iSeeChange Almanac

iSeeChange: Birder Evelyn Horn

Marty Durlin — Mon, 27 May 2013 19:03:56 +0000

Nearly 500 species of birds make their way through Colorado or live here year-around – and chances are local birder and author Evelyn Horn knows them. In the second report of a two-part series, KVNF’s Marty Durlin talked to Horn about the general decline of birds in a world where human population and activity is on the rise.

KVNF Local Newscast, Monday, May 20, 2013

Eric Goold — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:31:10 +0000

Headlines:

Conservation groups urge BLM to end secrecy
Montrose Library reduces hours, will begin Saturday closures in July
BLM approves plan for new multi-use trail system near Ridgeway
Sheriffs in 54 of 64 state counties join protest against new gun control laws
Montrose resident comments on treatment of circus animals
North Fork prep track teams earn many honors at state meet
ISeeChange report on bird populations at Hart's Basin

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.

KVNF Local Newscast: Monday, May 06, 2013

Brian Cambria — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:46:33 +0000

Headlines:

Rock slide closes McClure Pass at Paonia Reservoir

News from the Legislature as the session winds down:

Elections bill passes, heads to Governor Hickenlooper
Medicaid Expansion passes both Houses
Gray water bill passes

Other News:

Local farmer Jere Lowe on how marijuana should be regulated
ISeeChange: Carrots, tulips, cherries, kestrals, the First Red Flag Warning and other signs of 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.

KVNF Local Newscast: Monday, April 22, 2013

Brian Cambria — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:48:11 +0000

Headlines:

Loveland Pass Avalance Victims Were Back Country Experts
Hostetler hen-laying operation on Powell Mesa heads to another hearing
New marijuana players in a new environment
The Forest Service gets into the Aspen real estate market
Archaeological Conservancy buys Shavano Valley Rock Art Site
iSeeChange: Amber Kleinman and the journals of William Beezley

KVNF Local Newscast: Monday, April 22, 2013

Brian Cambria — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:48:06 +0000

Headlines:

Loveland Pass Avalance Victims Were Back Country Experts
Hostetler hen-laying operation on Powell Mesa heads to another hearing
New marijuana players in a new environment
The Forest Service gets into the Aspen real estate market
Archaeological Conservancy buys Shavano Valley Rock Art Site
iSeeChange: Amber Kleinman and the journals of William Beezley

KVNF Local Newscast, Monday, April 15, 2013

Eric Goold — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:28:22 +0000

Headlines:

Democrats introduce bill to change voting procedures
Workshop at Blue Sage on Tuesday will discuss sensitive topic
Environmental damage from Parachute spill continues to escalate
iSeeChange looks at the odd absence of leopard frogs

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, March 4, 2013

Brian Cambria — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:04:44 +0000

Headlines:

Legislative Agenda Is Not All About Guns
NF Trees Portend Serious Fire Danger
Western Slope Skies: Comet In The Western Skies