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After a canceled 2020 and a scaled back 2021, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival is back in full force this weekend. The 49th annual festival runs today through Sunday with 12,000 attendees daily. But the festivities were already underway a few days before the official start as throngs filled the Telluride Town Park Campground. KOTO's Matt Hoisch spoke with campers about what they're excited for and how it feels to be back.

The Canyonlands Research Center offers summer internships to Native American students interested in conservation for the second year. Students visit and tour the land in and around Canyonlands National Park to learn about issues such as watershed health. The initiative is a part of the center's NATURE program, which stands for Native American Tribes Upholding Restoration and Education. Plus, activists call on federal water managers to update antiquated plumbing at Glen Canyon Dam.

Wil-Dog, Ulises, Raúl and Asdrubal of Ozomatli join Taya Jae on Talkin' Music to talk about the social causes they're fired up about right now, their new album, Marching On and what they love about what they do.

Mathew Horn joins Taya Jae on The Pen and The Sword to talk about his Podcast Pog's Pogcast, the importance of discussing mental health and the advice he'd give his younger self.

Our region has some of the nation’s largest producers of winter wheat – states like Colorado, Idaho and Montana. Persistent drought threatens millions of acres of the crop. And a small, native bug has become a huge problem. As farmers battle the wheat stem sawfly, scientists are trying to develop a more resistant crop. And new federal legislation proposes a National Conservation Area in areas of the Dolores River Canyon.

Today we take a mindful look at change.

A group of goat farmers in La Plata County in Southwest Colorado are working to tackle noxious weeds. The farm, Durangoats, attends farmers markets each weekend to talk about how goats can assist with land management and fire prevention. The county is looking into partnering with the farm and the goats in new noxious weed management. And, Capitol Coverage reporter Scott Franz reports on a new federal bill that will protect Coloradoans from surprise hospital bills. Plus other stories from the Mountain West News Bureau report on living wages and inflation and a federal at-home care that assists with births in rural communities will soon expire.

KVNF's weekly call-in gardening show

Aridification in the West is putting pressure on drinking water supplies. Add in a water main break and the situation can be catastrophic. Caitlin Tan reports for the Mountain West News Bureau on one area that’s already under water restrictions. And Justin Higgenbottom from Moab about why The U.S. Department of Energy is building up the country's strategic uranium reserve.

Twilight each morning & evening is divided into three phases - civil, nautical and astronomical.