fly them to the state.
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KUNC’s In The NoCo is a window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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Courtesy Nathan HallColorado composer Nathan Hall mixed music with archaeology as he dreamed up his latest album. The music focuses on hand-carved stone instruments called lithophones. They were carved several thousand years ago and discovered near what’s now Great Sand Dunes National Park. -
Nathan Karsgaard/UnsplashCamping has become so popular in recent years that it’s harder to snag a campsite in the peak summer months – which might make you consider the quieter, less crowded experience of camping in winter. We hear from Patricia Cameron, an expert and guide who says with a little extra planning – and the right mindset – winter camping can open up a whole new way to experience the outdoors.
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Peters appears in a video to grab another inmate by the neck and shove her. No injuries were reported and an investigation is underway. -
The legal settlement covers attorneys fees for religious rights groups that sued on behalf of a Catholic health clinic in Englewood and a nurse midwife. -
The partnership with Responder Alliance is designed to support mental well-being in front-line workers. The hope is the strategies will trickle into overwhelmed communities. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jason Blevins and read the entire article at the link below. -
The Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday in Park City, Utah, marking its final year there. Starting in 2027, the Sundance Film Festival will call Boulder, Colorado, home. -
Steamboat Springs author and adventurer Eugene Buchanan has lived near the banks of the Yampa River long enough to notice it’s rhythms and moods are often mirrored by the residents in his northwest Colorado ski town. -
The idea, brought to lawmakers by the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, is the most recent proposal to retool the state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights. TABOR, as it’s known, limits the state’s revenue growth, making it hard to spend more money on schools and other priorities.
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The National Park Service started free entry days in 2009. The selection and number of days have varied, but Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been on the list ever since 2011. -
The Department of the Interior (DOI) has formally announced the establishment of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS), a development that came the same week that the U.S. Congress declined to fund it. -
The Interior Department’s secretarial order directs federal land managers to find places with unnecessary barriers to hunting and fishing and expand public access to outdoor recreation. -
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Federal land managers are reopening their environmental review of a massive transmission line proposed across Nevada, a move conservation groups say could reshape how energy infrastructure is approved on public lands across the West. -
A growing body of research suggests transfusing it early while on-scene may increase a trauma patient’s chance of survival before reaching a hospital.
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