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iSeeChange: A Better Year for Birds

Marty Durlin — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:29:00 +0000

May 11 was Colorado’s Migratory Bird Day, celebrating the nearly 500 species that live in the state or pass through it. Local naturalist, birder and author Evelyn Horn has spent the past twenty years or so focused on birds. In 1989 she and her husband Al moved from Las Vegas to Eckert and settled near Hart’s Basin, or Fruitgrowers Reservoir, which is controlled by the Orchard City Irrigation District (OCID). People had just been banned from the reservoir because of e-coli, and the absence of human activity made it more attractive to birds.

iSeeChange Featured on This American Life

Christy Eller — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:11:41 +0000

KVNF's beloved Julia Kumari Drapkin has produced a feature for the popular radio program, This American Life, which can be downloaded and podcasted started Sunday, 5/19/2013 at 6pm.

KVNF Local Newscast: Monday, May 13, 2013

Brian Cambria — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:46:24 +0000

Headlines:

Environment Foundation gives $50,000 to protect Thompson Divide from drilling
Parks & Wildlife increasing bear hunting licenses in response to dangerously high numbers of black bears in the state
Delta Historical Society offers tribute to two unique sisters
Feds, Utah agree on health plan
iSeeChange: history unfolds with the story of twin orchardists in the North Fork

KVNF Local Newscast: Monday, April 29, 2013

Brian Cambria — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:36:37 +0000

Headlines:

Parachute Creek hydrocarbon leak containment efforts continue
Avalanche Center report on Loveland slide suggests human error
iSeeChange: What IS a normal spring?

Journal Sheds Light on North Fork of Yesteryear

Marty Durlin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Paonia resident Amber Kleinman has been reading through the daily journals of William Beezley, an orchardist and farmer who lived up Steven’s Gulch in the first half of the 20th century. Recording selected entries for thealmanac.org and comparing them to current weather and conditions, Kleinman – a small-acreage farmer who keeps a journal herself -- has gained a new perspective.

iSeeChange Project Featured by AIR and at Tribeca

Christy Eller — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:04:34 +0000

iSeeChange: Rodman's Bales of Cornstalks

Marty Durlin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:15:48 +0000

About a month ago on thealmanac.org, Don posted a photo of a fellow with a big semi-load of bales – but they weren’t hay, they were cornstalks. The use of forage other than the traditional alfalfa and other grasses is becoming a necessity for some ranchers.

Drought has made it more common now, but Judd Rodman has been harvesting cornstalks for cattle feed as far back as 1990. Based south of Paonia, he employs five people who help him harvest, bale and deliver cornstalk all over the Western Slope.

KVNF Local Newscast: Monday, April 08, 2013

Brian Cambria — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:36:51 +0000

Headlines:

State Budget Clears House With 9 Republican Votes
Governor At Center Of Oil And Gas Battles (click on Read more for a list of pending legislation)
Reporters Discuss the Aftermath of Gun Legislation
iSeeChange: Cornstalk Bales Off an Alternative for Ranchers

Active 2013 Mosquito Season Predicted in Delta County

Marty Durlin — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:45:38 +0000

2012 was a bad year for West Nile Virus in Western Colorado. Mesa, Montrose and Delta Counties accounted for nearly half the confirmed cases in the state. In Delta County, the 22 cases included the death of an 82-year-old man from Orchard City.

Local Goatherd Emily Hartnett Talks Baby Goats

Marty Durlin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:58:25 +0000

Thealmanac.org is bursting with news about new baby animals – spring brings calves, lambs and kids. KVNF's Marty Durlin reported on one of the almanac.org stories about Emily Hartnett, who lives on Garvin Mesa with her chickens, goats and cats. It’s a rustic life that begins by dawn and ends late in the day. On Friday one of her six adult goats, Alba, gave birth to two male kids. Instead of the soft, protected place Emily had prepared for her, Alba chose to deliver next to an old tractor embedded in the dirt in the middle of the goat yard.