November 1, 2007
Preble's Mouse Still On Endangered Species List in Colorado
November 1, 2007 6:10 PM
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reversed its controversial assessment of the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse, and now says it deserves protection under the federal endangered species act. That's bad news for developers, who say federal protection of Prebles habitat along the Front Range is costing them billions of dollars in lost opportunities. Two years ago, Fish and Wildlife said new research proved that the mouse was so genetically similar to other, more common mice, that it could be removed from the endangered species list. That decision brought criticism from some rodent scientists, and now the agency is reversing its decision.
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October 31, 2007
Local News Roundup Wed., Oct. 31, 2007
October 31, 2007 5:18 PM
UPDATE: Feds Say: Protect Preble's Mouse in Colorado, But Not Wyoming
Read more about the decision HERE
Two Homicides in Pueblo This Week
Gas Leases Suspended for Environmental Concerns
Denver High School Clinics Ponder Offering Contraceptives
Report: Immigration Raids Traumatize Legal Residents
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October 17, 2007
Local News Roundup for Wed., Oct. 17, 2007
October 17, 2007 6:06 PM
Photo courtesy of Colorado Environmental Coalition
Industry Says Roan Platau Gas Worth $1 Billion
Ranchers: Army Hardly Uses Pinon Canyon
2nd Bear Attack in Aspen
Teacher at Christian High School Arrested on Sex Charges
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October 10, 2007
Study: Kids Just Not Into Hunting Anymore
October 10, 2007 5:21 PM
Some 250,000 hunters are expected to head into Colorado's backcountry this fall, but national trend data says fewer young people are showing an interest. The trend has wildlife managers and hunting-dependent businesses concerned. KUNC's Brian Larson reports.
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September 26, 2007
Fair Trade: Expanded Golf Course in Return for Trout Habitat?
September 26, 2007 5:08 PM
A proposed land swap in southwestern Colorado is generating controversy. Outside Durango, a company wants to expand a golf course and development onto neighboring land now owned by the Forest Service. In exchange, they're offering property that the government says could provide important habitat for rare native trout. Bente Birkeland reports.
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Local News Roundup, Wed., Sept. 26, 2007
September 26, 2007 4:55 PM
Paccione Drops Out of 4th CD Race
Private Developer to Build Housing on Petersen, Schreiver
Murder-Suicide in Fremont County
Cotopaxi Man Missing
Arapahoe, Douglas Counties Plan $20 Billion for Water by 2020
Boulder to Hire Urban Wildlife Coordinator
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September 6, 2007
Local News Roundup- Sept. 6, 2007
September 6, 2007 5:09 PM
Salazar Amendment Stalling Pinon Canyon Expansion Passes Senate
Feds Close Roads on Roan Plateau
Hunter Busted for Baiting Bear
Mountain Lion Kills Tiny Horse
Kelsey Grammer Fighting Parole for Sister's Killer
DIA Needs More Snow Stuff
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July 20, 2007
Feds to Review Preble's Mouse Listing
July 20, 2007 4:36 PM
The Preble's meadow jumping mouse may get to stay on the federal endangered species list.
The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is re-examining decisions made by former official Julie McDonald. McDonald resigned after the inspector general said she broke federal rules and should be punished for bullying federal scientists and improperly leaking information about endangered species to private groups.
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May 17, 2007
Customers Demand Locally-grown Food
May 17, 2007 4:50 PM
To offer customers the lowest prices, U.S. food retailers need to buy in volume, and that often means turning to producers who are thousands of kilometers from where shoppers fill their grocery carts. But as consumers grow more concerned about fossil fuel consumption and sustainable agriculture, they're demanding more locally grown food on their store shelves. And some retailers are responding. Reporting on how this trend is taking hold in Colorado, here's Shelly Schlender.
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May 7, 2007
The BIG Something #2
May 7, 2007 11:17 AM
Intrepid Noel Black
does the radio dumpster diving,
so you don't have to.Like a pony head, but spicy...
This week on The BIG Something, Noel interviews Paul Asay, religion writer for the Colorado Springs Gazette. We also hear Episcopalian Bishop John Spong talk about Jesus for the non-Religious. And then there's the spicy pony head.
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November 22, 2006
GOOD NEWS FOR COLORADO NATIVE FISH
November 22, 2006 4:12 PM
archivesGOOD NEWS FOR COLORADO NATIVE FISH
In 1993 another Colorado native fish was named to the state's endangered species list: The Rio Grande Sucker. Found nowhere else in the world outside the Rio Grande river drainage in Colorado and New Mexico, these little fish have been the focus of Colorado Division of Wildlife biologists, who've been working to preserve and grow the number of remaining suckers. Their efforts got an unexpected boost last fall, when a new population of Rio Grande Suckers was discovered in Crestone Creek, in the San Luis Valley. Shanna Lewis reports.
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October 27, 2006
COMMENTARY: CONTROL YOUR PIT BULL, PLEASE
October 27, 2006 10:30 AM
archivesCOMMENTARY: CONTROL YOUR PIT BULL, PLEASE
Commentator Sandy Knauf doesn't think pit bulls should be banned, but as a mother with a neighbor who has a pit bull, she says she's worried. [LISTEN] []
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"LOVE A BULLY" PROTEST FOR DOG RIGHTS
October 27, 2006 10:28 AM
archives"LOVE A BULLY" PROTEST FOR DOG RIGHTS
A couple of weeks ago on Western Skies we reported on how citywide bans on pit bulls in Denver and Aurora were resulting in dozens of the iron-jawed canines being sent south to the Colorado Springs area. We now offer two contrasting views on pit bulls. The first from Tracy Green, who is organizing this Saturday's "Love a Bully" march against breed-specific bans on dogs. It starts at 10 a.m. at Monument Valley Park, and Green says, if you come, you should leave your dog at home. Green explains what "Love a Bully" is all about. [LISTEN] []
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October 13, 2006
DENVER'S PIT BULL BAN DUMPS DOGS NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS
October 13, 2006 2:36 PM
archivesDENVER'S PIT BULL BAN DUMPS DOGS NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS
Sometimes the people we vote for, upon getting elected, appear to be someone completely different. And when new legislation, initiatives and referenda pass, they all result in the same law - the law of unintended consequences. An example are the laws passed by Denver and other municipalities in the area banning a specific breed of dog, the pit bull - the unintended consequence is that many of the outlawed dogs are ending up in and around Colorado Springs. Eric Mack reports [LISTEN] []
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October 4, 2006
COMMENTARY: ZEN DOGGIE
October 4, 2006 3:36 PM
archivesCOMMENTARY: ZEN DOGGIE
Choosing to care for an animal is a decision that comes with a lot of responsibility. But sometimes, commentator Sandra Knauf observes, it's the animals that choose us, and who is to say why? [LISTEN] []
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September 20, 2006
COMMENTARY: HOMAGE TO STEVE IRWIN
September 20, 2006 9:31 AM
archivesCOMMENTARY: HOMAGE TO STEVE IRWIN
As conflicts over the endangered species act prove, animals, even tiny mice, can provoke strong emotions in humans. The recently deceased Steve Irwin personified that passion, and commentator Sandra Knauf is feeling the sting of his loss. [LISTEN] []
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SCIENCE OR POLITICS? MUSGRAVE HOLDS ENDANGERED SPECIES HEARING
September 20, 2006 9:28 AM
archivesSCIENCE OR POLITICS? MUSGRAVE HOLDS ENDANGERED SPECIES HEARING
Two of the Congress' fiercest critics of the federal endangered species act held a committee hearing on it in Greeley Monday. California Representative Richard Pombo, and Marilyn Musgrave, of Colorado's 4th congressional district invited mostly people they agree with to call for the act to be rewritten. [LISTEN] []
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August 23, 2006
TWO OF COLORADO'S BIG CAT SANCTUARIES ARE CLOSING
August 23, 2006 9:52 AM
archivesTWO OF COLORADO'S BIG CAT SANCTUARIES ARE CLOSING
The state's largest sanctuary for big cats -and one of the biggest in the country- is trying to find homes for lions, tigers and bears before it shuts down. It's been open for 26 years. A second, smaller sanctuary plans to close soon, too. Options for the big cats are few.
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August 8, 2006
WIND POWER: VAIL GOES 100% RENEWABLE, WELD COUNTY APPROVES STATE'S LARGEST WIND FARM
August 8, 2006 9:47 AM
archivesWIND POWER: VAIL GOES 100% RENEWABLE, WELD COUNTY APPROVES STATE'S LARGEST WIND FARM
Vail Resorts will become the nation's 2nd largest buyer of wind energy, and bird advocates worry about plans for the state's largest wind farm in Weld County. [LISTEN] []
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June 28, 2006
ENDANGERED SPECIES PART 2: PREBLE'S MEADOW JUMPING MOUSE
June 28, 2006 11:15 AM
archivesENDANGERED SPECIES PART 2: PREBLE'S MEADOW JUMPING MOUSE
For years now, a tiny mouse that weighs as much as a couple of plastic sandwich bags has held up huge, multimillion dollar urban development projects in Colorado. That's how developers portray the inconvenience of the Endangered Species Act, which protects the mouse. Others say the rodent is getting a bad rap. It may lose ESA protection in August. [LISTEN] []
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ENDANGERED SPECIES PART ONE: BLACK FOOTED FERRET
June 28, 2006 11:13 AM
archivesENDANGERED SPECIES PART ONE: BLACK FOOTED FERRET
In the first of two stories, Aspen Public Radio's Kirk Siegler looks at a new threat to one of North America's most endangered species, the Black Footed Ferret. Natural gas development threatens a reintroduction area in Colorado. [LISTEN] []
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May 12, 2006
NEW NATURAL GAS WELLS, A THREAT TO ENDANGERED SPECIES?
May 12, 2006 9:15 AM
archivesNEW NATURAL GAS WELLS, A THREAT TO ENDANGERED SPECIES?
The federal government just put the oil and gas development rights for 200,000 acres of public land in Colorado on the auction block. Conservationists worry that's bad news for endangered Black Footed Ferrets. [LISTEN] []
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April 5, 2006
SANDHILL CRANE MIGRATION
April 5, 2006 10:42 AM
archivesSANDHILL CRANE MIGRATION
We take you to the San Luis Valley, to witness the annual spring migration of some 25,000 sandhill cranes. Shanna Lewis reports that the big birds bring together elements of the human community who don't always see eye to eye. [LISTEN] []
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March 29, 2006
SHEEP MYSTERY
March 29, 2006 12:03 PM
archivesSHEEP MYSTERY
Across the West, wildlife biologists are being stumped by the mysterious deaths of bighorn sheep lambs. KUNC's Brian Larson visits Rocky Mountain National park where scientists are investigating the decline in Colorado's state mammal. [LISTEN] []
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STATE WILDLIFE AGENCY HIRES ENERGY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
March 29, 2006 12:01 PM
archivesSTATE WILDLIFE AGENCY HIRES ENERGY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
Oil and gas extraction is an $8 billion business in Colorado. Worried about the industry's impact on animals, the Colorado Division of Wildlife has hired a special staffer to be their liaison with energy developers. A division manager and a wildlife advocate comment on the new hire. [LISTEN] []
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SHEEP MYSTERY
March 29, 2006 11:21 AM
archivesSHEEP MYSTERY
Across the West, wildlife biologists are being stumped by the mysterious deaths of bighorn sheep lambs. KUNC's Brian Larson visits Rocky Mountain National park where scientists are investigating the decline in Colorado's state mammal [LISTEN] []
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March 15, 2006
Bridging Wildlife's "Berlin Wall"
March 15, 2006 12:04 PM
archivesBRIDGING WILDLIFE'S "BERLIN WALL"
Development along Interstate 70 has exploded since the late seventies, isolating once healthy populations of moose, elk, bear and other animals like the endangered lynx. Aspen Public Radio's Kirk Siegler reports.
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February 24, 2006
What's in A Song: Humpback Chubb
February 24, 2006 1:11 PM
archivesWHAT'S IN A SONG: HUMPBACK CHUBB
Another edition of the Western Folklife Center's "What's In A Song" series. This time, Ecologist Larry Stevens sings the saga of the lowly humpback chubb, a funny looking fish that is native to the Colorado river system, and which is struggling to survive decades of dam construction on the river. [LISTEN] []
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February 8, 2006
High Country News Interview: Buffalo Hunting in Montana
February 8, 2006 11:04 AM
archivesHIGH COUNTRY NEWS INTERVIEW: BUFFALO HUNTING IN MONTANA
Eric Whitney talks with Greg Hanscom of High Country News about the perennial controversy of buffalo hunting in Montana. [LISTEN] []
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November 7, 2005
Commentary: It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature
November 7, 2005 10:17 AM
archivesCOMMENTARY: IT'S NOT NICE TO FOOL MOTHER NATURE
Commentator Sandra Knauff has some thoughts about playing god with pets. [LISTEN] []
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November 2, 2005
Wildlife Poaching
November 2, 2005 12:14 PM
archivesWILDLIFE POACHING
Victor Locke from KSUT reports on the possible poaching of endangered lynx on the Western Slope. Then, Eric Whitney looks into what happens to illegal wildlife products when they're confiscated by the government. [LISTEN] []
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October 12, 2005
The Truth about Bears and Humans
October 12, 2005 12:25 PM
archivesTHE TRUTH ABOUT BEARS AND HUMANS
Molly Adams talks to wildlife officials about what happens when humans encroach on black bear habitat. [LISTEN] []
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September 30, 2005
Newscast
September 30, 2005 4:17 PM
archivesNEWSCAST
Eric Whitney reports on the discovery of chronic wasting disease in moose. Joan Zwisler explains new regulatory developments at the ski area in Silverton. [LISTEN] []
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