This week on the Regional Roundup, we look at concerns over a proposed move by the U.S. Forest Service from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City, and what that could mean for public lands management in the West. We’ll also visit a conserved organic orchard in Western Colorado, and we hear about new composting efforts in Aspen aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from food waste. Plus, a longtime avalanche rescue dog in Telluride retires after years of service, and a conversation with Denis Moynihan of Democracy Now! about the new documentary Steal This Story Please! and the importance of independent journalism.

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Officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) don’t wear masks because their job is risky, writes Benjamin James Waddell. He points out that statistically, teachers have much riskier, life-threatening jobs: “ICE agents wear masks to instill fear while shielding themselves from the public they are supposedly protecting."

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Gas giants, such as Jupiter and Saturn, form from cores of rock and ice first (up to 10 earth masses), then the gravity of those cores draws in hydrogen and helium gas.The mass of the gas giants is so great that over time, they shrink under their own gravity.Jupiter shrinks about 1 mm per year.This contraction of gas increases the temperature which results in the emission of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, but 99.9% is in the infrared range. In that sense, it is similar to a star.Amazingly Jupiter emits more energy than it receives from the Sun, but very little of that energy is visible to the eye.

For thirty years, Dimity McDowelll made a life–and a living–with running and writing about running. Then, for health reasons, she had to stop. In this episode of Emerging Form, we talk with Dimity about how our creative identity is linked with other identities and what to do when that radically changes. We discuss her new book The Twenty-Seventh Mile: How to Smooth the Rough Transition out of Your Running Years, and the difference between writing a book with a partner and writing alone. We talk about embodied writing, the importance of empathy when incorporating other people’s stories, and the challenges of writing about loss.

Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.

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The first in a 5 part series that explores a mindful approach to positive action and helping the plant.