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A $2 million FEMA grant affected by the freeze is now available to Hinsdale County

Western Slope farmers and ranchers find conservation easements to be a useful management tool

It was a beautiful summer evening in Western Colorado. The Sun had just set and our bright sister planet was just starting to pop out in the darkening sky. I quickly pointed the telescope at Venus, which was in a crescent phase, for an eagerly awaiting crowd. The first person squinted into the eyepiece and said, “I see the Moon, but I don’t see Venus.” I was taken back a bit, as the Moon was nowhere to be seen in the sky. Assuring the crowd that I was not deceiving them, I responded, “That IS Venus! Venus goes through phases, just like the Moon!”

A discussion of the harmful effects of the "if only" mind.

Project 7 Water Authority serves nearly the entire Uncompahgre Valley with reliable safe potable water for the valley's 60,000 residents. The Water Authority is proposing to build a new treatment plant to serve its 6 member's distribution systems, proposing to significantly improve the resiliency of the system, because the current system has many single points of failure.

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Andrea Castillo interviews Alex Joseph and Ally Chapel of Brass Queens. Alex and Ally talk about how the band was formed and how they address underrepresentation of female musicians.

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What can the story of the golden buddha tell us about mindfulness?

A lot of us feel hopeless today, writes Richard Knight, conservationist and college teacher, but “Let’s choose hope, get our hands dirty, and make hope real.” He tries to do that by taking students out to conservation easements where they fill in gullies to slow down water, among other projects. Taking action, including contacting elected officials to protest threats to public lands, is another way to take heart when the news about everything, from politics to climate change, is so discouraging.